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Community radio station, Radio Skid Row, has made internal changes in response to recent Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) findings. The ACMA found Skid Row in breach of two subparagraphs of the Broadcasting Services Act (1992). The government agency also found us not in breach of two codes of the Community Radio Broadcasting Codes of Practice. The Board takes Skid…
Here we have a song that has probably been played by every single presenter of Afrikan Connexions. A South African epic, written by the great Hugh Masekela, it is about the suffering and exploitation of South African mines and their workers. The lyrics here are clear but the real pleasure…
A 10 part radio series on the redevelopment of Redfern/Waterloo. Hosted by two young Indigenous broadcasters Lorna Munro and Joel Sherwood-Spring. Survival Guide centres Indigenous voices amongst multicultural Waterloo residents to critique colonisation and gentrification showing there is a Blak History to your flat white. Listen to Season 1 NOW …
Starting with Michael, Hindi and Neville, each of the Afrika Connexions presenters brought their own region of Africa to the program in politics, news and music. Here we start profiling the long list of people who were presenters of the program. We haven’t found everyone yet! If you were involved…
Over the years, Afrika Connexions has interviewed some of Africa’s most prominent figures. Musicians such as Hugh Masekela and Ladysmith Black Mambazo appeared on the program, as did performers and actors such as Kenyan, WanjikeWa Kiarie and South African, John Kani. Notable political guests included the Women’s Coordinator of the…
In 1985, in the first years of Radio Skid Row, Michael Scott started doing an African radio program on the station. Michael went to air late at night doing a show aimed at promoting African music and the popular Afrika Nights gigs in Sydney. Not long after he joined the…
In 1987, Neville Legg interviewed then-exiled South African musician, Hugh Masekela. Performing with Paul Simon on his epic Graceland World Tour, Masekela spoke with Neville about his youth under Apartheid, his musical aspirations and intentions, and the implications of the cultural boycott on South African musicians. He also talks about…
An important part of Afrika Connexions, from its inception, was broadcasting news on the situation in South Africa. The need for a different type of news was made necessary by the mainstream media’s superficial coverage of the struggle and its penchant for presenting stories about the hunger and poverty of…
About the Project TeamKween G (interviews and audio production)started her radio career as a teenager on Radio Skid Row. The story goes that her father visited Skid Row as an an Afrika Connexions guest and brought his sons. By the end of the interview Kween G’s brothers were hooked and started…