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...whole grand scheme is the dream of President Omar Bongo, who came to power in Gabon 18 years ago. A trip from the capital, Libreville, to the coast and back again then took up to 40 days by car. To unify his domain and its population, estimated at 1 million people, Bongo was determined to create iron paths through the jungle. The railway would also, he decided, give access to valuable hardwood and deposits of manganese and uranium...
When the World Bank refused in 1973 to contribute to the $2.5 billion project because it deemed the budget unrealistic, Bongo resolved to go it alone. This year Gabon will devote nearly half its investment budget of $722 million, drawn mainly from oil revenues, to the Transgabonais. "Now we can go to Libreville instead of dreaming about it," says Maria Ovono, a resident of Booué, 210 miles east of the capital. "Now we can see our country--all thanks to President Bongo...
Give Nintendo credit: it will try anything to help you get your game on, and if that means hooking up a pair of bongo drums to a game console, so be it. Pound the skins to control a feisty ape that jumps, runs, flips and fights his way through a fantasy landscape. For primo side-scroller action, fast, fluid and nonstop, Jungle Beat is unbeatable. (For Nintendo GameCube; $54.99 with bongos, $39.99 without...
...African musicians to go global. Not all local artists feel the station's early playlist matches that goal. "I wish they played less Jay-Z and Beyoncé and more African videos," says Thandiswa Mazwai, who shot to fame as the lead singer of platinum-selling South African band Bongo Maffin before releasing her first solo album last year. "We want something that gives African musicians the most rotation." Roedy's response: "We launched with a 30% split to African music, and our commitment is to grow that to at least 50%. There is absolutely no reason why African artists cannot...
...Bongo drums silenced the crowd as the Kuumba singers returned for the show’s second half, which opened with a powerful reading. Then in the most stunning moment of the night, one singer stood alone on the bleachers and called out while singing voices slowly marched in from all sides, uniting in a huge sound. Then together, they repeatedly called out the word “power.” The crowd was dead silent for the first time during the show, rapt in complete admiration of the magnitude of the group’s entrance...