power cuts. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes sudan comes to a standstill protesters launch a 2 day general strike to press the ruling military to hand over power to a civilian little horses. and we meet the historian who wants to teach african children a different narrative on the history of the continent one thing that africans he said use them through centuries of pain is knowing where they are and where they come from. there the africa cup of nations fever he will meet the people with disabilities who make footballs sold all over the world.

i'm christine want to welcome to news africa i'm glad you're choosing then a 48 hour wood nationwide strike is underway in sudan with citizens demanding a civilian government off to a military coup last month the sudanese professionals association which spearheaded the process that led the army to. urge people to show up at work on tuesday and wednesday but abstain from any activity. in parts of the capital khartoum shops and businesses closed offices were left empty as people across took to the streets to express their discontent with the transitional military government hundreds of flights were canceled thousands left stranded as airport workers walked out. many bank staff also stopped work.

but today the people of sudan demand their rights we want to civilian led authorities a democratic state a country where rights and 2 teens are respected for all citizens we are also here out of respect for the dead this is the least we can do for them. one protest leader says negotiations with the military have stalled and there's no alternative except to scale up the protests. we anyhow civil measures available to us that we will continue with civil disobedience and strikes until our demands are fully met we want to transfer to civilian authority to have. the military ousted the former president omar al bashir in april ending his 30 year rule but for months now protesters have kept up their demonstrations outside army

headquarters pressing for a civilian government it's not clear when or even if negotiations with the military will resume. my guest today is a sudanese human rights activist is from darfur and as currently based. adam so we've seen your fellow countrymen taking part in that strike what are your people back at home telling you that a lot of people i talk to speak to them today they're telling me is that is it a successful day is of too much it was but a list. of people who work even in the minister of development stadium and in sudan they are bottom of it. or other people who is also don't have to do with also politics also but of it is 100 percent successful to strike today for the right. what's your feeling about how determined people law this is it has been taking place for over a month now and of course the general strike in the next 48 hours is radio about

upping the ante and putting pressure on a military that doesn't appear to want to live. off its reins on the power but what i wanted to know from his how determined do you get the sense that people law is this something that they're willing to continue doing for months to come i think so because it's very strange that people after 30 years of waiting for dictatorship to good to get away they get a chance to somehow to demand their signature you know just why i think it is the people i talk to them these are this is our chance and we have to take it you know what i mean don't give up. you can see specially if you know when i was in sudan is also ramadan people are fasting but it's the people sitting there in this funny time which is like more than 45 degrees and they're still living in this trial has been interested of so i think all of their nose out and also we have our experience about all this government from police you know from from from a military base on ok we don't need any military no more and this is our chance to

have democracy. and civil to get with them and i think we will stay until something comes right at him you you came onto a program on the news of being ousted by the military in april we're sitting here today and we're talking about upping the ante off the failed negotiations with the military to get that civilian government i just wondered if you still have that same sense of my country is on the brink of change that you did back then today i think so i'm still feel that if this change is coming because what is happening now as a society is not easy to see just in political way like in the political level there is still something have to be done and that's why there is no vision of the show but i think it's also so it is it is so much. you know if you see the result of this is dr now on like bank of bank of sudan's a bank or was. supposed to be one of bob's institution or not people striking it is

a big. success for my point of view that's why i see it it will come i have people in sudan they will build. the best. civil to get on or the next time and just have to hope and wait for it all right adam bahal sidney's human rights activist thank you and went. on next report is from south africa where one woman say as she struggled to find history books black african children could identify with and those she did find were limited in scope now determined to fill that get no longer wrote own book she's already sold some 2000 copies and hopes more children in africa will get to read it. no longer. but today she's reading a book she wrote herself. wow. with

a book in africa with our view and. some of the fricken historian no longer hopes to prepare her daughter linda for the future by teaching her the history of white people. own experience as an african that the one thing that africa. has and put them through centuries of pain is knowing where they are and where they come from. the university professor discovered that african history books written for kids were most exclusively focused on egypt she wanted to paint a broader picture about the continent past she wants to cover everything from ancient history to more contemporary independence movement. when africans are clear about the history and about where they come from and the origins and their different mythologies we do way better as kids in school we do way better as students at

university and we do. far better in the world in terms of being innovators when we know our history no longer also realized that there were no history books that were in africa could really identify with she was determined to fill the gap and sat down with her illustrator friend any boy to develop a comic book for children in african history just trying to represent visually. elements of african history so that kids can. kind of get a feel for it through the visual side but not you know we. do it helps african people know my longest approach is simple she shows kids and young adults a different perspective on african history the subject of slavery for example is looked at from a much broader perspective and doesn't just focus on africa shows that humans have

been cruel to one another everywhere throughout history. this is an important message in a country like south africa where christmas of its colonial past will be found everywhere. no longer stresses that this alternative perspective was sorely missed and up until now even in schools. like those in the 3rd eleusis a congress school have something to be proud of i went to a moment after this because if my. no one understood book embraces african history and culture as it covers issues ranging from the rise of civilizations to slavery colonialism struggles for independence and famous africans . it's very. teaches people about cultures. i feel joy because we don't have books.

and no longer please us confident that our efforts will pay off the popularity of our book is to rise and perhaps one day walk will even become compulsory in schools across africa. now it's to a factory in nairobi where people with disabilities make and staged footballs that all sold to football associations all over the world including. now the initiative alive and kicking employs about 70 people and there's also present in zambia and. it may look like any other factory but this place is about giving people a chance for many people living with disabilities in africa finding steady work can be next to impossible joyce's experience that 1st hand in the past employers wouldn't even think of hiring her due to her shoulder condition but she insists she's perfectly capable of doing certain type of jobs. it will be $72.00

lots of challenges finding a job for people like us were living with disabilities that people would just look at us and judge so it becomes really difficult sometimes you find that you can do some of the jobs you find but your boss looks at you and thinks you cannot just because of the way you look leave your colleague juma making footballs has also become a way of helping others. on this one i have been here for almost a year and i love this job we are supplying uganda tanzania kenya all of east africa so you see this job has done a lot for me because of my income if help my friends and educating my children i'm progressing in life. and that's the. the workers here are able to make

a decent living but it's also about boosting confidence and taking pride in what they do. is important to national and out all of these footballs we make here and up all over the world last month i was in kampala and i saw them being played there and i felt like this thing we're doing is something important it's something that can uplift people because they are sent all over the world and i and all of us but . so far the team has produced over 300000 footballs and some of them have shipped all the way to prominent european clubs like arsenal manchester united and chelsea . and that is it from africa today as always you can catch all stories on our website and facebook page we've seen all of those wonderful poles all mays now leave you pictures of the beautiful day paste one of the wanted.

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