Afrika T: A Country Imagined wins 2011 SAFTA award

Blogging Hiatus

Gentle Reader,

Some five years into the life of Afrika T, I now find myself unable to keep up with contributions at a level that I and you have come to expect from this blog. Partly this is because of other activities in responsible tourism (see example here, and another here), partly from other projects in sustainability (see examples here and here), and partly for reasons that are more personal.

I am certainly still active online and in responsible travel, so feel free to comment on existing posts here, to follow me on Twitter, and to note what I've been reading online via Delicious. I also hope to return to Afrika T, so am not bringing the blog to a halt, just declaring a hiatus of indefinite duration...

Thank you for your support over the years, and, if you're a newcomer to the site, may it still prove valuable.

Kind regards

Kurt

5 December 2011

Monday, 21 February 2011

A Country Imagined wins 2011 SAFTA award

The TV doccie, A Country Imagined, won the SAFTA award category for Best Factual / Educational Programme. Just a bit of celebration in cyberspace. Woohoo! SAFTAs are the Academy Awards of South Africa.

For those who don't know, A Country Imagined is a BBC-style epic series of 13 x one hour episodes with amazing aerial footage as well as interactions with amazing South African artists. A-List South African musician, Johnny Clegg, is the narrator and 'everyman' who criss-crosses the country engaging with the landscape and representations of it.

The link between this project and responsible travel? More substantial than you might think. My thoughts here.

So nice to have worked on an amazing project like this and to have others recognise the quality of the result. Congratulations to the entire team (especially Tracy!), and to Curious Pictures for making it all happen.

Missed the series on TV (even though it was re-broadcast)? You can buy it on DVD.

Woohoo!