This World AIDS Day, Radio Diaries would like to feature Thembi's AIDS Diary: A Year in the Life of A South African Teenager.
In 2004, at the age of 19, Thembi Ngubane was given a tape recorder to keep an audio diary of her life with AIDS. Over the course of a year, Thembi recorded more than 50 hours of tape, which we edited into a half-hour documentary for broadcast on NPR's All Things Considered on April 19, 2006.
Thembi's story has become more than a radio documentary. Recently, Thembi came to the US for an AIDS Awareness tour. Her diary has become a powerful tool to help reduce the stigma of AIDS, highlight the need for antiretroviral drugs in Africa, and infuse young people with the information and inspiration to bolster existing AIDS awareness campaigns.
In this World AIDS Day special feature podcast, Thembi's AIDS Diary is hosted by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
This documentary was produced by Joe Richman/Radio Diaries with help from Ben Shapiro, Deborah George, Chris Turpin/ NPR, Anayansi Diaz-Cortes, Sue Johnson, Miyuki Jokiranta, Sean Cole, Britta Frahm, and Samantha Schongalla.
Length: 26 min
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