Summary: Dr. Garth Japhet is a world leader in edutainment. He uses mass media as a means of education, advocacy and the promotion of public health and, in the process, has created popular TV and radio series attracting huge audiences. Soul City is one such series that has rated in the top three shows in South Africa with an audience of over 30 million people and sales to over 38 countries. Soul City has run since 1994 with a companion radio serial drama and multimedia campaign and Garth has created a children's series The Soul Buddyz plus 8 feature films. His shows reach over 45 million people annually. To understand more about this successful approach to promoting human rights and social issues, and associated solutions, through entertainment, Race and Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes spoke with Dr Japhet while he was in Australia recently.
