53 Countries and Nothing's On
July 29, 2005
The American media's portrait of Africa is constructed from images of war, of famine, of AIDS - as well as soft-focus fodder like The Lion King. But seldom do the continent's 53 countries have the power to define their own portrayals. James Makawa, a longtime NBC News correspondent originally from Zimbabwe, tells Bob that he aims to change all that with the launch of the Africa Channel.
