Jay Foley tackles rape with audio series ‘LEAKED’

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The series tackles head-on an issue people generally shy away from talking about rape, and its effects on victims. Produced by the Radio Advertising People Limited, the series has taken on a life of its own. LEAKED tells the story of Maame, a level 300 student who narrates her ordeal when her roommate and best friend team up with others to blackmail her over her nude photos. The story worsens when she gets entangled in a relationship with her roommate's boyfriend. MuseAfrica.com's Maritha Brooth caught up with Jay Foley, the writer, producer and director of the series to share the inspiration behind the series, and his plans to create more awareness about rape. Jay Foley: The core concept of the story was chanced upon. Short audio stories, put it on your phone, anytime you want to listen to it, you can listen. I just decided to talk about rape because it was one of those things that indirectly I think I had been hearing stories about young girls and women who have been victims of rape but unfortunately, they have never been able to speak about it. All these things are ripple effects of things that happened to a victim, a student in the story – a fictional character called Maame who had the experience of a leaked picture leading to blackmail, and then rape. Jay Foley: The most important thing is creating awareness. On July 27, the lead character that's Maame was raped brutally by 4 guys according to the story. I want to dedicate my birthday to fight to raise the awareness of rape so that people will be named and shamed. I am hoping that on that d-day, we run a digital media campaign that across various platforms to create awareness about it or an event where we host women who have been victims of rape before in their life to boldly come out and share their stories so people can actually relate to it and understand the pain that they go through and then seek justice. Jay Foley: Let us understand that, rape is not good. Men will have to learn to control themselves regardless and understand that when you rape a woman, you crush her soul so it's something we have to really look at. Source | Summary