Thembi's AIDS Diary

Length 23:28
Licensor Radio Diaries
Producer(s) Joe Richman
Formats Documentary, First-person essay
Topics African American, Health, Youth
Produced 2006
Added to PRX May 30, 2006
 

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Summary:

A year in the life of a South African teenager.

Website:

http://www.radiodiaries.org/aidsdiary/

Additional Credits and Funding:

Joe Richman/Radio Diaries with help from Ben Shapiro, Deborah George, Chris Turpin/ NPR, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Miyuki Jokiranta, and Samantha Schongalla.

Timely on:

June 05: 2006 is 25th anniversary of the first AIDS case

Tones:

Personal, Real, Sound Rich

Language:

English

Description:

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.

For photographs, background information, and the AIDS Action Toolkit, visit: http://www.radiodiaries.org/aidsdiary