Sound and Soil is a live, collaborative, and experimental performance that took place in Nababeep, South Africa. Situated in the far Northern Cape Province, 50 kms north of Springbok and 65 kms from the Namibian border post Vioolsdrift, the performance included a collaboration with the Nama Stap Dansers from Steinkopf. Craig Beckett from Indigenous Youth Exchange Africa attended the event.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee Craig Beckett (Naro, Nama)
"Lights in the forest" by Ziibiwan, used with permission.
South Africa has been branded as “the Rainbow Nation” because of the diversity of its citizens. The country boasts a very liberal constitution and eleven official languages, which however do not include Indigenous languages. What is becoming more and more apparent lately is the exclusion of the Khoi and San languages especially from school curricula, radio, and television. IYX Radio is a new internet radio station that hopes to change the narrative.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Sharri Cannel (San)
¡Defiende hoy los derechos de los demás! La ONU declaró el 21 de marzo el Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial para llamar atención al racismo sistémico como la causa de la desigualdad en muchas comunidades de todo el mundo. Rossy González (Maya Kakchiquel) comparte la historia de la conmemoración de este día, y unos líderes comunitarios ofrecen sus perspectivas sobre la necesidad de reconocer y celebrar este día. ENTREVISTADOS - Antonia Benito, comunicadora de Radio Comunitaria Qawinaqel de Palín Escuintal, Guatemala.