Thembi's AIDS Diary
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Producers: Joe Richman
South Africa has the largest number of people with HIV/AIDS in the world. More than five million South Africans are HIV positive. Thembi is one of them. For the past year, she has been carrying a tape recorder and keeping an audio diary of her struggle to live with AIDS.
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Broadcast History
Originally broadcast on NPR's "All Things Considered."
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Additional Information
- Produced: Jan 01, 2006
- Added to PRX: May 30, 2006
- This piece is in English
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Michael Johnson
Posted on July 06, 2006 at 01:45 PM | Permalink
Review of Thembi's AIDS Diary
During the 23 minutes of Joe Richman's "Thembi's AIDS Diary", listeners will be saddened, surprised, inspired all at the same time and left with a lasting impression of one woman's world living with AIDS.
The listener accompanies Thembi, a young South African woman as she deals with the AIDS virus with parents, doctors, partners, and her own mortality.
It is a highly effective and moving program which would stand well as a special on World AIDS Day, any programs or discussions on youth and HIV, as a fill-in for Soundprint, as the last segment of ATC as special, as a healthcare/HIV awareness special, and especially as a youth target segment. Properly publicized and directed to youth programming, an airing of "Thembi's AIDS Diary" might possibly save lives.