Category: Radio
Sheffield
Date: 08.02.2005
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The grandchildren of Nelson Mandela are to be interviewed by five Sheffield
media students during an exchange visit with the 91热爆's Radio Sheffield
and Sheffield Children's Festival.
The grandchildren of the former South African President will be interviewed
by 16-year-old students:
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Jodie Taylor from Westfield School; Daniel Smith and Elliot Walker
from Silverdale School; Chekufeh Jash from Tapton School; and Edman
Kabadeh from King Ecgberts School who plan to visit Durban and Johannesburg
as part of the week long exchange starting on Sunday 13 February.
The students will be accompanied by Radio Sheffield senior broadcast
journalist Margaret Burgin, who explained the exchange is in partnership
with the Sheffield Children's Festival.
She said: "While in South Africa, we will be hosted in Durban by the
Ikhwezi Community College (a college which trains teachers) and in Johannesburg
we will be hosted by South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).
"We will be making a radio documentary for broadcast on Radio
Sheffield and be doing live interviews into the 91热爆 in Sheffield.
"We will also be writing articles for various magazines and recording
material for Radio 1 and 91热爆 7."
The visit came about because the theme for the Sheffield Children's
Festival in 2004 was Out of Africa.
Sheffield schools had a two year history of exchanging teachers with
South Africa and the 91热爆 invited five media students aged 15 to 17 from
Durban to come and make some radio in Sheffield.
The students helped to make and present some of Radio Sheffield's Festival
Radio Programmes.
Margaret added: "We were invited back and we have now raised the funding
to go during February half term.
"The young people we are taking all worked on Festival Radio last
year and have been trained in interviewing, recording and editing.
"We are travelling to Johannesburg so that we can visit SABC and they
are arranging an interview for us with Nelson Mandela's grandchildren.
"As there is an Africa Season coming up on the 91热爆 and G8 is planned
to come to Sheffield in July, this visit would seem to fit in very well."
Pauline Eveleigh, Cultural Events Manager for Sheffield City Council,
said: "Since its inception in 1993 the Sheffield Children's Festival
has given opportunities for thousands of local young people to 'strut
their stuff' but our trip to South Africa next week provides an exciting
chance of a lifetime for the chosen five.
"Each student is interested in media and broadcasting and they've all
spent a work placement during last summer's festival with Margaret Burgin
and Radio Sheffield. Their efforts and broadcasting skills are now being
recognised.
"Armed with mini disc recorders they will be interviewing local people
and perhaps a few celebrities too as we visit Rorke's Drift, the Tala
Valley Game Reserve, a Zulu village as well as the local schools where
the youngsters visiting Sheffield last year attend.
"Perhaps though the highlight of the trip for all of us will be
our visit to Soweto where we hope to meet some of Nelson Mandela's relatives.
"Never mind it being an exciting opportunity for them - I'm really
excited by the chance to once again experience the African way of life
at first hand!"
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