{"id":32675,"date":"2018-06-05T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32675"},"modified":"2018-06-04T10:29:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T14:29:54","slug":"bbc-media-action-how-radio-drama-is-helping-change-attitudes-in-south-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/bbc-media-action-how-radio-drama-is-helping-change-attitudes-in-south-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Media Action: How radio drama is helping change attitudes in South Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

(Source: BBC Media Action<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Our radio drama Life in Lulu which depicts the lives and trials of people living in a small village in South Sudan and its regular listeners include inmates at Tonj prison. Henning Goransson Sandberg, our Research Manager, talks about his visit there to understand what they took from the programme.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The prison sits on a main road, overlooking the river that flows past the city of Tonj, in central South Sudan. The doors are open to the street, and the only guard at the entrance takes a cursory look through my bag as I walk past his desk on my way in. The courtyard, where most of the prisoners spend the day looking after cows, farming or cooking food, is patrolled by guards and surrounded by a low wall.<\/p>\n

I meet the prison director who shows us around and tells me why the prisoners are there; their crimes range from fraud, shoplifting and petty theft to rape, assault and murder. The most serious offenders have their feet chained together, he tells me.<\/p>\n

I am here to speak to inmates who have taken part in radio listening clubs facilitated by presenters from D\u00f6\u00f6r FM, the local radio station. They have been discussing Life in Lulu, BBC Media Action\u2019s radio drama about the residents of a small village. The drama, now in its fifth season, is broadcast across South Sudan and explores a number of issues including non-violent ways to resolve conflict.<\/p>\n

D\u00f6\u00f6r FM, which means \u201cPeace\u201d in the Dinka language, is a private radio station broadcasting mainly religious, education and public information programmes in the local dialect. The station started the listening clubs around a year ago and has since staged discussions about forgiveness, peaceful conflict resolution, the dangers of weapons in civilian hands and the dangers posed by mines and other explosives. By showing its characters making poor decisions when they are angry or drunk, Life in Lulu highlights the dangers of owning and using weapons.<\/p>\n

Most prisoners had not heard the programme before starting their sentences, mainly because they had no access to a radio. But for the past six months they had listened weekly and discussed the show when the D\u00f6\u00f6r FM presenters came to visit. The storylines seemed to resonate with them.<\/p>\n

Achol has served two years of an indeterminate sentence for a gun-related crime. “All the problems that exist in this community occur because of guns,” he said. “If you don\u2019t have gun according to the perception we have here is that you are not a man and you don\u2019t deserve the respect that men in the society enjoy.”[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading this full article t the BBC Media Action website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: BBC Media Action) Our radio drama Life in Lulu which depicts the lives and trials of people living in a small village in South Sudan and its regular listeners include inmates at Tonj prison. Henning Goransson Sandberg, our Research Manager, talks about his visit there to understand what they took from the programme. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3],"tags":[7095,2298,2261],"class_list":["post-32675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","tag-bbc-media-action","tag-radio-drama","tag-south-sudan"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8v1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18618,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/south-sudan-eye-radio-reaches-new-audience-via-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":32675,"position":0},"title":"South Sudan: Eye Radio reaches new audience via shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"April 30, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"You might recall\u00a0a post from Robert Gulley earlier this week about Eye Radio. Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Andrea Borgnino who shares a link to the following article from the BBC about Eye Radio's broadcasts over shortwave: (Source: BBC) A radio station in South Sudan is using older, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"EyeRadio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/EyeRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/EyeRadio.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/EyeRadio.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8429,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/bbc-news-on-the-long-term-survival-of-shortwave-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":32675,"position":1},"title":"BBC News on the long-term survival of shortwave radio","author":"Thomas","date":"December 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Alex, who shares this essential listening: an audio report aired at 17:45 GMT today by Lucy Burton of the BBC World Service. In this report, Burton discusses the future (or lack thereof) of shortwave radio.\u00a0Burton interviews staff at Radio Romania International and even Glenn\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"BBC-World-Service-007","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/BBC-World-Service-007-300x180.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11305,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/radio-tamazuj-adds-shortwave-service-for-south-sudan\/","url_meta":{"origin":32675,"position":2},"title":"Radio Tamazuj adds shortwave service for South Sudan","author":"Thomas","date":"November 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source:\u00a0Radio Tamazuj via Andy Sennitt) The independent broadcaster Radio Tamazuj has launched a new shortwave frequency to help expand its listenership in South Sudan. Broadcasting daily in colloquial Arabic from 7:00-7:30 a.m. and 6:00-6:30 p.m., Radio Tamazuj focuses on providing listeners with uncensored news and information. At its inception in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"header_en","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/header_en.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/header_en.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/header_en.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/header_en.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27315,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/dw-south-sudan-blocks-access-to-independent-websites\/","url_meta":{"origin":32675,"position":3},"title":"DW: South Sudan blocks access to independent websites","author":"Thomas","date":"July 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source:\u00a0Deutsche Welle) Internet and mobile phone users in South Sudan are not able to access the websites of at least four independent media outlets. The government has grown increasingly hostile to the media since civil war began in 2013. The South Sudanese government has blocked access to the websites of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SouthSudan-Block.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SouthSudan-Block.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SouthSudan-Block.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18564,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/new-shortwave-station-in-south-sudan\/","url_meta":{"origin":32675,"position":4},"title":"New Shortwave Station in South Sudan","author":"Robert Gulley","date":"April 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a new shortwave station in South Sudan! Kudos to Eye Media for their Shortwave Radio efforts in South Sudan to complement and extend their reach beyond local FM radio. And I must add, kudos to the United States for their part in helping to fund the venture. While I\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Radio-Tamazuj","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Radio-Tamazuj.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Radio-Tamazuj.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Radio-Tamazuj.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Radio-Tamazuj.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22215,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/advocacy-group-calls-for-reopening-of-eye-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":32675,"position":5},"title":"Advocacy group calls for reopening of Eye Radio","author":"Thomas","date":"November 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following item from the Sudan Tribute: November 12, 2016 (JUBA)- The African Centre for Transitional Justice (ACTJ) has called on South Sudanese authorities to reconsider their decision to reopen the unilaterally closed independent radio station, asserting it is a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SX-99-Dial-Nar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/SX-99-Dial-Nar.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}