Publications are dying world over. I was weaned in famous five, hardy boys and the likes. Whenever I see my progeny glued on ping-pong and Coco melon, I am miffed, but we all have our learning tools.What? Sad. I remember reading Readers digest, hardy boys, Nancy drew, Beano etc
True that, they never understood that, things that are South African, are hardly palatable to East African region.Lost interest when they started selling the South African Edition.
I think it's now hard for most publications to compete with social media. Would one subscribe to a travel guide when you can watch travel vloggers on YouTubeCouldn't they transfer their content to online and get same subscriptions?
Hapo Kwa top-notch humour, I see their jokes regurgitated by sociomedia comedians, some 30+ years down the line.I must have read my first RD when I was 8. I could never get enough of it, though when I look back it was all British propaganda - the copies I read had endless stories about how the Brits defeated Hitler. Sijui dam busters, code breakers and fantastic spies.
But the RD also had incredibly interesting human stories, top-notch humour and great insights.
Sad, but inevitable....
'Laughter the Best Medicine'.Hapo Kwa top-notch humour, I see their jokes regurgitated by sociomedia comedians, some 30+ years down the line.