Trans World Radio Africa

Orality

More than 65% of West Africans are illiterate and use singing, poetry, drama and chant-dancing to teach and convey information. Even in so-called ‘literate’ countries, most people do not get their information from reading but from watching television, going to the movies, listening to the radio and from other forms of audio-visual communication.

Many people groups do not yet have the Bible in their mother tongue and may only ever hear the gospel through the radio.

Chronological Bible Storying is effective because it gradually confronts worldview issues in a way that makes the listeners more open to receiving the gospel.
Radio dramas are popular teaching tools among listeners of all ages.
Conversation-style programmes are also effective in communicating the Word.

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Way of Righteousness

The Moore people group of West Africa (sometimes called Mossi) is mainly an oral society, preferring to learn through memorizing stories and songs. Since written literature is of little value to them, the Moore need chronological Bible stories that are easy to memorize.

The Moore translation of the programme has is broadcast into countries such as Burkina Faso, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo, to a potential audience of more than 10.5 million speakers. We need your help to keep this programme on air.

OneStory - from Creation to Eternity

Over 65% of people in West Africa are non-literates and are thus considered to be “primary oral learners”. This means that unless God’s Word is presented to them using oral methods, it is unlikely they will be able to understand or remember the life changing message of God’s Word. This project will make it possible for unreached people groups, to hear about their creator and respond to Him.

Through OneStory partnership, TWR has received recorded story-sets in the languages & dialects of Senoufo Synera, Senoufo Supyire, Fulfulde and Tamajeq. For two years, OneStory teams based in West Africa, have crafted and recorded stories, sent them for worldview accuracy and compiled them for future distribution through mass media outlets. As a result, we now have sets of chronological Bible stories for people groups in their own heart languages in their preferred communication styles.

Please consider financially standing alongside the OneStory projects as TWR seeks to present God’s Word through oral means. Your gift of $54 will help to fund the airtime for a 15 minute programme to be aired from TWR’s new broadcast site in Benin.

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