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Audrey Azoulay
Director-General, UNESCO

'Mann Ki Baat': A Monument of the World

Radio Heritage

With radio, it has never been for children isolated and
so true that the medium is the deprived of school by the Covid
message. pandemic. And we continue
Radio has been a part of to use radio to educate, for
every one of our lives since example in Afghanistan where
its invention a century ago.
From traditional AM and FM
frequencies to the far-reaching
long wave, and now expanding
into the ever-growing realm
of digital radio, web radio,
and podcasts, its accessibility
continues to grow. It is truly a
universal medium.
Radio also carries a message
of proximity, affinity and diversity.
There may be no other medium
with the same variety of content
and programmes produced, the
plurality of opinions and cultural
expressions, even the number of
languages available.
This is what makes it such a
valuable ally in crisis situations.
UNESCO harnessed this potential
in sub-Saharan Africa, forging a
pedagogy through the airwaves

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