AfricaPress-Tanzania: THE executive producer for a popular TV show in East Africa, known as ‘Salama Na’, Michael Mlingwa, has disclosed youths should learn and emulate positive issues from the interviewees’ stories in the show.
Mlingwa, who is popularly known as ‘MxCarter’, made the remarks in Dar es Salaam recently.
He emphasized that since the show offers famous people a platform to share their lifetime issues, there are different success stories from the interviewees which may change the life of Tanzania youths.
He said via the interview youths may get answers for their problems, they can be counseled, they may be comforted, they can learn and even decide to emulate best practices from the interviewees’ stories.
He said: In this show, different successful people in Tanzania are interviewed, including politicians, artists, athletes, business people, and other influential people in the country, they get a chance to share different life stories including struggles, successes, and hustles.”
The show host added: ”It is an educating and entertaining show. I believe youths have a lot to explore in this show, let me ask them to follow it up, learn and take into practice positive skills they acquire.”
Mlingwa mentioned the former President, Jakaya Kikwete, as one of the few famous people interviewed in the ‘Salama Na’ show.
The TV show pointed out the social media feedback on lessons learned from the interview was awesome.
He said: ”In that interview, Kikwete had a chance to share his struggle from a child that went to school without shoes to a university student, a minister and a Fourth Phase President of Tanzania, so his journey became a lesson to many, some are encouraged and some have even decided to emulate the way Kikwete solved his challenges in politics and even life in general, that’s why I am calling on them to keep on watch the show in social media and keep on learning.”
The Salama Na show is the number one TV show that offers people a platform to talk and share their life stories, the show is shared on social media to give viewers opportunities to comment.
The show is owned by Mlingwa and another prominent Tv show host and journalist, Salama Jabir, under their company known as Yah Stone Town Company.
The duo came up with the idea in 2014 and the idea was implemented last year.
Some of the popular local musicians and personalities interviewed in the show are, Ambwene Yesaya, popularly known as ‘AY’, Fareed Kubanda popularly known as ‘Fid Q’, Joseph Haule popularly known as ‘Professor Jay’, Charles Hillary, Zuena Mohamed popularly known as ‘Shilole’, Kajala Masanja, and Faustina Mfinanga popularly known as ‘Nandy’.
