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“‘We love stories and really like listening to them. That’s how it’s always been on this continent – passing on stories orally means far more here than in most places in the world’, revealed one actor working on the joint production in Mozambique. It’s certain that a half-way free media – and especially the radio – can play an important role in educating and informing Africans. The radio dramas are increasingly taking their place in the scheme, teasing open the dry world of news and, if they’re well made, giving young people good ideas. In this way, Deutsche Welle’s plays are reportedly very close to real life.”

(Süddeutsche Zeitung)

“The ten-minute radio shows are designed to reach the target group of 12 to 20-year-olds – and most Mozambicans are aged 20 and younger. Inspired by the global success of telenovelas and financed by Germany’s Federal Foreign Office, entertaining scenes were acted out on topics such as deforestation, environmental protection, malaria and AIDS. ‘Around half of Mozambicans cannot read or write and the radio is the most important media’, explained the actor Vaz.”

(Die Welt)

“‘The young people here are fed up with all the constant lecturing on subjects like AIDS and other diseases. If the messages are packaged in a story, they are better received’, said the young actor Elliot. There is a reason that the radio dramas are produced in Africa, besides Mozambique in Rwanda and Senegal, too. The programs should remain authentic and be accepted by the listeners as a local product. Most of the authors and narrators come from Africa.”

(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)