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Sibrat
In September 2007, PMC-Ethiopia launched its 5th radio serial drama. The program titled Sibrat (”Trauma”) is being broadcast throughout Ethiopia on the National Service of Radio Ethiopia in the Amharic language. Sibrat is a 25 minute program that airs every Sunday and Wednesday after the 21:00 news. It is repeated on FM Addis on Monday and Thursday at 15:00. The main themes of the program are female genital mutilation/cutting, gender equity, and child abuse.
Radio Ethiopia has received numerous letters from listeners expressing their enthusiasm for the drama, their appreciation for the issues addressed, and the close connection they feel with the characters, whose experiences and family relationships remind them of their own.
Feyissa, a listener from Harar, Ethiopia wrote the following letter in response to the program:
Formerly I used to believe that unless a girl is circumcised, she becomes addicted to breaking utensils, tends to be insubordinate defying the authority of her would-be husband, and will prove to be sexually frigid and cheap. Now, I have understood from the drama that all these beliefs are false. I telephoned my mother and told her to listen to the drama. At that time, my mother was preparing herself to witness the circumcision of my sisters. I explained to her how inhumane and repugnant the practice was. Since I was successful in making her follow the drama closely, she completely abandoned the idea and my two sisters were spared from the pain that they were about to undergo.
Click here to read more listener letter.
Sibrat is funded by Save the Children-Norway and the Oak Foundation.
