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Dark Skies Over Africa: Cosmic Savannah Podcast
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When:
Apr 12, 2021 from 12:00 to 13:00 (ET)
We are joined by the Carringtone Kinyanjui who is a student at the University of Nairobi, Kenya and a member of the
Sayari Astronomy Outreach and Astro-Tourism
group who promote the dark skies of Africa!
Carringtone talks about his relationship with astronomy and the incredible work the Sayari group is doing in Kenya. The Sayari project involves collaborating with lodges in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, training their guides in ethno-astronomy, light pollution awareness and telescope operation.
The group also runs a great project recording the indigenous knowledge of the African skies by collecting stories from around the country.
Olayinka Fagbemiro, the Assistant Chief Scientific Officer of the
National Space Research and Development Agency
in Abuja, Nigeria then joins us. Olayinka is also the local coordinator for
Astronomers Without Borders
in Nigeria.
We chat about the development work that is done by the
National Space Research and Development Agency
, and some of their achievements in launching satellites from Nigeria as well as the outreach work that is done across Nigeria through the
Astronomers Without Borders
project.
Check out the podcast
here
and below...
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