SAF Marimba Students-Chanson -- USAGM
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- SAF Marimba Students-Chanson -- USAGM
- June 17, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English SAF Marimba Students-Chanson HEADLINE: Marimba Gives Lyrical Lift to South African Township’s Young People TEASER: Playing the percussion instrument has given one school's students a way to express themselves to the world PUBLISHED AT: 6/17/2022 AT 8:40AM BYLINE: Romain Chanson CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Reiger Park, Boksburg, South Africa VIDEOGRAPHER: Romain Chanson VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): YouTube “Education Africa” PLATFORMS: Web __ TV _x_ Radio _x_ TRT: 2:35 VID APPROVED BY: Reifenrath TYPE: Feature PKG EDITOR NOTES: ((INTRO)) [[ Music is truly a magical, universal language: one that students in a South African township outside of Johannesburg are learning. Romain Chanson reports for VOA in this story, narrated by Carol Guensburg. ]] ((NARRATOR)) While some students are heading home from school, others are putting down their backpacks and picking up mallets for an hour of marimba practice. The Goede Hoop Primary School hosts one of the 19 marimba centers managed by Education Africa, a nongovernmental organization. Educator Thandeka Dlamini spends some after-school time teaching marimba to teenagers. ((Thandeka Dlamini, Marimba Instructor)) ((female, in English)) “I fell in love with the marimbas. So that’s why I decided that, no, I want to teach. And also, with the teaching, I had the impression that there are so many kids who are living in the shacks in here and who will need to be held after school to have something to be busy about.” ((NARRATOR)) Most of the students come from disadvantaged backgrounds in Reiger Park, a township known in part for its gangs and violence. Playing the marimba gives students an outlet for their energy and a positive way to express themselves. Seventeen-year-old Bonga Ndlebe says the music is a deterrent to using drugs. ((Bonga Ndlebe, Marimba Student)) ((male, in English)) “I would have been involved, I don’t know, in some substance things. But then, because of being taught to be determined and do what you do and finish it, I just recognized how important it [music] is, and its impacts.” [[Radio: Eighteen-year-old Thalmina Moutloung sees music as a unifying force.]] ((Thamina Motloung, Marimba Student)) ((female, in English)) “Because music brings [us] all together. It calms you, so you have fun.” ((NARRATOR)) Through Education Africa, students participate in festivals in South Africa and abroad. During a 2016 concert, the Goede Hoop school’s marimba performers created a sensation. ((Mandatory CG: YouTube/Education Africa)) Their recording of “Le Printemps” from composer Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” went viral on social networks. [[Radio: Joan Lithgow is a marimba specialist with Education Africa.]] ((Joan Lithgow, Education Africa Marimba Specialist)) ((female, in English)) “I couldn’t believe it, and I was telling the children, ‘You’re becoming famous! This is so exciting!’ And from my point of view, it’s been quite remarkable to hear Vivaldi played in a township and to hear the understanding of the music.” ((NARRATOR)) The country’s youth face poor job prospects, with South Africa’s statistics department reporting that almost two-thirds of people ages 15 to 24 were unemployed in the year’s first quarter. Education Africa wants to train marimba students to become teachers, channeling their passion for learning into jobs for the future. For Romain Chanson in Johannesburg, Carol Guensburg, VOA News
- Transcript/Script SAF Marimba Students-Chanson HEADLINE: Marimba Gives Lyrical Lift to South African Township’s Young People TEASER: Playing the percussion instrument has given one school's students a way to express themselves to the world PUBLISHED AT: 6/17/2022 AT 8:40AM BYLINE: Romain Chanson CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Reiger Park, Boksburg, South Africa VIDEOGRAPHER: Romain Chanson VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): YouTube “Education Africa” PLATFORMS: Web __ TV _x_ Radio _x_ TRT: 2:35 VID APPROVED BY: Reifenrath TYPE: Feature PKG EDITOR NOTES: ((INTRO)) [[ Music is truly a magical, universal language: one that students in a South African township outside of Johannesburg are learning. Romain Chanson reports for VOA in this story, narrated by Carol Guensburg. ]] ((NARRATOR)) While some students are heading home from school, others are putting down their backpacks and picking up mallets for an hour of marimba practice. The Goede Hoop Primary School hosts one of the 19 marimba centers managed by Education Africa, a nongovernmental organization. Educator Thandeka Dlamini spends some after-school time teaching marimba to teenagers. ((Thandeka Dlamini, Marimba Instructor)) ((female, in English)) “I fell in love with the marimbas. So that’s why I decided that, no, I want to teach. And also, with the teaching, I had the impression that there are so many kids who are living in the shacks in here and who will need to be held after school to have something to be busy about.” ((NARRATOR)) Most of the students come from disadvantaged backgrounds in Reiger Park, a township known in part for its gangs and violence. Playing the marimba gives students an outlet for their energy and a positive way to express themselves. Seventeen-year-old Bonga Ndlebe says the music is a deterrent to using drugs. ((Bonga Ndlebe, Marimba Student)) ((male, in English)) “I would have been involved, I don’t know, in some substance things. But then, because of being taught to be determined and do what you do and finish it, I just recognized how important it [music] is, and its impacts.” [[Radio: Eighteen-year-old Thalmina Moutloung sees music as a unifying force.]] ((Thamina Motloung, Marimba Student)) ((female, in English)) “Because music brings [us] all together. It calms you, so you have fun.” ((NARRATOR)) Through Education Africa, students participate in festivals in South Africa and abroad. During a 2016 concert, the Goede Hoop school’s marimba performers created a sensation. ((Mandatory CG: YouTube/Education Africa)) Their recording of “Le Printemps” from composer Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” went viral on social networks. [[Radio: Joan Lithgow is a marimba specialist with Education Africa.]] ((Joan Lithgow, Education Africa Marimba Specialist)) ((female, in English)) “I couldn’t believe it, and I was telling the children, ‘You’re becoming famous! This is so exciting!’ And from my point of view, it’s been quite remarkable to hear Vivaldi played in a township and to hear the understanding of the music.” ((NARRATOR)) The country’s youth face poor job prospects, with South Africa’s statistics department reporting that almost two-thirds of people ages 15 to 24 were unemployed in the year’s first quarter. Education Africa wants to train marimba students to become teachers, channeling their passion for learning into jobs for the future. For Romain Chanson in Johannesburg, Carol Guensburg, VOA News
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Topic Tags Marimba
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date June 17, 2022 15:01 EDT
- Description English Music is truly a magical, universal language: one that students in a South African township outside of Johannesburg are learning. Romain Chanson reports for VOA in this story, narrated by Carol Guensburg.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English