Location: South Africa

I am Curator at the Luthuli Museum in Groutville, Stanger/ KwaDukuza on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast in South Africa.  The Luthuli Museum is located at the former house of Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli, Africa's first Nobel Peace Laureate and longest serving president of the African National Congress.  The Luthuli Museum is tasked with promoting the life story and legacy of Chief Luthuli, a multi-faceted leader who was committed to non-violence, non-racialism, democracy and human rights.  I believe that sharing stories is crucial for developing understanding across cultural, political, religious and other divisions and for promoting respect for democracy and human rights.  The Luthuli Museum held an 'International Day of Sharing Life Stories' event in 2008, 2009 and will be hosting a 3rd on 14 May 2010.

I'm male, 44 years old, and stories, listening and telling, have always been part of my culture as a central part of the learning experience in context of oral and textual tradition. Stories for change and that can inspire, is all the more needed to bring effect to what it is to be human; and this is needed to be understood for insight to drive personal and collective change at community level and beyond. I believe participation in forums like these are critical for development practitioners and activists for social justice and participatory democracy to be effective in presenting new ideas. The story has universal appeal and significance since time immemorial. Listen...carefully...there a story on the breeze and it wants to be told...

I am seeking content to broadcast on Cape Town Community Television.

I am the Executive Director of Women'sNet - a non-profit based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Women'sNet is a feminist organisation, focused on voice, and information for women, using ICTs as a tool. We work in South Africa and the region.

We have run a number of DS trainings in South Africa with participants from Africa. We have worked with the Centre for Digital Story Telling.