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Scottsdrift, Northern Cape.

Metlagole, North West.

"I have a sister her name is Furaha, she was born in South Africa. Actually she has never been to Burundi from the time she was born until now. She is two years already. She'd like to go to Burundi and visit her grandmother and uncle and people who know us from the time we were in Burundi. I think even Gerard and Jacques can't remember Burundi very well because they left the time they were kids. I think they don't know anything about the war there because they were young. I don't know." - Wawa, 15 years old.

"I can't explain what [Katolo] tastes like, you can taste for yourself, it grows wild. It comes from Namibia and is part of our staple diet. You can eat it with pap or other food but if you really want to enjoy it you must have it with meat." - Father.

"It reminds me of the time I ran away from home and came to Gauteng. I was around these huge buildings and I was so frightened, just to look at the buildings. I was so scared I didn't know where to go. I was just crying all the way and people were just staring at me. I was so frightened. Then I thought, maybe I should go and sit where there are no buildings and lots of people around, so I went to this place over here. I was sitting over there and it was so quiet but still I was crying. When these big men would just pass I was so scared, I just thought that maybe one would come and rape me. I just thought something bad can happen to me. But I just sat there until the other girl who I was with said "we must take another walk."" - Marlene, 15 years old.

"In Vleifontein we now have taps and don't fetch water from the river. Because we are becoming modernised we now have to pay for water. It is going to be difficult since many people are unemployed and do not have an income to pay for water." - Father.

Tug of war.

"Willem started getting therapy from the age of around three months, six months something around there...He's still keeping on with his therapy. He gets therapy twice a week from school, he has improved a lot." - Mom.

"When we were playing we stayed close so if [our mother] called us we would hear her because she was sick. Me and Lungile were discussing that, and how our mother was important to us. She helped us get what we wanted at school." - Nikiwe, 11 years old.

"I'd like to be very famous and have money." - Nikiwe, 11 years old.

Baby's portrait.

"If I go to school that's good because there is no future without education. I want to train to become a policewoman, not just become one. I'd like me and my sisters to be successful and admirable in our community, to be able to help other people like we were helped to be educated." - Gcina, 17 years old.

"This is my older brother Wawa he wants to be a musician in his life, his favorite musician is Tupac. He calls himself Tupac whatever he's doing. Even in this picture he posed like Tupac. If you know Tupac you will see how it resembles Tupac. Everything is Tupac, Tupac, Tupac...In this picture he's dressed "pocket down" and calls himself "a nigga." In every part of his life he wants to be like Tupac." - Salumu, 14 years old.

Vineyard workers.

"Broken" is a short drama created by the students of MADaboutART that brings to light the issue of incestuous rape and family stigma against children in their community. "Gardening Eden" is a short film that documents the understanding of the importance of caring for the environment, as well as the efforts of the students at MADaboutART to reduce and clean up garbage dumping within their community. Each short film has a running time of approximately four minutes.

This film is a documentary that highlights three Hero Book stories from MADaboutART, an arts-based HIV education center in South Africa. A Hero Book is a hand made book in which the child is the author, illustrator, and main character. The aim of the "One Child, One Hero Book" campaign is for youth to share with other youth their own strategies in the face of problems. The documentary guides the viewer through the stories of three HIV positive individuals (two children and one young adult) who have created Hero Books. The prompts for the sharing of their stories include: 1. My Self-Portrait; 2. My Community's Problems and Strengths; 3. An Early Memory; 4. My Problem; 5. One Shining Moment - When I Overcame My Problem; 6. Tricks to Overcome My Problem; 7. Me, the Hero. The running time for this documentary is approximately twenty-five minutes.

Preparation for a "white wedding ceremony" performed by Lesedi la Bophelo Cultural Group, a dance and drama group for children living in Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Siblings in front of their home, a four-room shack attached to a Black Apostolic church where their father is pastor. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.

Teapot against the texture of wallpaper made of newspaper advertisements. Grassland Phase II, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2004.