« Barbados Sugar Workers’ Video Project » and « Uprising Women: Life After Sugar »

Pamela Ngwenya is co-director of a social enterprise based in Southern Africa; Malinga Productions. They specialise in community music and video projects for social upliftment and awareness. Pamela is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and is using video as a community research, outreach and capacity-building tool.

Barbados Sugar Workers’ Video Project (clip)

Barbados Sugar Workers’ Video Project: clip from Pamela Ngwenya on Vimeo.

This was a participatory video production made in April 2007, with a group of sugar industry workers in Barbados. The process of video-making was collaborative and interactive and took place during workshops facilitated by Pamela Ngwenya of Malinga Productions (malingaproductions.com). The project was part of a Phd research program. For more information, please contact Pamela.

Uprising Women: Life After Sugar

Uprising Women: Life After Sugar from Pamela Ngwenya on Vimeo.

Uprising Women is a support and enterprise group that was established in 2005 after the sugar industry of St. Kitts closed down, leaving over 10% of the working population of the country unemployed.

During a 3-day participatory video workshop in October 2007, the Uprising Women’s group made this video. The video is aimed at donors and government agencies and showcases the group’s activities and ideas for the future.

Facilitated by Pamela Richardson-Ngwenya and supported by the UNDP Caribbean Office.