earth. for saving google in two years tell stories of creative people into the field of projects around the world by dues to protect the climate boost green energy solutions for global warming to use the term series of global three toes and on d. w. and on mars. this is deja news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes the tropical storm that has batted southeastern africa psycho to die has destroyed ninety percent of the mozambique and port city of beirut the government says as many as one thousand people could be days the relief operation has begun will be talking to those involved. and then the museum on a mission to deep colonize african ought to put some of the pieces on display have eventually to be returned to their european ernest school here from the curators at

the museum of black civilization. i'm christine window welcome to news africa i'm glad you're itching day and we begin in south east africa where the death toll is rising off to a tropical storm tore into the region packing flash floods and ferocious winds officially more than two hundred people are confirmed dead between malawi mozambique and zimbabwe but mozambique's government is now warning that the death toll could be more than one thousand in mozambique alone psycho need die made landfall in wasn't based on thursday if they moved west wood into zimbabwe where it brought torrential rain across the eastern and southern parts of the country money money districts in money and was the hardest hit a die also pounded on neighboring malawi forcing people to fill

a flooded areas now in mozambique a picture of the extent of the destruction is starting to emerge and it's devastating the red cross says ninety percent of the port city of farah has been destroyed. they were a city almost completely flattened by the strike line some pipe hundred thousand people call the port city home and with communications down and roads count the numbers of dead or injured here a still unclear as the cycling swept across mozambican into zimbabwe terrain to rain flash floods and winds of up to one hundred seventy kilometers per hour left a trail of destruction past areas have been cut off leaving people without bruce over their heads clean water and electricity. in neighboring malawi the rain spoiled the waters in a region already heat by flooding. now people are even more reliant on ain't.

no one but my house and many other homes have been destroyed and my land and my kitchen utensils and my food everything's gone in the flood us. we've nowhere to go we can relocate as we are covered by and surrounded by water. here food is arriving elsewhere in the cycling he region high winds and dense clowns are still hampering rescue and aid efforts leaving communities to fend for themselves and prepare to bury the dead. africa's privileged needy is on the ground for us in many a province and was m.b. sent us this report their effects of cycling are most likely going to be felt for a long time i am here in the money cup province in mausam beak or a bridge has been washed away most of the villagers now say they are going to field this for a long time because surprise i've been cut off there won't be having any supplies

from our course the river and they are peeling for things like for jane even showed up because some of the orms have been washed away by these rains. all right the world food program is among the agencies helping with the relief if it's a fix it by cycling you die car in money from the dept of p. joins me now from the mozambican capital hi car and welcome to d.f.w. news africa what is the situation in beirut as you hearing it from your people on the ground. yes thank you it's is actually at a very critical situation as we heard just now with a lot of damage and a lot of need so the world food program is there already the word there from the beginning and we already have support we've been supporting the government the government is doing all they can and it's and providing the leadership needed here

and responding and through the overall coordination in coordination with them that we're doing this so first of all we help really babblers their communication through para through their center of operations and their city and so that's now finally today we have information coming out of farah we also have. airlifted briskets into mozambique they're already available and vera and they're being provided as we speak today there's been a three rounds out to people who are outside there are places like in yemen tonga where they were provided with high energy physics and the helicopters that were sent out to rescue and help people right current and as we understood it it took a while before people could access this if you've been right and give us a sense of how long it takes you to be able to get in day we're now hearing the government talking about as many as

a thousand people possibly dead and then help come too late for for those people. well of. food and very luckily most of the north lawn we had there was called corn so we have learned that we are going to be using that as well the number of the communication and the surrender that they can just make with hot water. as i did already being done and there's a lot of work already being done now that hole in the mind of that is quite significant but there's a lot of work already being. provided supplies that are available. to keep that going car in mn and say debbie if the country direct a film was in be coming to us from a. thank you an extraordinary takes us to the place in senegal that has been described as a paste or all that space to celebrate back culture black culture it's a full story structure home to one of africa's largest ot collections the museum of

black civilizations has been open to the public for a few weeks now it's opening comes amid global calls for european countries to return african. during the colonial era. it's as if a giant spaceship has lended in the city center. the new museum of black civilizations was built by the chinese. but in the center off the entrance hall the african symbol tree the first exhibition is an attempt to showcase it all mankind is rooted in africa. talk about african civilization as an african art you can't be constrained by what was taken during the colonial times therefore we are starting with tomorrow our oldest ancestors seven million years ago and we go up to contemporary art or it is a very very long period we call it africa in the time of the world the title of the

inaugural exhibition is african civilizations continuous creation of humanity to new day money to live was it a single of the poet and first senegalese president after independence for the museum's originated he developed the concept of the congress of black rights us and not just in nine hundred fifty six but issues such as colonialism and slavery were discussed even though the museum was located in the exploration goes far beyond the museum wants to be a showcase of. the first temporary exhibition spend a range of topics from prehistoric culture us to cuba and modern african out widely and controversial debated question offer a situation of the looted that is not in the main focus of the correct us. consequently the biggest spaces in the museum dedicated to modern black thought in cooperation with the have. contemporary cuban artists also show their works. laureates of the contemporary art fair art i've represented by using.

only one small room tucked away in a corner on the ground floor is reserved for traditional african out and there's no intention to. that. is upon this is that they that things have been stolen africans are not going to ask to strip european museums with their works there that are perhaps a very valuable for these works have to be returned to the communities to which they belong. one of them this famous saber which was property of. the religious leader founded an empire and what is today synagogue. he was defeated by french troops in eighty fifty seven. for the moment he's alone objects that we will return to their official owners at the end of the exhibition that's on september the second. that we would like for these objects to be returned to their

rightful owners. when we take them back assuming that we reach an agreement with all parties both the authorities and the communities we can do whatever we want we could store them in the museums we could showcase them or return them to the sacred forest or local people might even decide we don't want them i don't think anybody should tell us what to do with these objects who. think the museum not only sells historic artifacts but also features modern exhibits like these traditionally inspired textiles was anything. in this room there are some very beautiful things from been in ivory coast gabon and also egypt these are beautiful things but of course the thousands tens of thousands of works are currently in europe or the united states or elsewhere and the should no doubt have a place in a great museum like this one. to take. all this history takes us back to our ancestors the black people that really portrays another picture this is

our story the visit really taught me a lot it was enriching he swore off. over twenty thousand people have. visit to the museum since it opened at the beginning of the year its unique concept seems to fit in there if you. just. look and now we have the tale of a piglet who was rescued from a south african avatar she went on to create a life on a canvas after the new order oda taught her how to paint and i'm not responsible for this one but meet picasso. she came close to ending up on a pledge but now she's serving up dramatic brushstrokes at the farm sanctuary in south africa. a picasso is definitely an abstract expressionist you can't exactly define what she's facing but i can tell you that her style slightly changes

depending on her mood like any great autos. her pictures sell for over three pairs neuros with the proceeds go into animal welfare they're also a pig deal for swiss watchmaker swatch. when she's not bringing home the bacon picasso takes her artistic talents in her stride while the going around and between her bursts of creativity. and that's it from danger of being is africa you can catch all stories on our website and our facebook page we have you now with some more pictures of auschwitz on display at the new opened museum of african civilizations in the car see an extract.

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and the kurds will be good morning to finish top. their party. around the world. every week w. . hello and welcome to news from arts and culture i'm karen home state well he's one of the greats on the modern classical scene conductor kent the gano is wrapping up with the montreal orchestra that he's led for thirteen years more on that in a moment because this is also in the pipeline. in our continuing series one hundred german must streams we'll hear about they divided the sky the first novel ever written about german divisions. and in times of intense debate over the

authenticity of images news and facts a new exhibition in berlin questions the truthfulness of photography. well he is what you could call a down to earth celebrity californian born conductor kent the gunnel knows how to bring music to the masses he knows how to wow a crowd and he knows how to take an orchestra in trouble and help it find its own language even its own relevance in the twenty first century and after thirteen years at the helm of the guest list some phony dimaio he's hard at work sealing the deal on his own legacy. was the musical sparks fly when can.