Alli, I just joined today. This should give you hope and for people like me that facebook and twitter will never replace everything. Also, have a facebook contact and invite friends with Africa names. It takes time to build.
I joined another forum Vibesdafrique and it yanked off a couple of weeks ago. So I searched and found your forum
. This forum can be built up like that.
I like Koffi, Werra, JB, MJ30, Papa Wemba, Wenge, and endless.