Beat Disability-By Embracing It

Equity and Inclusivity
Sabeena Jalal
"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beautyto its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."- Arundhati Roy

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3/14/10

"Music by Prudence" ; academy award for Best Documentary Short, 2010

Congratulations to Roger Ross Williams, Prudence Mabhena and Marvelous Mbulo. All three were guests on this month's Ouch! Talk Show. But more importantly than that, last night they won an Oscar.
With the glitzy annual movie award show looming, we spoke to the three when their film, Music by Prudence, was 'merely' a nomination. Now they've gone home with the academy award for Best Documentary Short, 2010.
On the talk show, Roger tells us how he came across the band Liyana featuring disabled young adults from the King George IV school in Bulawayo. Prudence, the lead singer, tells us a little about what it's like to be disabled in Zimbabwe and how her family did not accept her disability leading to a very harsh upbringing. She joined us on a very crackly line from the school with her fellow band member Marvelous and were able to give us a blast of one of their songs down the phone

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