Kissa's first boobtube in color!
Malians can be pretty inventive. For example, in Kissa, a town with no electricity, people frequently watch TV! They hook them up to solar panels, diesel engines, or even running motorcycles. They plop in a french DVD with a lot of fighting or Malian music videos, gather around and squint at a tiny, usually black and white screen, and get their only look at the world outside their village. On holidays, when people stay up late and don't have to work in the fields, sometimes crowds of up to 100 people will gather to watch a 20 inch screen! Of the american TV they watch, a big favorite is 24, which they call "Jack Bower."
