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Feet cuffs, Soap sellers and Choir boys

When I step inside the prison cells I can hardly believe this really is where these kids spent most of their days. A very small space, with nothing in it except for a few folded blankets. “This cell holds 42 prisoners”, the warden tells me. I see two boys playing a...

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Everything is possible

This is Victor, a 24 year old singer and one of the guys from the postrelease group – a group with guys who just got released from prison. In a session of two hours they all had to make a brainstorm field about their life. After this, I asked them to summarize the...

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A survivor, not a beggar

This is Menes la Plume. A young slam poetry artist I met at the Music Crossroads centre. Menes was forced to run from his homeland Congo, because he was making "political incorrect" music. ''You could go to jail for that?'' I ask him. ''You could die for that'', he...

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God’s plan

“I will not just be famous. I will be even more famous then all these celebrities. You remember when the South African president died and it was on the news all over the world? That's how it will be when I'll die. I promise you that.” I'm listening to the story of...

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When We Got Music – Ft. Dr. Rum

https://soundcloud.com/nedaboin/when-we-got-music-neda-boin-ft-dr-rum Song written for the KCR, a non profit organization who strives for culture education in Rotterdam.

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Hitchhiking from the Netherlands to South Africa

October 2012 Neda Boin hitchhiked from the Netherlands all the way down to South Africa Capetown.  25.000km over 17 different country's, followed by a film crew. During her trip, she visited many different projects to see in what way Africa is helping herself torts a...

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