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Program 08-10-26-A |
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Of all the days in the life of Nelson Mandela - the days in jail, awaiting sentence and his election in 94 - one day stood out as the most nerve-wracking. The day of the Rugby Word Cup in 1995 - South Africa versus New Zealand. But it was much more than a sports match. It was the chance to help build a united South Africa. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, the fairy-tale story of the game that made a nation.
SEGMENT 1:
Melissa Faye Greene talks with Jim Fleming about her book, "There Is No Me Without You" - a profile of the AIDS orphans of Ethiopia and one remarkable woman who saved dozens by opening her home to them after the death of her adult daughter from AIDS. Also, Mandeza Kandemwa is widely recognized in Southern Africa as a traditional healer. He tells Anne Strainchamps that he considers himself a spirit medium and that his powers are a gift from the Creator.
SEGMENT 2:
Derick Burleson won the Felix Pollack Prize for his collection of poems about Rwanda, called "Ejo." Burleson tells Jim Fleming he was evacuated from Rwanda just ahead of the genocide and couldn't believe the atrocities that occurred. His friends and colleagues were among the murderers and the murdered. He reads several of his poems. Also, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist whose book "Half of A Yellow Sun" is set during the period of civil violence surrounding the creation of Biafra. She tells Jim Fleming that only now are Nigerians willing to face up to their recent history.
SEGMENT 3:
Journalist John Carlin talks with Steve Paulson about 1995 rugby tournament that changed South Africa's history. His book on the subject is called "Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made A Nation." Carlin explains how Mandela got South African Blacks to buy into a game that had always been perceived as a symbol of white oppression.
CD copies are available at 1-800-747-7444. Ask for program number 08-10-26-A.
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Books & CDs:
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun (Random House) |
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Derick Burleson, Ejo (Wisconsin) |
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| John Carlin, Playing the Enemy (Penguin) |  |
| Melissa Fay Greene, There is No Me Without You (Bloomsbury) |  |
| Michael Hill & Mandeza Kandemwa, Twin from Another Tribe: The Story of Two Shamanic Healers from Africa and North America (Quest) |  |
Websites:
- Melissa Fay Greene:
http://www.thereisnomewithoutyou.com
- For Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
http://www.l3.ulg.ac.be/adichie/
Music:
- Geoffrey Oryema/ Medieval Dream/ Night to Night/ Real
World
- Geoffrey Oryema/ Kel Kweyo/ Beat the Border/ Real
World
- California Guitar Trio/ The Marsh/ White Water/ Inside
Out U.S.
- Keith Jarrett/ Pt. 3/ The Carnegie Hall Concert/ ECM
Records
- California Guitar Trio/ Tubular Bells/ Echoes/ Inner
Knot
- California Guitar Trio/ Music for a Found Harmonium/ Inner Knot
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