Listen with RealPlayer . For the vast majority of Tanzanians, it is the radio that reigns supreme in providing their news. What you are talking about here is how the majority of desperately poor Tanzanians in the rural areas get their news. The word of mouth is the main source of information, says Anthony Hokororo, an official in the government department of information.
Print publications are all the rage in urban areas.
They are in bitter competition with FM radio stations. It is a cutthroat fight for advertising. But though the prices of print publications are coming down, people still find them too high. At 25 U.S. cents, they are simply too expensive in a country where half the inhabitants live on less than a dollar a day. It is not uncommon to see people huddled in many newspaper vendors corners to read the front pages of newspapers and magazines.