he was sent by their culture that he stayed. only approves to his son meets aren't only the jungle and return to the concrete and glass jungle but work. the result reverse culture shock. the prize winning documentary song from the forest start first on b w. there's news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes the continent this morning you'll get an airline crash sunday killed all one hundred fifty seven people on board we'll tell you about some of the faces behind the numbers as authorities seek answers. also coming out illegal sound of mining is on the rise in

kenya what's being done to stop it and at what cost. julia welcome to the program investigators have recovered two black box recorders on need to pin airlines flight that crashed on sunday shortly after takeoff from i.d.s. the bad it was on routes to nairobi in kenya people one hundred fifty seven died they included academics and aid workers doctors and diplomats and families on their way to visit relatives kenyatta lost the most people in the accident with that t two on board the flight among the eighteen victims from canada was an award winning academic who was born in nigeria and save the children paid tribute to one of its aid workers who was. victims from ethiopia some of the loved ones of those have

been gathering at the hotel in nairobi as they wait for news. these are. united in grief and prayer and searching for answers these relatives and friends of those involved in the plane crash are desperate to know how this tragic accident happened. with their well being a top concern for authorities they've been kept away from the media. the focus has been new continue to be. in addition to these investigations which will continue making sure the will for all the friends and families affected is given utmost attention. as the hours go by more stories emerge about the victims kenyan cedric was a law student at georgetown university in the u.s. he'd been heading to nairobi after the death of his fiance's mother the university

said he'd be remembered as a quote kind compassionate and gentle soul. you know it's like on mondays and i have a pizza there for us to walk in and talk to him he was a great resource for us and it was amazing too because he was actually like going to school for a lot and he still made time for us to talk to us so it's like really inspiring i mean abraham died alongside her five year old daughter sophia she was traveling to kenya from candidates have visit relatives. to sammy was a professor at carleton university in ottawa the nigerian won an award for his writing on africa his university called him a towering figure in african post colonial scholarship many of the day it will u.n. staff traveling to an environment conference inside they observed a moment of silence for their colleagues thank you very much may god bless all of us thank you. at the crash sites the recovery effort is ongoing investigators

picking their way through the victim's belongings all that's left of so many lives lost. with me in the studio is michael command me from kenya thanks for joining us. so this tragedy has hit africa but most importantly kenya. did not survive all that way killed in the crash how a kenyan is dealing with this tragedy i mean it's absolute shock i will tell you yesterday when i received the news it's actually somebody who called me to say would you believe that my wife was meant to be on this craft and that's the thing about aviation industry accidents could happen to anyone and looking at the manifest and the names from kenya sister jani she was coming from convent to be new have passport that could have been anyone jonathan six who was a group c.e.o. of tamarind restaurants a chain that practically every kenya has been out of if anyone has visited kenya they've probably been to that kind of a restaurant and to anyone joking gary who used to work at the same media house

that i worked so these that every day kenyans who have gone through one of the most terrible. disaster so it's very relatable and all kinds of feeling that it could have been any one of us exactly darkness are very reliant on this route between you two if you have a future if you have to kenya how important is it to be absolutely important in fact eighty three zero two which is what came down is one of full flights that goes to nairobi from a bad day so you can see the frequency and the number of people who are commuting between these two cities and it's because if you open airlines is connecting east africa to the rest of the world you know that the staff members from the un who are going into a unit meeting into a room coming in from europe so it's very strategic connecting west africa to east africa and east africa to the north and hemisphere extremely busy lots of kenyans and obviously other people from other parts of the world using that route definitely not a kenyan government has come out to say is going to take care of the families the

morning what exactly is the plan well at the moment the transport minister has said that he will first the first thing that they did to happen was a. sent which was set up at the main international airports in kenya the telekinetic international airport so now families and relatives can go and find out what's happening to their loved ones a team of government officials has also been sent from kenya and hopefully will get more information as the days go by the investigations are still going on i thank you very much for your time thank you. un environmental talks of opened in kenya under the shadow of the two pm plate crash at least twenty two u.n. stuff died adding to the event which looks at ways to slash pollution ability green global economy one of the issues being discussed there is legal sand mining in kenya the practice of course for long droughts dried up rivers disrupted water supplies did abuse but on the clear out about hospice it said much of coast county

where the illicit some business is to take its population against each other. it's a walk across this god landscape which is. called home this used to be a river carrying drinking water for the community and then livestock in much tacos county kenya that's until cent of it is started illegally mining the river bed leaving barely any cent told the water john fight to stop them but his activism has come at a high price. goes when no it's somebody. my whole. also as a human being that you may need to feel. john says send the tales out behind the illegal mining which feeds the demands of the country's rapid and i say should people in his community believe they won't stop the destruction until there is no

sand left with no regard for those whose lives depend on access to the water is. when the sun is too hot and you come to look for water you find the levels have gone very low and this water is salty it's not good for washing clothes for drinking this water is bad and we sometimes catch diseases like typhoid. all over the country illegal sand harvesting is taking place in broad daylight the driver of this truck doesn't want to be filmed but tells us up to two hundred truckloads of sand are collected each day the illicit sand business is a lucrative one just not for the people in the communities where the sand is mind on the small group of scented us cashes in on the sales by the people of much across our divided between those who depend on the little money and from harvesting and those desperate to save the last puddles of water in the area but no matter

which side they're on both groups have a dangerous and by mental and human cost of the data use and industries underbelly . many lives have been ruined or lost due to kenya sandra this is a thirty six year old farmer who lost her husband a centavo who died at work. it happened on the seventh of march twenty fourth teen before he was scooping sand to sell. as they were scooping sand and taking underground the soil above him fell down and buried him. as does as opposed to the sand harvesting which has caused an almost permanent drought in the region but she knows that many of these men who make just a few dollars a day feel like they have no choice. with.

the problem that we have their own tiny job we have families we have needs. we're human beings and we try to hold to good. but we just don't get them different . dunn says it's a tragedy that men like matthew are being used by the cutouts and have become complicit in destroying the livelihoods of their communities he's asking politicians and police to find me stand up to those stealing my check ascend so that hopefully one day its rivers can recover. now powerful history and unique cultural heritage but how much more needs to be done to preserve the culture and traditions across the continent in the face of many challenges some just are doing all they can to save africa's traditions.

dancers at an event in kenya with this display of african culture the main focus is on preserving the continent's traditions at a time when it's faced with many challenges a nigerian chief in textile artist not. this one of many trying to save her country's traditions by bringing back old methods for dyeing patterned indigo textiles a tradition handed down from her great great grandmother. to her. text. red one. so the long. popularly called nigeria's color of love women once used the cloth to flaunt matrimonial harmony but it takes about a month to produce a piece making it too expensive for most consumers photographers angela fisher and carole beckwith are contributing their quota through their new book african

twilight documenting rapidly vanishing rituals across the continent they have traveled through forty four of africa's fifty four countries over four decades recording rights used to mark milestones such as birth death and courtship. it's really important for change to happen but when change can happen in a way that works without you losing your identity you know you still could be. still could you know into the twenty first century you couldn't go round the earth and in new york you can do it if you want to. go on the challenges including conflict climate change and the spread of technology are racing or transforming many such customs but all hope is not lost with the help of african cultural enthuses see the documented photographs will remain in africa to be accessed by artists historians and researchers.

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to millions of species a home worth saving. google ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world ideas that protect the climate. boost clean energy solutions and reforestation. interactive content to inspire people to take action google ideas the environment series of global three thousand on t.w. and online. hello and welcome along to news from the world of arts and culture here's what we have you today. a production of nabucco directed by kremlin critic it is sarah break off while under house arrest in moscow premiers in hamburg germany. our guest today is burden based painter lennart col whose colorful mysterious

images are inspired by renaissance masterpieces. and in this week's edition of one hundred german must reads we look at a mystery set in the heady days following the full of the burning war. we begin in hamburg where the opening night of the verde opera nabucco began with its director two thousand kilometers away and the house arrest in moscow could sort of granite coffee is a harsh critic of the government so unable to travel he's relied on friends to carry out his vision for the production and his updated take on verdi's classic puts the plight of refugees in europe into the mix. of modern rendition a very nice classic nobuko set in the un security council teaming with six intrigue and spots. the

slave chorus laments their lost home but in this update the original few bruce lee .