Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 13, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press 13, 1964 iiuc5u p. K1ekans Howard ii. Clark Dai of Law arc to be conferred upon tie most i Verenita Howard ii. Clark archbishop of Rupert s land primate us All Canad i. And Chancellor of is. John s c full Csc and Rcv. Hugh p. Kierans former Mcclur of Bill s Lolli and Dean of is. Mary s University in Halifax . Thu awards will be made at the Isth annual convocation of St. John s College nov. Z at . In the faculty of education auditorium at the University of Manitoba. Box that talks sweeping Africa Tunis new fetish is conquering Africa gradually replacing the sound of Drums i he voice of Village elders and fire lit on the crests of Hills. The transistor radio is sweep ing the continent penetrating into walled Arah villages of the North and the swamps of the rain Forest in Africa s heart. The Box that talks knows Book plan praised London up a scheme that has provided More than books for parts of the Commonwealth badly in need of Library facilities has won Praise Froid the Duke of Edinburgh who Calls it a tremendous in his message of congratulation to the Ranfurly common wealth Book scheme sponsored by the English speaking Union of which he is president Prince added i want to Send my thanks and congratulations to All the children and grown ups in Brit Ain. Canada Australia and new zealand who have collected and books to this scheme. Their generosity has made this scheme a practical possibility but i must also pay a tribute to those who redistribute the boots overseas according to local needs and standards of education. I very much Hope that this scheme will grow and flourish with the years. This voluntary Effort has an immense practical value to education in Many countries but it is also a most effective Way of bringing Fany people of the Commonwealth into Contact with each other and so strength the Commonwealth idea All Over the tiie scheme which collects sorts packs ships and dist rib books of All of charge particularly Chil Dren s books classics and text books was started by the countess of Ranfurly in 1959. She found that a shortage of a caring material in Many underdeveloped parts of the Commonwealth was limiting Educa tier and leading to illiteracy. No frontiers. It is carried by Camel Drivers in the Sun scorched tunisian South by oarsmen of the svelte Pirogue boats on the niger River by houseboys of european settlers in the Ivory coast. J since 1348. Hie number of radio transmitters in Africa has grown from 120 to 3tu, and the number of individual sets from to at the same time according to United nations statistics the circulation of daily newspapers has increased by 50 per cent to a total of two per cent of Africa s people own radio the Price often represents five per cent of their annual income perhaps 10 times As Many people profit from the sets. The radio has become an influential propaganda tool in the hands of Africa s Power minded statesmen and foreign countries j struggling for influence in the Awakening continent. Voices speaking in All major languages and most widespread tribal dialects pour rum the Ether Day and night. Conflict j ing ideas and information spin the Heads of the people in the Savannas of Cameroon in the Sands of Mauritania. The voice of America using some of the world s most powerful transmitters beams a total of 28 hours every Day in seven languages including Amharic and the soviet Union has 17 hours of Africa oriented broadcasts daily while other Eastern bloc countries broadcast one to three j hours. Communist China struggling for influence in Africa Broad casts 10 hours a Day in English arabic French and portuguese. France maintains a powerful transmitter in Brazzaville on the Banks of the Congo River where a team of 60 French broadcasters and technicians spread France s propaganda in the former French colonies the former belgian Congo next door and portuguese Angola. The Csc International service in Montreal beams to Africa daily 43 minutes of news commentaries talks a n d some music in English and 43 min utes in French. Among Africa s own radio voices the most powerful is that of president Nasser s United Arab Republic. The voice of the and radio free Africa Bearn 20 Hovirs daily. 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