Our Voices, Our Future / iZwi lethu, iKusasa lethu

Be it drama, poetry, music, art-making or diverse traditional craft methods, the importance of the cultural arts in successful HIV/AIDS training, awareness and intervention programmes has been proven. We also know that, because all human beings use many different artistic ways of expressing their experiences, knowledge, love, memories, hopes and fears, the cultural arts serve as excellent channels for all social communications.

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At mid-morning on 8 March, a men’s drumming circle began the call to action for a day-long programme, devised by the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Student Services Division, observing International Women’s Day 2006 and mobilising against gender violence and the widespread abuse of women.

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