DRAMAIDE AND LIVE DRAMA. Raising young people’s awareness about HIV/AIDS in a creative, interactive and engaging way

Authors

  • Fredrick Mugira

Abstract

African forefathers used the performing arts in different ways to communicate, and not for entertainment only. Colonialists too used the performing arts to stamp out paganism from the African continent –a successful strategy. Today, when HIV/AIDS is a major problem worldwide, several organizations are using them to sensitize people about the pandemic. DramAidE, based in KwaZulu Natal, province of South Africa, is an example.

Author Biography

Fredrick Mugira

Fredrick Mugira, a graduate from the Malmö University Master in Communication for Development, holds a PGD Environmental Journalism and Communication and a Bsc Mass Communication. Currently, he works as a news editor with Radio West in Uganda.

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Published

2008-10-01

Issue

No. 11 (2008)

Section

Articles