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The common thread between all the series is promote, through the common love of the game, the importance of [[education]], commitment, cooperation (team work), [[diversity]], [[gender equality]], overcoming of adversity and [[conflict resolution]] and bridging of differences between people of various ethnic, religious, economic and societal backgrounds by bringing them together. |
The common thread between all the series is promote, through the common love of the game, the importance of [[education]], commitment, cooperation (team work), [[diversity]], [[gender equality]], overcoming of adversity and [[conflict resolution]] and bridging of differences between people of various ethnic, religious, economic and societal backgrounds by bringing them together. |
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Using the popularity of football (called [[soccer]] in [[United States|America]]), the show uses sports as a metaphor to unification while addressing local, deep-rooted conflict. The show follows specific characters on a football team who must learn to work together to overcome their differences and win the game. The show is specifically tailored to the country in which it airs.<ref>Planet Green, "'The Team' Promotes Nonviolent Conflict Resolution Through Soccer" http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/the-team-promotes-nonviolent-conflict-resolution-through-soccer.html</ref> Each country has different issues it faces, and the scripts represent these differences. The cast, writers and production crews are, whenever possible, all indigenous to the country. In the DRC, ''The Team'' deals specifically with women's rights. <ref>http://www.secondact.com/print/using-storytelling-to-change-the-world</ref> |
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Part of the success of ''The Team'' is that the audience can relate to the characters. The characters portrayed on the soap opera are from varied ethnic, religious, educational and economic backgrounds.<ref>Agencies take soap operas into life messaging: http://webarazaidentity.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164:agencies-take-soap-operas-into-life-messaging&catid=35:the-scenefont-style:italic</ref> |
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As of Spring, 2010, ''The Team'' was airing in [[Cote d’Ivoire]], [[Kenya]], [[Morocco]] and had already aired as a radio program in [[Ethiopia]]. It was in production in 12 other countries in [[Asia]], [[Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. Second seasons are in production in 3 countries. <ref>Nairobi Peace Initiative, http://www.npi-africa.org/docs/the_team_launch_doc.pdf</ref> According to the ''[[Boston Globe]]'', nearly 25% of Moroccans watch the locally produced episodes of ''The Team''.<ref>The Boston Globe, How Soap Operas can Change the World, Ideas Section http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/05/02/how_soap_operas_could_save_the_world/</ref> |
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In 2007, Kenya experienced post-election violence. In response to this violence, SFCG, in partnership with the Nairobi Peace Initiative, Media Focus on Africa, the UK's [[Department for International Development]] and the [[US Agency for International Development]], launched ''The Team: Kenya'' The show follows players from the Imani F.C. team. Imani translates as Faith in the local language. The players are from all different parts of Kenyan society- rich and poor, educated and uneducated, urban and rural and male and female. The players have to work together to win games, and through working together, they overcome their differences. The show originally broadcast in May, 2009. A third season is currently in production. <ref>The Team, Kenya website http://www.theteamkenya.com/, Nairobi Peace Initiative, http://www.npi-africa.org/docs/the_team_launch_doc.pdf</ref> |
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==Series== |
==Series== |
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The Team (also known in French-language series as L'Équipe) is an international multi-ethnic and multicultural television series produced by Search for Common Ground (SFCG).[1]. It is a flagship television program by SFCG, used as an education tool through a dramatization of various young players associated to each other through their common love of association football (soccer).
The common thread between all the series is promote, through the common love of the game, the importance of education, commitment, cooperation (team work), diversity, gender equality, overcoming of adversity and conflict resolution and bridging of differences between people of various ethnic, religious, economic and societal backgrounds by bringing them together.
Context
Using the popularity of football (called soccer in America), the show uses sports as a metaphor to unification while addressing local, deep-rooted conflict. The show follows specific characters on a football team who must learn to work together to overcome their differences and win the game. The show is specifically tailored to the country in which it airs.[2] Each country has different issues it faces, and the scripts represent these differences. The cast, writers and production crews are, whenever possible, all indigenous to the country. In the DRC, The Team deals specifically with women's rights. [3]
Part of the success of The Team is that the audience can relate to the characters. The characters portrayed on the soap opera are from varied ethnic, religious, educational and economic backgrounds.[4]
As of Spring, 2010, The Team was airing in Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco and had already aired as a radio program in Ethiopia. It was in production in 12 other countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Second seasons are in production in 3 countries. [5] According to the Boston Globe, nearly 25% of Moroccans watch the locally produced episodes of The Team.[6]
In 2007, Kenya experienced post-election violence. In response to this violence, SFCG, in partnership with the Nairobi Peace Initiative, Media Focus on Africa, the UK's Department for International Development and the US Agency for International Development, launched The Team: Kenya The show follows players from the Imani F.C. team. Imani translates as Faith in the local language. The players are from all different parts of Kenyan society- rich and poor, educated and uneducated, urban and rural and male and female. The players have to work together to win games, and through working together, they overcome their differences. The show originally broadcast in May, 2009. A third season is currently in production. [7]
Series
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Many series have been broadcast or are in process of being broadcast in local television stations in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Each series usually comprises of between 10 and 13 episodes as a television soap opera series. Some broadcasters, owing to the success of the initial series have announced new episodes in a renewed season. There was also a 50-episode radio version in Ethiopia
Country | Station | Local title | Language | Director | Main characters |
SFCG page |
Trailer |
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Burundi | Intamenwa | Kirundi | Muravyo / Doddy |
[1] | [2] | ||
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
The Team | French | [3] | ||||
Ethiopia | Tena Budin | Amharic | [4] | ||||
Indonesia | MetroTV | Tim Bui | Indonesian | [5] | [6] | ||
Ivory Coast | L'équipe | French | [7] | [8] | |||
Kenya | Citizen TV | The Team | English | [9] | [10] | ||
Lebanon | LBC | The Team / الفريق (Al Fareeq) |
Arabic Lebanese dialect |
[11] | [12] | ||
Liberia | The Team: Tabella FC | Bryant / Yassah / Koa |
[13] | ||||
Morocco | SNRT | الفرقة (Al Firqa) |
Arabic Darija dialect |
Aziz | [14] | [15] | |
Nepal | Hamro Team | Nepali | Bhusan Dahal | Seema | [16] | [17] | |
Palestine | The Team | Arabic Palestinian dialect |
Karam | [18] | |||
Sierra Leone | SLBC | The Team | [19] | ||||
Zimbabwe | ZBC TV1 | The Team | English | Rumbi Katedza | Beans / Pablo |
[20] | [21] |
References
- ^ Search for Common Ground (SFCG) website
- ^ Planet Green, "'The Team' Promotes Nonviolent Conflict Resolution Through Soccer" http://planetgreen.discovery.com/work-connect/the-team-promotes-nonviolent-conflict-resolution-through-soccer.html
- ^ http://www.secondact.com/print/using-storytelling-to-change-the-world
- ^ Agencies take soap operas into life messaging: http://webarazaidentity.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=164:agencies-take-soap-operas-into-life-messaging&catid=35:the-scenefont-style:italic
- ^ Nairobi Peace Initiative, http://www.npi-africa.org/docs/the_team_launch_doc.pdf
- ^ The Boston Globe, How Soap Operas can Change the World, Ideas Section http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/05/02/how_soap_operas_could_save_the_world/
- ^ The Team, Kenya website http://www.theteamkenya.com/, Nairobi Peace Initiative, http://www.npi-africa.org/docs/the_team_launch_doc.pdf