Generation change: Skating towards a brighter future -Radio report for DW - My first report from SA!

Generation change: Skating towards a brighter future -Radio report for DW – My first report from SA!

If you grow up in a place plagued by crime and unemployment, like inner-city Johannesburg, you might think your fate is already mapped out for you. But a skateboarding crew is aiming to change all that.
Ayanda Mnyandu wants to change the way young people in his neighborhood think about themselves – by introducing them to skateboarding.
DW’s Gaia Manco went to meet Ayanda at the Troyeville skate park in Johannesburg, to discover what skateboarding is able to teach about life in a challenging environment.

Listen to the report here

Read the post on the show’s blog page here

Skating towards a brighter future

Details

Date: 19.08.2014
Type: 5 min Radio report
Language: English
Outlet: PULSE, Deutsche Welle + Generation Change blog
Place: Johannesburg, South Africa

Note: my first report from South Africa!