Out of Africa, Oprah Thrives

摘要

When Oprah Winfrey selected the second book for her reinstated Book Club―Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton's novel about racial division in South Africa―the reasoning was perfectly clear: After a three-week stay there last December, she fell passionately in love with the country, its people and its children. And that passion has changed her show. Winfrey hasn't been this hot in five years. King World's The Oprah Winfrey Show ratings are up 14% over last year. Her new sense of her herself is why she decided last year to re-up the show through the 2007-08 season. "Africa filled me up," Winfrey told BROADCASTING & CABLE in an exclusive interview, a day before her return to Africa last week. "Being with those children filled me in a way that nothing else really has in my life. It's given me my true purpose, my 'true north,' as they say. That can't help but fuel the rest of your life. It gave me a renewed sense of energy, a renewed sense of place and purpose in the world."