May 25, 2013 is African Liberation Day which is a holiday celebrated in various countries in Africa and it coincides with the African Union’s Day.

This is a month DStv promotes more of African produced content on their channel.

MultiChoice Ghana, the multi-channel pay television platform provider brought together few personalities at the Aphrodisiac Night Club few days ago to celebrate African month on their channels DStv and GOtv.

The very best of Ghanaian cuisine were served at the gathering.

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This month homegrown programming and African content will be highlighted and celebrated on DStv as the continent gets ready to celebrate Africa Day on 25 May.

The AfricaMagic channels will continue delivering original, homegrown content in entertainment, lifestyle, drama series, reality television and film. The channels are home to an array of popular African shows such as: Star Gist, Tinsel, 53 Extra, Jim Iyke: Unscripted, Mashariki Mix and Omotola: The Real Me. Viewers can also look forward to season 8 of the hit reality show  Big Brother Africa on 26 May and It will be screened for 91 days on DStv channels 197 and 198.

Africa’s unique offering is also being showcased on a number of other channels across DStv.   This can be seen on shows such as Reza’s African Kitchen on Food Network, Floyd on Africa on Travel Channel, Wild Africa on BBC Knowledge, Being Mandela on Fox, Roaring with Pride on Animal Planet, Into the unknown with Josh Bernstein on Discovery World, Africa’s Deadliest on National Geographic, African Journal and Straight Talk Africa on Vox Africa

Musical talents from the continent are also being celebrated this month. Hip-Hop, R&B and Afro beats can be seen and heard on a selection of African inspired music shows on Channel O,  Afro Music Pop, Trace Urban and MTV Base. Key shows to look out for are Volt, Original African Stories, O-Africa and Speakerboxx on Channel O. MTV Base will also screen an Africa Weekend Mix,     Official African Chart and MTV Africa All Stars.

News and views of the continent are not left behind, as some news networks on DStv have intriguing shows reviewing Africa’s culture, economy, politics and successes. Audiences are able to view these on shows such as: Focus on Africa on BBC World News, Africa this Week and Invest Africa on CNBC Africa, Inside Africa and African voices on CNN and Artscape on Aljazeera and ENCA Africa Edition on e.TV Africa.

May is also jam packed with non-stop sporting action on your “World of Champions”, SuperSport. Audiences can look forward to a number of African football leagues in countries such as Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Zambia, Ghana, Botswana, Tanzania and South Africa.

So, in celebration of the success, achievement and growth of our beautiful continent be sure not to miss this great selection of African content in May! For more information log on to www.dstv.com 

Please note that programming, dates and times are subject to change. In addition, please note that different channels are available on different DStv bouquets and in different countries.

 

Below please see screening details of the abovementioned shows:

Programmes	Channels	Date	Time
Star Gist	AfricaMagic Entertainment	Weekdays	19:30 CAT
Tinsel	AfricaMagic Entertainment	Weekdays	20:30 CAT
Mashariki Mix	AfricaMagic Entertainment	Tuesday	18:00 CAT and 20:00 CAT
Jim Iyke: Unscripted	AfricaMagic Entertainment	Every Thursday	21:00 CAT
Reza’s African Kitchen	Food Channel	Weekdays	17:15 CAT
Floyd on Africa	Travel Channel	Weekdays	11:00 CAT
Roaring with Pride	Discovery World	Monday 6 May	20:05 CAT
Being  Mandela	Fox	Wednesdays	20: 30 CAT
Africa’s Deadliest	NatGeo Wild	Sunday 5 May	09:00 CAT
Volt	Channel O	Thursdays	20:30 CAT
Original African Stories	Channel O	Mondays	20:30 CAT
O-Africa	Channel O	Friday May 24	20:30 CAT
Africa Weekend Mix	MTV Base	Saturday 25 & 26 May	All day
Official African Chart	MTV Base	Wednesdays	18:00 CAT
MTV Africa All Stars	MTV Base	Saturday 25th May	16:00 CAT
Focus on Africa	BBC World News	Wednesdays	19:30 CAT
Africa This week	CNBC Africa	Fridays	18:30 CAT
Invest Africa	CNBC Africa	Saturdays	20:30 CAT
African Voices	CNN	Saturday and Sunday	19:30 CAT & 16:30 CAT
Inside Africa	CNN	Friday and Saturday	18:30 CAT & 19:30 CAT
Artscape	Aljazeera	Thursdays	18:30 CAT
ENCA Africa	e.TV Africa	Daily	18:00  CAT
Africa Journal	Vox Africa	Monday to Thursday	12:30 CAT
Straight Talk Africa	Vox Africa	Thursdays	19:30 CAT

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