SUDAN SINGING FOR PEACE
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STORY: SUDAN SINGING FOR PEACE
TRT: 4:15
SOURCE: UNMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 JANUARY, 2006, KHARTOUM, SUDAN
SHOTLIST:
KHARTOUM, SUDAN - JANUARY 2006, UNMIS
1.Various shots, briefing area
2.SOUNDBITE (English): Emmanuel Jal, Sudanese Musician:
"How I met Abdel Gadir was a challenge because I was approached like - you come and make a peace album with Abdel Gadir Salim by a record company called World Music network. It was difficult with me because I had the bitterness of seeing how this guy is a Muslim from the north and when I as a child, I was oppressed from that background and I grew asking people questions - who killed my uncle, who burnt our houses and who did this, and I used to be told that It was people from the north and they are Muslim, and as a child it was in my head, so I struggled for weeks before I agreed to work with Abdel Gadir, but I look into that and say - if I could only work with him and show it as an expression of love, and forgetting everything and then just work and allow music give music a chance to play part in peace, then it could help because I realize one thing, if you only love your enemy, then they will be secure and share what they have with you."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdel Gadir Salim, Sudanese Musician:
"Sudan is a very big country - there is variety in the songs and the culture, so I hope to sing with Jal together and to make one song together about the peace, I think the peace is very important. We are happy to sing for the peace. Our first CD with Jal is for the peace called 'Ceasefire' - this I think is very important ?.. we must work together to stop the war now in Darfur - I think it's a good chance to play another song about Darfur for peace in Darfur."
4.Various shots, musicians at a rehearsal performance
5. Wide shot, audience clapping
6.Various shots, musical performance
7.Various shots, instruments being played
STORYLINE:
Though Emmanuel Jal, does not know his exact age, which he roughly estimates to be around 26 - he is sure of one thing - that forgiveness and love can work wonders towards peace.
Born in Tong village in Southern Sudan, Jal was among thousands of children who were abducted by the Sudan People's Liberation Army. After being trained as a soldier, he spent about four years fighting in big battles.
He and 60 year-old Abdel Gadir Salim, from the north, have joined forces, and are singing peace songs with the hope that their songs will rekindle love and peace in a country that had once been torn by war for over 20 years.
For the past two decades, the Government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), the main rebel movement in the south, fought over resources, power, the role of religion in the state and self-determination. Over two million people died, four million were uprooted and some 600,000 people fled the country as refugees.
Attempts to bring peace, led to a historical turning point for Sudan, when on 9 January 2005, the Government of the Sudan, represented by Vice-President Ali Osman Taha, and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), represented by Chairman John Garang, signed in Nairobi, Kenya, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
And now, new freedoms are being forged, despite the challenges - a sign that anything is possible - sworn enemies can unite as friends.
SOUNDBITE (English): Emmanuel Jal, Sudanese Musician:
"How I met Abdel Gadir was a challenge because I was approached like - you come and make a peace album with Abdel Gadir Salim by a record company called World Music network. It was difficult with me because I had the bitterness of seeing how this guy is a Muslim from the north and when I as a child, I was oppressed from that background and I grew asking people questions - who killed my uncle, who burnt our houses and who did this, and I used to be told that It was people from the north and they are Muslim, and as a child it was in my head, so I struggled for weeks before I agreed to work with Abdel Gadir, but I look into that and say - if I could only work with him and show it as an expression of love, and forgetting everything and then just work and allow music give music a chance to play part in peace, then it could help because I realize one thing, if you only love your enemy, then they will be secure and share what they have with you."
With a new battle in the West of Sudan in the vast Darfur region, the duo is planning to take on the challenge of being messengers of peace.
SOUNDBITE (English): Abdel Gadir Salim, Sudanese Musician
"Sudan is a very big country - there is variety in the songs and the culture, so I hope to sing with Jal together and to make one song together about the peace, I think the peace is very important. We are happy to sing for the peace. Our first CD with Jal is for the peace called 'Ceasefire' - this I think is very important ?.. we must work together to stop the war now in Darfur - I think it's a good chance to play another song about Darfur for peace in Darfur."
It is estimated that tens of thousands people have been killed and more than 1.8 million others displaced or have fled to neighbouring Chad since rebel groups took up arms against the Sudanese Government in early 2003, partly in protest at the distribution of economic resources.
The duo on Monday (January 09, 2006) joined hundreds of other Sudanese in marking the first anniversary since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army.
TRT: 4:15
SOURCE: UNMIS
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 08 JANUARY, 2006, KHARTOUM, SUDAN
SHOTLIST:
KHARTOUM, SUDAN - JANUARY 2006, UNMIS
1.Various shots, briefing area
2.SOUNDBITE (English): Emmanuel Jal, Sudanese Musician:
"How I met Abdel Gadir was a challenge because I was approached like - you come and make a peace album with Abdel Gadir Salim by a record company called World Music network. It was difficult with me because I had the bitterness of seeing how this guy is a Muslim from the north and when I as a child, I was oppressed from that background and I grew asking people questions - who killed my uncle, who burnt our houses and who did this, and I used to be told that It was people from the north and they are Muslim, and as a child it was in my head, so I struggled for weeks before I agreed to work with Abdel Gadir, but I look into that and say - if I could only work with him and show it as an expression of love, and forgetting everything and then just work and allow music give music a chance to play part in peace, then it could help because I realize one thing, if you only love your enemy, then they will be secure and share what they have with you."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Abdel Gadir Salim, Sudanese Musician:
"Sudan is a very big country - there is variety in the songs and the culture, so I hope to sing with Jal together and to make one song together about the peace, I think the peace is very important. We are happy to sing for the peace. Our first CD with Jal is for the peace called 'Ceasefire' - this I think is very important ?.. we must work together to stop the war now in Darfur - I think it's a good chance to play another song about Darfur for peace in Darfur."
4.Various shots, musicians at a rehearsal performance
5. Wide shot, audience clapping
6.Various shots, musical performance
7.Various shots, instruments being played
STORYLINE:
Though Emmanuel Jal, does not know his exact age, which he roughly estimates to be around 26 - he is sure of one thing - that forgiveness and love can work wonders towards peace.
Born in Tong village in Southern Sudan, Jal was among thousands of children who were abducted by the Sudan People's Liberation Army. After being trained as a soldier, he spent about four years fighting in big battles.
He and 60 year-old Abdel Gadir Salim, from the north, have joined forces, and are singing peace songs with the hope that their songs will rekindle love and peace in a country that had once been torn by war for over 20 years.
For the past two decades, the Government and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), the main rebel movement in the south, fought over resources, power, the role of religion in the state and self-determination. Over two million people died, four million were uprooted and some 600,000 people fled the country as refugees.
Attempts to bring peace, led to a historical turning point for Sudan, when on 9 January 2005, the Government of the Sudan, represented by Vice-President Ali Osman Taha, and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), represented by Chairman John Garang, signed in Nairobi, Kenya, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
And now, new freedoms are being forged, despite the challenges - a sign that anything is possible - sworn enemies can unite as friends.
SOUNDBITE (English): Emmanuel Jal, Sudanese Musician:
"How I met Abdel Gadir was a challenge because I was approached like - you come and make a peace album with Abdel Gadir Salim by a record company called World Music network. It was difficult with me because I had the bitterness of seeing how this guy is a Muslim from the north and when I as a child, I was oppressed from that background and I grew asking people questions - who killed my uncle, who burnt our houses and who did this, and I used to be told that It was people from the north and they are Muslim, and as a child it was in my head, so I struggled for weeks before I agreed to work with Abdel Gadir, but I look into that and say - if I could only work with him and show it as an expression of love, and forgetting everything and then just work and allow music give music a chance to play part in peace, then it could help because I realize one thing, if you only love your enemy, then they will be secure and share what they have with you."
With a new battle in the West of Sudan in the vast Darfur region, the duo is planning to take on the challenge of being messengers of peace.
SOUNDBITE (English): Abdel Gadir Salim, Sudanese Musician
"Sudan is a very big country - there is variety in the songs and the culture, so I hope to sing with Jal together and to make one song together about the peace, I think the peace is very important. We are happy to sing for the peace. Our first CD with Jal is for the peace called 'Ceasefire' - this I think is very important ?.. we must work together to stop the war now in Darfur - I think it's a good chance to play another song about Darfur for peace in Darfur."
It is estimated that tens of thousands people have been killed and more than 1.8 million others displaced or have fled to neighbouring Chad since rebel groups took up arms against the Sudanese Government in early 2003, partly in protest at the distribution of economic resources.
The duo on Monday (January 09, 2006) joined hundreds of other Sudanese in marking the first anniversary since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of Sudan and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army.
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