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Playlist: South Africa

Compiled By: Eva Breneman

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SOWETO Today

From Mikko Kapanen | 10:30

The largest township of South Africa 12 years after the fall of apartheid

113_small Soweto is the largest and most famous township in South Africa. During the years it has given home to Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and several other freedom fighters and anti-apartheid activists. It has a history of conflict which still lives in the minds of many people. But how is Soweto today? Mikko Kapanen talked to young Sowetans.

Mending the Past: International Truth and Reconciliation

From Making Contact | Part of the Making Contact series | 30:00

After Apartheid, genocide, or after civil wars...how do nations, or people who've been pitted against each other, resolve their differences and live together in peace? On this edition reconciliation. How does it work? And is it even necessary? We'll be hosting a round table discussion with community organizers from Serbia, South Africa, Azerbaijan, and Sudan.

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After Apartheid…after genocide, and after civil wars—how do nations, or people who’ve been pitted against each other, resolve their differences and live together in peace? On this edition—reconciliation.  How does it work? And is it even necessary?  We’ll be hosting a round table discussion with community organizers from Serbia, South Africa, Azerbaijan, and Sudan.

Featuring:

Ahmad Mahmoud, rapper and resident of Khartoum, Ivan Marovic, co-founder of OTPOR in Serbia; Arzu Geybullayeva, Azerbaijani blogger & organizer; Anele Mdzikwa, South African journalist and organizer

Program #18-12
Begin Date 05/02/12. End date 11/02/12.

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Bridget Ramasodi (South Africa's Promise)

From My Lens Media | 29:24

Bridgette had to leave her home, South Africa in 1991, during one of the most dynamic periods in that nation’s history. She left just one year after Nelson Mandela was released from political captivity — a time when people around the world were optimistic about that nation’s multi-racial political future. She tells 'Home, from Home' why she left, and how she maintains ties with her homeland by helping women and children in South Africa affected by HIV and AIDS.

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“When you think of South Africa, most people think of Mandela, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, all the wonderful artists in our political history. Specifically of Mandela. But behind that, was the struggle of day to day existence.”

Those are the words of Bridgette Ramasodi, a South African living in Los Angeles. Bridgette left South Africa in 1991, during one of the most dynamic periods in that nation’s history. It was the year after Nelson Mandela was released from political captivity — a time when people around the world were optimistic about that nation’s multi-racial political future. Today, Bridgette maintains strong ties with her homeland. Through her organization, Advantage Foundation, she helps women and children in South Africa affected by HIV and AIDS.

Click on the show link to find out more about her extraordinary story, how she has adapted to life in the United States, and her advocacy for women and children in South Africa.

HfH Song of the Month: “Everything (…Is Never Quite Enough)” by Wasis Diop. Bridgette says this song reminded her that no amount of money can make you happy. Bridgette says, “happiness is a decision that I have to make.”

The Eye of Zwelethu Mthethwa

From Sarah Lilley | 06:05

Since the 1994 demise of South Africa's apartheid system, photography in that country has taken on a new freedom, and a new meaning. It has evolved out of a milieu of censorship into a form of truthtelling and, finally, artistic expression. Photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa talks about life during apartheid -- and the art that came after.

Sugarcane_harvester3-w600_small Since the 1994 demise of South Africa's apartheid system, photography in that country has taken on a new freedom, and a new meaning. It has evolved out of a milieu of censorship into a form of truthtelling and, finally, artistic expression. Photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa talks about life during apartheid -- and the art that came after.