Dramas
Drama scripts are a great way to illustrate a situation and explore complexities and emotions surrounding the issue. Our drama scripts generally feature just a few characters, and may be aired during one or several episodes.
Drama scripts can be read by local actors, or (for very short and simple dramas) by broadcasters themselves.
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- Agriculture
- Aquaculture
- Children and youth
- Climate change
- Community development
- Crop production
- Energy
- Environment and climate change
- Gender equality
- Health
- Hygiene and sanitation
- Land issues
- Livestock and beekeeping
- Marketing and market information
- Nature-based Solutions
- Nutrition
- Post-harvest activities
- Social issues
- Soil health
- Trees and agroforestry
- Water management
The Long Dry Season: A Tale of Greed and Resourcefulness
Episode 1 CAST NARRATOR YOHANNA HASSAN THE ABAH MANU MOLEKE KOI-KOI, VOICES _______________________________________________________________________ 1. MUSIC: THEME MUSIC UP, 0.5 AND UNDER… ANNOUNCER: PROGRAM TITLE AND OPENING CREDIT, THEME MUSIC UP, 0.5 AND UNDER… 2. NARRATOR: Greetings listeners! You are about to enter a familiar world with people just like you and me and our neighbours.…
Farmers Have Important Knowledge About Weather and Environmental Change – Part I: Part II: Preparing for Drought
STRONG WIND BLOWING. QUICK KNOCK ON DOOR. Baba: (OFF) Yes, who is that? Ango: (ON) Baba, it’s me Ango. DOOR QUICKLY OPENS AND CLOSES. Baba: Come in Ango it’s cold outside. And by the way what are you doing in my house? You just got married! Ango: Baba wisdom comes with age, it is you,…
Farmers Have Important Knowledge About Weather and Environmental Change–Part I: Learning About Local Signs of Drought
BRING UP THEME MUSIC AND CROSS FADE INTO EFFECTS. EARLY MORNING VILLAGE NOISES. CRACKLE OF FIRE BURNING. DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES. Binta: (Coming on mic shivering.) Ah! Asabe it’s so cold outside Didn’t they say this harmattan would end about three weeks ago? Asabe: What’s your problem with the harmattan Binta? Do you prefer the…
The Slow March of the Kalahari
SOUND OF A WINDMILL: RATTLE OF THE WHEEL TURNING AND REGULAR CLANKING OF THE ROD INSIDE THE PIPES AS IT PUMPS THE WATER FROM UNDERGROUND. THE WATER SPLASHES RHYTHMICALLY INTO A RESERVOIR. SOUNDS OF COUNTRYSIDE IN THE BACKGROUND. Solomon: My name is Solomon. Yes, just like that wise king in the bible. But I’m not…
Trees provide fodder for livestock
SOUND OF CAR DRIVING UP AND STOPPING. DOORS SLAM. DOGS BARK. FOOTSTEPS RUNNING. Sarah: Oh Sipho! What a long time! Just look at you. Such a smart car and such a nice tie! Have they put you in parliament already? Sipho: Hullo auntie! No, no, they haven’t put me in parliament. They say I am…
“When it rains”: The role of trees in preventing soil erosion
“When it rains” Part 1 Start of program BRING UP MUSIC AND CROSS FADE INTO EFFECT. CRICKET SOUNDS IN THE DISTANCE. HEAVY WINDS BLOWING. A CRACK OF THUNDER AND THEN HEAVY RAIN. HOLD THE RAIN FOR 3 SECONDS. Keke: (Yawning) Nothing like the morning after a rain. I can not only feel, but smell the…
The Fight Between the Big Trees
FOREST SOUNDS: BIRD CALLS, RUSTLE OF LEAVES AS WIND BLOWS THROUGH THEM. WOMENS’ VOICES FAR AWAY. CHILDREN PLAYING. DOGS BARKING. VOICE OF OLD MAN, DEEP AND PLEASANT. A BORN STORYTELLER. Narrator: You would never think, sitting here below this baobab tree, that there was once a fight between this tree and the other big trees…
Share Farming Knowledge with Your Children
Characters: Host Daughter Mother INTRO. MUSIC. Host: Have you ever thought about how you learned to cultivate and harvest crops? You probably learned most of what you know about farming and survival from your parents. You are about to hear a story of a mother who understood the value of her own knowledge and experience.…
Improved cookstoves make life easier for women
Spot #1: Improved cookstoves will help Wangari Maathai protect the environment Host: In October 2004, environmental and political activist Wangari Maathai of Kenya became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Maathai has worked hard alongside farmers and villagers to protect forests and plant millions of new trees in Kenya and all…