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In Somaliland’s outback with Laura Angela Bagnetto

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This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the world’s most expensive tea. RFI English’s Laura Angela Bagnetto joins us to talk about her recent trip to Somaliland, and we’ll play some great music, too. And of course, there’s the quiz … Just click on the arrow in the photo, and enjoy!

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Hello everyone!

Welcome to The Sound Kitchen. You can catch the programme on-the-air every Saturday at 6:15, 7:15, 14:45 and 16:45 universal time. You’ll hear the winner’s names announced and the week’s quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you have grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and tune in every Saturday.

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There are 19 RFI English clubs kicking off a round of football tournaments. RFI’s Listener Relations department organized the tournaments to coincide with the European Championship Games, from 10 June through 10 July.

The participating clubs are from all around the globe. In Africa, there’s the RFI Fan Club, Kisii, Kenya, Mogire Machuki, president; Kemogemba Club, Tarime, Tanzania, Ras Franz Manko Ngogo, president; The RFI Listeners Club Gambia, Brikama Town, The Gambia, Lamin Ceesay, president; RFI Ducor Sea Breeze Club of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia, Hyrum Karyea Mennoh, president, and the RFI Club Ain Kechera, Ain Kechera, Algeria, Ferhat Bezazel, president.

In Pakistan, there’s the Pak France International Listeners Club, Sahiwal, Shahzad Shabbir, president, and the RFI Fans Web Visitors Club, Khanpur, Amir Manzoor, president.

In India, there’s the International DX Radio Listeners Club, Murshidabad, Mr Najimuddin, president; RFI Natun Radio Listeners Club, Murshidabad, Kanchan KR Chatterjee, president; Golden DX Club, Murshidabad, Siddhartha Sarkar, president; RFI Listeners Club, Hyderabad / Miryalguda; Mrs P Sreelatha Reddy, president; Young Stars Radio Club, Sainikpuri / Secunderabad, Hari Madugula, president, and Metali Listeners Club, Murshidabad, Shivendu Paul, president.

In Bangladesh, there’s the Kaptai RFI Fan Club, Kaptai, Jahangir Alam Manto, president; RFI Club Dhaka, Dhaka, Wali Ahad, president; RFI Surfer’s Society Bangladesh, Dhaka, Ms Royeka Khatun, president, and the Friends Radio Club, Naogaon, Dewan Rafiqul Islam, president.

Both of our Cuban clubs will participate, too – the RFI Club Cuba, Ivan Carralero, president, and Cubans on the Radio, also in Holguin, Rommel Tamayo Gutiérrez, president.

The clubs will be sending in match results and (hopefully!) lots of photos for our Facebook pages. Stay tuned for the latest!

This week’s quiz: On 7 May I asked you about the world’s most expensive tea. It costs almost 1,400 USD (1,231€) for a single gram, or well over 10,000 USD (8,796€) for a pot … nutty, isn’t it? Anyway, value judgements aside, I asked you to write in with the name of this crazy expensive tea, and where it is grown.

The answer is: Da Hong Pao, which means “Big Red Robe”. It’s grown on the Wuyi Mountains, right outside of a town called Wuyishan, in the Fujian province of southern China.

The winners are: Jewel Ahmad, from Sirajganj, Bangladesh; Mahesh Jain from Delhi, India; Dietmar Wolf from Hammelburg, Germany; Henry Mensch from San Francisco, California in the US, and last but not least, RFI Club member Ibrahim Umar Abdulkarim from Kano, Nigeria. Ibrahim Umar Abdulkarim sent his message via text to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone … everybody remember that number? It’s + 33 6 31 12 96 82.

Congratulations winners!

This week’s question ... you'll have to listen to the show to participate. You have until 18 July to enter this week's quiz. The winners will be announced on the 23 July program. When you enter, be sure you send your postal address in with your answer, and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

Send your answers to:

english.service@rfi.fr

or

Susan Owensby
RFI – The Sound Kitchen
80, rue Camille Desmoulins
92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux
France

or

By text … You can also send your quiz answers to The Sound Kitchen mobile phone. Dial your country’s international access code, or “ + ”, then 33 6 31 12 96 82. Don’t forget to include your mailing address in your text – and if you have one, your RFI Listeners Club membership number.

To find out how you can win an RFI wireless computer mouse, click here:
http://www.english.rfi.fr/culture/20141218-sound-kitchen-essay-contests

To find out how you can become a member of the RFI Listeners Club, or to form your own official RFI Club, click here:
http://www.english.rfi.fr/culture/20141218-how-form-official-rfi-listeners-club

 

 

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