The new season of the popular radio drama for youth promotes peace amidst violent conflict.
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Francis first heard an episode of Sawa Shabab (Together Youth), the peace building radio drama, in 2014 when he was studying at the university in Wau, in Western Bahr el Ghazal.
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En un estudio de Nairobi, James le pasa el zumo de mango a Rebecca, mientras Mary y Peter comentan entre risas las nuevas tramas de su radionovela. Son actores sursudaneses de etnias rivales haciendo algo que los oyentes en su país natal no imaginan: ser amigos.
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South Sudan Focus is a 30-minute weekday English-language broadcast/internet program covering rapidly changing developments in South Sudan and the region. Sawa Shabab is featured in this episode.
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The second season of “Sawa Shabab“, a radio drama aimed at helping youth in South Sudan resolve conflicts peacefully, begins this week. The radio program’s next 20-episode season is airing while South Sudan — independent for nearly four years — is still struggling under leaders who are of different ethnicities and are locked in a political dispute that frequently turns violent.
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The highly anticipated second season of the Sawa Shabab peacebuilding radio drama for youth in South Sudan will air across the country during the week of June 15, 2015.
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A new radio drama in South Sudan called Sawa Shabab coaches young listeners on life skills and getting along with others. But just as production was set to begin, violence erupted in the country — the same violence the show’s creators were hoping to prevent.
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Reports that the horrific violence that took place in the South Sudanese town of Bentiu recently was partly fueled by hate speech prompts inevitable comparisons with media-driven violence in Rwanda in 1994. While the environments in both countries are different, the consequences for South Sudan are considerable. The U.S. Institute of Peace is seeking to address the conflict with a radio drama intended to help young people understand their potential as individuals, respect differences and join together based on common interests.
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