„Long Walk“
by Claudia Wegener / Radio Continental Driftin the framework of „Ke Nako“, the Africa-special on Radio Ö1
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| “Long
Walk” is an acoustic account of Claudia Wegener’s
projects in South Africa, which she has been working on since 2005 and
which share a sociopolitical dimension. In 2006 she asked citizens to each translate a sentence taken from Nelson Mandela’s autobiography „A Long Walk to Freedom“ into their native languages and dialects. For “Radio Armed Response“ she posed socratic questions to inhabitants of Johannesburg’s suburbs on the issue of „inner security“. In „Durban Sings“, Wegeners recent project, she works with internet art and oral history by creating networks and enforcing citizens’ journalism. “Long Walk” is a radio play produced by Radio Continental Drift. Broadcast: 9 October 2009, Studio Akustische Kunst, WDR pictures: 01 nights of departure (6:27') 02 terminal history (4:48') 03 zooming into jozi via alex (11:26') 04 here and overseas (8:05') 05 inside the belly (5:07') 06 Azania (9:22') 07 finale alla parade (5:31)  credits (in order of appearance): DENNIS BRUTUS, poet narrator MARIA FISCH, archivist narrator JOE MURANGI, Herero commentator MICHAEL ASBURY, "radio continental drift" jingle PATRICIA KYUNGU, Sophia-town interpreter numerous RESIDENT NARRATORS, dogs, bells and electric wires in Diepkloof and Sandton (on or off intercom) numerous TRANSLATORS IN TRANSIT at Jozi's Park Station, the JAG, Wits Campus and Alexandra Township (reciting from Nelson Mandela's "Long Walk to Freedom", abridged edition) PITSO CHINZIMA, Jozi narrator in the car FAITH DANIELS, SAfm presenter WATU KOBESE, SA chess champion WILLIAM KENTRIDGE, Jozi narrator on the fence in the park JOHN FLEETWOOD, photographer, Jozi commentator on the fence ALFRED KUMALO and DAVID, Joubert Park photographers GEORGE SHIRE, Brixton narrator 1 NADINE GORDIMER, interpreter English, in 'my father' (04) TERRY MAC, Brixton narrator 2 (reciting LKJ's poem "Making History") SOLOMON and various Brixton sound systems DIANA HYSLOP and ANDREW THABANGU, interpreters in 'my cell' (06) CHARLOS FUENTES, interpreter Spanish, in 'the science of boxing' (06) MATSHEPO MOTSOENENG, Dideridou STEVEN NKWANA and STEVEN SKOZANA, Joubert Park chess players JACKIE NGUBENI, commentator SA chess PAUL STIGLING, Riverlee Park chess player ANDROA MINDRE KOLO, praise speech on LONG WALK tournament (07) VUYO and MAJESTY, poetry performance at the LONG WALK tournament the women of the ANTI-PRIVATISATION-FORUM (struggle songs) additional recordings: clips from AMADOU SANGARE dit BARI ("l'Histoire de Moussa Tchefari Pere de Sabally 1") clips from the album "WAY BACK" clip of song "Tell the world my story" jingle "RADIO FREEDOM" clips from SAfm interview on LONG WALK tournament (18 Nov. 2005) clip of church congregation on Jozi train recorded by MANDISA M. LEDWABA special thanks to: Dennis Brutus (for his poem "Memory"), all the producers of the DURBAN SINGS Project and researchers at the Centre for Civil Society in Durban where this radio drama was edited in September 2009; and in Jozi to: the Market Photo Workshop, Joubert Park Photographers, Joubert Park Chess Players, Johannesburg Art Gallery, SAfm, Joburg City Parks, the Chess Academy, and the Bag Factory Artist Studios; the British Council and TrAIN research unit at the University of the Arts in London for travel grants in 2005 and 2008. |
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