the moment i notice. the number and unanimous. sure. that our current program where they're being fronted. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the islamic movement in nigeria some of the group's members have been killed off to please live ammunition to disperse they protest in a battle. to keep demonstrating. their own lives and dollars from just brought this is according to government tourists the glow of islam. and the local hero in the back and meet the canyon mad who's providing preschool transport for children with disabilities into bear.

and i'll be joined in studio by the award winning south african singer songwriters that was just before him at billions renowned coliseum on a. pristine window welcome to news africa i'm in nigeria has seen a week off tension off the violence between person police and shia muslim protest is the shia group involved says' at least 20 off its members have been killed the clashes have focused around the parliament building in the capital aboard ship members of the group have been demanding the release off a leader who's been held in prison since 2015 baths despite a court order to release him shia muslims for a minority in nigeria about 2 percent of the population but the upsurge in violence

in recent days is provoking fia's the situation could further just e-rate. oh lord a funeral procession to 6 demonstrates is shield on monday the desk came when police opened fire on members of the shia group the islamic movement in the geria were taking part in what was reported to be a peaceful march in the capital of bootjack graham suliman lost his son for him it died as a hero and a martyr i'm very sad that you nigerian security who are trained and paid to do to get dissidents be used again that. it was you that was meant for the body or the protection of the citizen to kill my son reports say as many as 11 protesters a journalist and a police officer died in monday's balance dozens more were wounded or arrested human rights organizations are condemned what they call excessive use of force by

the authorities against the shia are protesters this thermic movement of nigeria says' it will continue its push for the release of that good leader despite the government crackdown. we are not if we are understood book on officials they are they are booked out and they are bonded work under one for them is because this is . killing all shooting or. details from what you all live only just brought this is for the government to respect the law of this land i'm pretty sure graham this is. a graham sex thank you has been in the tension for the past 3 and a half years his supporters take regularly to the streets of butcher to call for him and his wife to be freed they say that zacky required his medical help already court house you know given. that. this is

a key be released several days for many years but importantly government. the court order which i think is not also. in the security remains tight clashes between police and exec his backers have rates fears that islamic movement of nigeria might turn to violent insurgency. now to the story of one man making a big difference in the kibera slum in nairobi there's a school for severely disabled children but there's no transport service to bring them there and the low income families contre for to make arrangements to stand you looking you decided he's going to do something about that. stanley ok news day starts early as he sets off to take his daughter to school. happy bosy bori had meningitis when she was 3 since then she has been unable to move or talk. stanley

literally specialized center they could offer his daughter the therapy she needed and he soon realized how difficult it is for disabled children and their parents in kibera to access proper care so he decided to help every day he collects kids from their homes and drives them to school. some of these children hit each other some hit the windows another hits himself. i want to about what's happening so i'm forced to pull over so i can control them before i can continue. 40 families rely on the transport he provides without a kidney most parents would be forced to carry their children on their backs. on my back to school. and then. to teach at

a time when sure she was good for me. i even decided to leave her at home. but said only. good to any. one. here at the mary rice center the children are able to socialise with each other and get the attention they need. this school specializes in helping children with disabilities and basic education is free to start been able to reach to more children especially especially those with physical challenges coming from kabila because previously you are using with a chair and a wheelchair has been difficult because of the tear in which is available in the up there in the kabila slum parlance friend difficult to maneuver using they would check and to some of them would be the i would cheer the a kid in those cheap did. ok me uses his own money to maintain and fuel the van

most children come from families that cannot afford transport. making a big difference in the lives of the children and their parents stanley is driven by a hope. with special care and therapy he thinks at least some of these children will one day enjoy a degree of independence. i always wanted to be a songwriter. great music perform it around the world. interesting people. travel. exciting places. and all of that i just wanna. and that south african singer songwriter. by year or so not many can say they've serenaded nelson mandela and barack obama the cheek and and she joins me now in studio welcome to africa i am so excited to

have you here i watched you play perform at the concert house last night here in berlin and your music just has this feel good vibe right if you switch your pages to it but that's really all of the music that's deliberate that's very deliberate it's really on purpose growing up in south africa and eighty's i think i got a taste of life that was unsavory and i made a conscious choice that i didn't want to add any needed to the tissue world and i found just shifting one's focus towards the positive actually makes for a positive lifestyle if you will write great that we're going to talk more about your music in a 2nd but you know you've also become a champion for black women in a sense and i wonder why do you think that so many people relate with you as a role model in that sense i'd like to think i'm a champion for women period irrespective of color. and the reason that is being the case is because i've found that i've been so emancipated in my journey. i'm

a woman who runs a business and i've been in business for 15 years very empowered as a woman in music as well that i really wanted for other women. so it's really about sharing everything i've learned to my journey and i really think i did she does everything you know and so i put these things out in terms of everything i do out there in the world yeah so up in the world a place that you have traveled your music has taken you places but you are still sort of firmly rooted in african i wanted what is your vision for our continent. my greatest vision is for all of us to just be happy to be quite honest just know that our needs are met the just be happy and know that we can dream and have our dreams come true but i've also realize that it's not about waiting for the circumstances to change external there's a lot that one can do within oneself that will then influence how you engage with

life and i feel like that's a point of power for anyone and so that's really my focus is is to push that sort of agenda through education through exposure through networking through sharing. and yeah because i've just seen it work in so many scenarios and it's something i actually believe in. so your last album you release it in 2016 and i wondered if we could a scoop here and did you are you working on any exciting projects at the moment and a collaboration what but you've got to go in knowing where you're going to mix thoughts you have to keep up with your talent i spent about 3 months in the united states working with a grammy award winning produces and songwriters and really it's just to understand a process of creativity and i mean you've got global hits coming out of that part of the world and i really wanted to learn as well so. i have a body of work that we've worked on that does come from that it's very exciting

it's very different from everything i've done and i thought it's ok sometimes to just experiment just to see how that goes so the album is african-american and everything for. me is an infusion of my roots as an african and of course that american flavor so it is quite poppy and modern in many ways but it still has that a sense of lira and deniable every conflict to it so i really cannot wait to shared with everyone we can't wait to hear it i mentioned to the viewers when we when i introduced you that you performed for nelson mandela the youthful form that the inauguration of barack obama but i wanted what has been your single most highlight in your career oh acing you know it's been 15 years. it's tough to pick one wow. well i guess performing for africa south africa's 1st black president and america's 1st black president i know that's true but it was quite a significant thing for me. and i guess if there's ever one more song is.

at the world cup in south africa ok one of the most watched things ok with me we have a few seconds left but i have these very poor questions what you think the 1st thing that comes to mind what talent would you most like to have. dancing so you could i don't believe that you know what they're so estate which living person do you most of my oprah winfrey ok which was a phrase do you most overuse. brilliant. what is your most marketed characteristic my my my my most marked characteristic. i would think it's my smile well it really is very good and also easier to read things that i thank you so much for coming for having me come back i want back so i will. and that is that when mel from news africa as always you can catch all our

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