African Roots Music
"Thanks to Radio Parade for having me on their platform for Independent Radio Makers.
I am Jonathan Gangman from Ghana. I live in Freiburg im Breisgau – Germany.
In 1988 a German friend asked me if I was interested in presenting African music on radio.
Without hesitating I answered in the afirmative - but when he added without pay and that I had to finance it all by myself, I had to take a deep breath and gasped! I gave it thougth and reluctantly agreed to the terms. They are still the same up to date.
Now then, I had to think of how to present myself as a radio presenter and instantly, the name John Peel came to my mind. He was a BBC „World of Music“ program presenter. I used to listen to his show once a week way back in Africa. His style of presentation was such that one felt his presence and that he was talking to his listeners. I liked his way of touching the spirits of listeners with his voice coming from the radio. So I became Jonathan/John alias DJ JonJon on RDL Freiburg.
African Roots Music is the program that I present every Sunday from 14:00 to 16:00 hrs on Radio Dreyeckland (RDL) Freiburg, an independent and non commercial Radio.
In my radio show, I present traditional music (played on traditional instruments) and modern music (played on modern instruments) of various countries criss-crossing the continent.
Each African country has her own national sound, for example; Nigeria - JuJu music, DRC - Soukous, Zimbabwe – Chumurenga, Senegal – Mbalax, Ghana – Hi-Life, Zanziba – Taraab, Algeria – Rai etc.
By so doing, I try to propagate a sense of “Panafricanism“ to my fellow African brothers and sisters.
The benefit of what I am doing is priceless. I have this golden opportunity to be myself, to open up and to inspire my fellow Africans to do the same."
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DJ JonJon moderiert auf englisch, um eine breite Hörerschaft anzusprechen. Daher wird auch hier auf eine deutsche Übersetzung verzichtet ... vielleicht noch dies: "Tune in then!"
Radio Dreyeckland, Freiburg 102,3 MHz (Livestream auf der website)
Sonntags ab 14 Uhr live
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