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Interviews with women in north Kivu

The recent peace conference in Goma, north Kivu has raised hopes that a durable solution to the almost decade long conflict in eastern DRC will finally be found. But Congolese women of DRC are paying a huge price as each bout of fighting results in ever more women raped and mutilated. Rape is being used as a weapon of war in what increasingly looks like a no win situation for all parties concerned and Congolese women are upping the ante in the fight to break the silence about the atrocities comm...

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Crossroads: Episode 6 of 6

Tumbo and Tim team up on a rescue mission to find Raha. They are caught by the Taabus and it is up to Sifa to rescue them all. Mzee Taabu and his clansmen are arrested for Raha's abduction. Crossroads ( http://www.cmfd.org/cmfdprojects/protocol.html ) is a six episode serial radio drama exploring issues related to the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Produced by CMFD Productions( http://www.cmfd.org/ )....

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[ Thu, 21 May 2009 13:35:00 GMT ]



Crossroads: Episode 5 of 6

Baba Bahati is arrested and Mama Bahati is treated with hostility by the market women for reporting him. Tasui goes to Mama Dawa but cannot go through with the abortion. Sifa and Tim have a run-in with the Taabu clan. Crossroads ( http://www.cmfd.org/cmfdprojects/protocol.html ) is a six episode serial radio drama exploring issues related to the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Produced by CMFD Productions( http://www.c...

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[ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:35:00 GMT ]



Crossroads: Episode 4 of 6

Inspector Tumbo and Mzee Taabu's collusion to have Raha inherited is revealed. Mama Bahati is raped by Baba Bahati. Tim provides useful information that may lead to Raha's rescue. Crossroads ( http://www.cmfd.org/cmfdprojects/protocol.html ) is a six episode serial radio drama exploring issues related to the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Produced by CMFD Productions( http://www.cmfd.org/ )....

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[ Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:30:00 GMT ]



Crossroads: Episode 3 of 6

Mama Bahati struggles with how to act as a woman. Tumbo begins the investigation of Raha afresh, and Sifa discovers a suspicious piece of kanga in the Taabu compound. Tausi is still considering having an abortion. Crossroads ( http://www.cmfd.org/cmfdprojects/protocol.html ) is a six episode serial radio drama exploring issues related to the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Produced by CMFD Productions( http://www.cmfd....

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[ Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:30:00 GMT ]



Crossroads: Episode 2 of 6

Mama Bahati and Tumbo experience their first day in each other's body. Mama Bahati is beaten by her husband. Tumbo begins to treat his new deputy, Sifa, with respect. Tumbo meets Tausi, a schoolgirl he has been having an affair with. Crossroads ( http://www.cmfd.org/cmfdprojects/protocol.html ) is a six episode serial radio drama exploring issues related to the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Produced by CMFD Productio...

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[ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:30:00 GMT ]



Crossroads: Episode 1 of 6

Mama Bahati is searching for her missing daughter. Police Chief Tumbo seems unwilling to help. Mama Bahati's friend urges her to drink a special brew, and she switches bodies with the police chief. Crossroads ( http://www.cmfd.org/cmfdprojects/protocol.html ) is a six episode serial radio drama exploring issues related to the African Union Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. Produced by CMFD Productions( http://www.cmfd.org/ )....

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[ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:30:00 GMT ]



Sexual trafficking

Trafficking of women and children is an increasing problem around the world. Africa is not exempt - women are being sold and kidnapped for the purposes of sexual slavery and prostitution, domestic and commercial labour. African women are being sent away not only outside the continent but also to other African countries. This despite provisions in the Maputo protocol on the protection of women and prevention of trafficking. The programme looks at the plight of girls being kidnapped from the Great...

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[ Thu, 27 Nov 2008 11:30:00 GMT ]



Sexual violence against women - DRC and Kenya

The right of women to not fear and be protected from sexual violence is enshrined in the Maputo declaration on women's rights, but this has remained a dead letter in several African countries. The programme looks at the horrific nature and extent of violence against women in DRC as well as a Kenyan writer's take on the violence unleashed against women in the wake of the December elections. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:00:00 GMT ]



Women and governance

The programme looks at the significance of the recent Rwandan elections which made history as women gained a majority in parliament - what do ordinary Rwandan women think of and expect from this success and what inspiration or message for the rest of Africa. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:30:00 GMT ]



Makupo's Well

Gwen Schulman discusses how remittances from Canada made it possible to sink a well in Makupo, a small village in Malawi. Easy access to water has transformed the villagers' lives—freeing up time for other pressing work and, indeed, for some leisure. But what is the impact of remittances on the structural inequalities that keep Makupo poor? This episode was produced by Amandla....

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[ Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:30:00 GMT ]



Black History Month: Interview with Horace Campbell

The final interview of this series is with Horace Campbell, professor of African American studies at Syracuse University, and author of Rasta and Resistance, from Marcus Garvey to Walter Rodney, and Reclaiming Zimbabwe: The Exhaustion of the Patriarchal Model of Liberation. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:30:00 GMT ]



Black History Month: Interview with Dan Lyndon

On the other side of the Atlantic, Black History Month is also celebrated each October in the United Kingdom, which has had a substantial black population since the 16th century. In this interview Contact FM talks to Dan Lyndon, history teacher and member of the British and Asian Studies Association. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:00 GMT ]



Black History Month: Interview with Patricia Sluby

The history of African American science is still today an area not widely known about. Contact FM take a brief plunge into this history talking with writer Patricia Sluby, author of The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:30:00 GMT ]



Black History Month: Interview with Gabrilla Ballard

From Chicago, Contact FM go down South, where they talk with Gabrilla Ballard ( www.gabrillaballardmusic.com ), singer, songwriter and activist, who tells them what it is like living in New Orleans after the massive 2005 flooding. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw/ )....

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[ Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:30:00 GMT ]



Black History Month: Interview with Floyd Webb

Taking a closer look at the origins of Black History Month, Contact FM talks to Floyd Webb ( www.floydwebb.com ), film-maker and web designer based in Chicago, about the relevance of Black History Month and his predictions for the future. This episode was produced by Contact FM 89.7 ( http://www.contactfm.rw )...

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[ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT ]



Duniya yetu Arts Azimuts

Between the 25th of January and the 2nd of Feb 2008, the town of Butare, Rwanda, hosted its first International Arts Festival organized by the University Centre for Arts. Entitled ‘Arts Azimuts’, this festival focused on theatre, music and dance, bringing together artists from Rwanda, Western Africa, Belgium and the United States. ContactFM...

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[ Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:01:00 GMT ]



Ugandan Women Speak about Women’s Protocol

Marren Akatsa-Bukachi, executive director of the Eastern African sub Regional Support Initiative for Advancement of Women (EASSI), Solome Nakaweesi-Kimbugwe, executive director of Akina Mama wa Afrika and Patricia Munabi Babiiha, executive director of the Forum for Women in Democracy (FOWODE) speak to Firoze Manji about the challenges of persuading Uganda to ratify the AU Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa....

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[ Thu, 6 Mar 2008 18:50:00 GMT ]



Interview with Peter Hallward

Peter Hallward talks over the phone with Jacques Depelchin from the Ota Benga Alliance for Peace Healing and Dignity, and visiting Professor at the Centre for Afro-Oriental Studies at the Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, and Firoze Manji, founder and co-editor of Pambazuka News, about his book and the lessons of Haiti. Peter Hallward's book “Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide and the Politics of Containment”, published by Verso Press in 2007, is likely to become a classic reference...

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[ Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:10:00 GMT ]



Interviews with women in south Kivu

In this series of interviews, Rwanda's Contact FM radio talks to activists in south Kivu fighting for justice for the women of Congo. Christine Schuler Descrivers works closely with Panzi hospital in Bukavu and a leading campaigner against the sexual terrorism of women. Dr. Denis Mukwege is chief gyneacologist at Bukavu's Panzi hospital and a specialist in reparative surgery for women mutilated by sexual terrorism. Venancie Bisimanabintou is executive secretary of the womens' network for the def...

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[ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:10:00 GMT ]



Sous les volcans

There seems to be no end in sight to the appalling violence against women in the Kivu region of eastern DRC. In North Kivu alone, there are 250 cases of rape reported each month and the unofficial figure could be much higher. Every hospital and health centre in both Kivus report cases of sexual violence on a daily basis, and the victims range from six months to 95 years of age. This is sexual violence in its most barbaric form, since rape is invariably accompanied by torture and mutilation leadi...

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[ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:00:00 GMT ]



Post Election Violence in Kenya

Since the December elections in Kenya an estimated 600 people have died as a result of the unrest, and another 100,000 at least have been displaced. The violence erupted after incumbent Mwai Kibaki was sworn into office in the midst of acusations that the election was rigged, led by opposition candidate Raila Odinga. International observers have called the election "flawed." In this interview Firoze Manji speaks on post election violence in Kenya as a symptom of long term debates within Kenya...

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[ Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMT ]



Flag and Future

Neema Ngwatilo Mawiyoo is a young writer and musician based in Nairobi. She asks and seeks to answer difficult artistic and human questions. She does not always reach an answer, and the dialogue is not always pleasant. To contact Ngwatilo: nmawiyoo [ at ] gmail.com....

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[ Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:00:00 GMT ]



I Stories

I Stories is a series of first hand accounts of gender violence from across Southern Africa produced by Gender Links ( http://www.genderlinks.org.za ) for the Sixteen Days of Activism against Gender Violence. Music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncube from Zimbabwe and kindly provided by Thulani Promotions (http://www.thulani.net )....

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[ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:00:00 GMT ]



Tanzania and the Protocol of the Rights of Women in Africa

Usu Mallya, the Executive Director of the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme ( http://www.tgnp.org/ ), talks to George Njogopa about Tanzania and the Protocol of the Rights of Women in Africa, which the country ratified in March this year. She applauds the political commitment shown by the government but says it now needs to make sure that Tanzania's laws comply with the protocol and that women are made aware of their rights. Music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncube from Zimbabwe...

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[ Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:30:00 GMT ]



Voudou Priestess Madame Evonne Auguste

Voudou Priestess Madame Evonne Auguste spoke to Sokari Ekine last August, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Madame Auguste is a member of Famm Voudou pou Ayiti (Voudou Women for Ayiti). In the interview she explains that Voudou is both a religion and a philosophy and speaks about the relationship between voudou and liberation theology. She also discusses the some of the reasons behind the demonetisation of the religion and why Famm Voudou pou Ayiti want to establish their own school. Music in this podc...

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[ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:30:00 +0100 ]



Police torture in Nigeria

Damien Ugwu from the Nigerian Civil Liberties Organisation speaks to Sokari Ekine from Pambazuka News about endemic police torture in the Nigerian justice system. CLO estimate that five people a day are being extra-judicially killed by the police. Most vulnerable are unemployed youths accused of armed robbery. Damien Ugwu explores the reasons why torture and murder are common place and the cultural and political roots of the problem. Music in this podcast is brought to you by Busi Ncube from Zi...

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[ Thu, 2 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0100 ]



Madaraka Nyerere

Madaraka Nyerere, the son of the former President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, talks to Adam Ma'anit from the New Internationalist for Pambazuka News. Madaraka Nyerere was in London to re-launch the Arusha Declaration, the document which is the foundation of socialist principles practiced by Nyerere's government, with the Global Women's Strike. Madaraka explores the reasons why Nyerere's policies have been demolished by capitalism, and the relevance of his father's work for modern Africa and...

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[ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 11:50:00 GMT ]



Mobile phone activism in South Africa

Sindy Mkhize of the Abahlali baseMjondolo Shackdwellers Movement of Durban speaks to Sokari Ekine of Pambazuka at the Pan African Mobile Activists workshops held in Nairobi in June. Sindy who is a member of the Abahlali Women's League discusses the pressure of living under constant attack from local government and local police and also the recent detention of members of the Kennedy Road location on charges of murder. Abahlali baseMjondolo Movement is the largest organisation of the militant poor...

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[ Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:00:00 GMT ]



Charles Taylor trial

Stephen Rapp, chief prosecutor at the trial of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor, speaks to Robtel Pailey from Pambazuka News after giving his opening statement in the Netherlands on 4 June 2007. Taylor has been indicted on 11 counts of crimes against humanity for his alleged participation in the Sierra Leone civil war, which lasted from 1991 to 2002. However Taylor was absent from the courtroom causing a huge uproar. Robtel Pailey reports from the International Criminal Court (IC...

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[ Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:00:00 GMT ]


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