8th All Africa Games

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Introduction

The 8th All Africa Games was held in Abuja, Nigeria from 4-18th October 2003.

This were the largest ever All Africa Games. 6000 athletes from 53 countries competed in 22 sports, watched over by 1200 officials. Over 1500 journalists reported for the world's media.

Planning

In January 2003 Norman Brierley and Solomon Ashoms visited Abuja to plan for the Games with our good friends in Nigeria from Journalists for Christ.

Reporting Team

2K Plus coordinated a team of six reporters gathered from our partner organisations across the continent. Under the leadership of Norman Brierley from Feba Radio, the team recorded over 300 interviews and filed over 50 reports in seven languages.

The team comprised:

Name	From	Languages
Norman Brierley	Ethiopia	English
Solomon Ashoms	Nigeria	English
Vivian Dinan	Mauritius	Creole, English, French
Mike Flynn	England	English
Peter Musembi	Kenya	English, Swahili
Toby Sheta	Zimbabwe	English, Nedebele, Shona, Swahili

Radio Material

We interviewed competitors, officials, spectators and Games volunteers and recorded teams singing and excited fans cheering. Many of the interviews featured athletes, coaches and officials talking about their faith in Christ and how their faith impacts their life and sport. We also interviewed members of the More Than Gold outreach teams who were taking the opportunity provided by the Games to share their faith in Christ with athletes and sports fans.

To read quotes from material recorded at the All Africa Games please click here.

Radio Stations

Our reports and interviews were sent by telephone and the internet to around 50 radio stations in Benin, Burkino Faso, Burundi, DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.

These included:

• International stations, eg Trans World Radio on satellite and short wave;
• National stations, eg ZBC, Zimbabwe;
• Commercial stations, eg Capital FM, Nairobi, Kenya;
• Christian stations, eg Power FM, Kampala, Uganda;
• Community stations, eg Radio Alpha 97.8FM, South Africa

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