sure some people will go for information. and some didn't want to express g.w. on facebook and twitter broke today in touch. from the us. this is deja news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes the gangsta who's turned to god any time you saw a lot dave from south africa nearly lost his life to violence crime now he spends his days growing vegetables. choking the phrase. struggle cords. and alexandria's mcnicholas and ancient citadel gyptian cities close line beaches and

its neighborhoods all facing the very real threat rising sea levels. also look at the bonds capital liberal precision through the eyes and the drawing pencil of one of the city's up and coming awesomest. hello i'm christine wonderwall comes to africa it's good to have you along now when thinking off cape town you might imagine white sand beaches windy states and the imposing table mountain picture perfect isn't it but this beautiful city is one of the most dangerous in the world and it has the highest murder rate in south africa now since january well that 2000 people have been made it most. murders and other

types of violent crime on into again next evictee in the cape flats the flats as they all called locally are an area of densely packed townships on the outskirts off cape town we're about to meet one man from the cape flats who's turned away from gangsterism and hoping to forge a new life for himself. for tubby so landing gardening has recently become a calling he is making money and feels good and safe while doing it that's something he can say about his previous life as a gang member it cost him 6 months in prison and almost his life i was shot in the face. through my nose. and i was shocked 6 times on my spinal cord. i survived my grandmother died and. if you want to ask me about crime now is me for example an example of why crime

reason why crime does you know to people so crime is very rife and unemployment the project violence prevention through urban upgrading the khayelitsha township opes to offer an alternative to people like land it's partly financed by german development funds. the garden is not only a salsa fruited income for the garden us the vegetables are also cooked in the kitchen over there and then served to the kids in the kindergarten next door. offering child care leisure activities internet access electricity and water the center has become an important meeting point for residents the murder rate in this part of the township has fallen in recent years those involved in the project say it's reducing violence in the neighborhood. it prevented a lot because if you look around the area just where we think. it's very active

this mother's. cognize if there's children so just visit the lead to of people we've got an approach called safety through activation so it's not really having policing and soldiers walking around but the presence of communities i'm able everywhere. b. to walk across without feeling scared in many of cape town's townships that's not possible since july the military has been patrolling the so-called cape flats which cailleach as part off for years police and government have struggled to get drug trafficking and gang violence under control experts doubt that military intervention can change that no definitely not to come it's not a long term strategy it's not it's not a this is a response it's like having an ambulance to pick up a patient it doesn't it's a response to something that terrible that's happened but it's not a solution to those things happening again. what the military intervention can do

potentially is to to to create a safe space temporarily we have other effective strategies can be put in place that provides an opportunity and when the food things to happen that all potentially going to be effective and sustainable in the long run i feel happy so land is also hoping for more long term investment he wants to show us his house in khayelitsha more precisely his small private garden it like to earn more money with agriculture but there's no space the township is growing daily who need places to stay everything out all the vegetation unfortunately and the 3000. wants to continue anyway and he wants to show his son how to garden so he doesn't end up getting involved with gangs like his father for example. egypt's coastal city of alexandria has survived invasions and earthquakes since it was founded by alexander the great more than 2000 years ago but it now faces

a new menace in the form of climate change rising sea levels ration to inundate flora neighborhoods and all good logical sites prompting with loyalties to erect concrete barrier is see to hold back the tide. the threats pounds the shore every few seconds. at stake ancient citadels and archeological finds. sandy beaches and poor neighborhoods which could be inundated by rising sea levels for protection simple if ugly concrete blocks lifted by enormous cranes. and filled rock lifted by dinosaur like diggers. they're meant simply to buy some time and a chance to rebuild someday some of what has already been lost. here

they will protect the shore from any sort of erosion in order to be able in the future to rebuild sandy shores that were lost due to a rise in sea levels over alexandria's coast. this week the 15th century citadel of bay is one of alexandria's gems and it's already been affected by the rising sea. but there are citadel was built on a huge rock in the last few years this rock has faced a lot of strong currents that lead to it to rouge and gaps have appeared to years ago a water leak through those gaps to the interior of the citadel itself this means that if we hadn't started immediately with protection procedures it would have led to the collapse of the rock on the citadel it would have. alexandria's more than 60 kilometers of waterfront is losing ground to erosion if the average tourist can't

see it the average fisherman can't. for the an oil sea levels getting higher is not something that we can see immediately with our eyes. but over the years it started to be noticeable. but it was for instance the sandy beaches shrink and there's less sand. you know but still not to the level that ordinary people can see. the flies to this idea of. ordinary environmental scientists can see it a rise in the level of the c m knock on effect of climate change. that's the starting point but actually claim it is a system to get the system so when you talk about change and temperature it means cheesey and the different patterns of. this would lead to one of the impacts of

climate change is. rising scene of. fending off the effects of climate change is centuries old alexandria's burton preserving precious structures from the past using whatever means from the present it can quickly throw in mother nature's way. as you may know the name of bonds capital e. brazil translates to free city and because that's exactly what it is it was officially declared the city for freed slaves in 849 and has since grown into a bestselling metropolis full of culture and history to help us get our bearings they are just choreo king shows us around his hometown. hello hello i'm kirk and welcome to liberal to my neighborhood where. the capital of. illustrated by abraham king the city in the gulf of guinea home. is rich in raw

materials but for many survival is still an everyday struggle. comes from one of those poor and neighborhoods. we are in the so-called stadiums on the level. here. and there you have to. love. is the mosque and on the other side the hospital this is where i grew up this is my area this is my muse. among these tin roofs and rain flooded. so this was the only place he could afford. to. this is where i lived 3 years ago this was the place where i created my 1st pieces

of started my career as an artist. it was difficult because whenever it rained i was up to my ankles in water how to save my artworks and how to save my own skin because of the cold from the rain. because the water rose up to here and all my people inside it was crazy. sometimes despite the hardships this neighborhood still inspires him his sketches tell the history and stories of. the folk tales motivate the people to get through the struggles of everyday life to. become an old world club and build on a chameleon plays a very important role in this society it's a fable a lesson for life because it turned its close and not that to its surroundings but help it to adapt to the challenges it faces in life from a. far from clear eyes neighborhood is when people

do really comes to life. many people here work in trade and commerce. probably from the more we are the biggest market around here. a little more from buffalo there are tree does everywhere represent the different neighborhoods of government along and it will add to this mix of people and cultures inspired by. in their free time many locals head to the beach to catch up with family and friends. on the other hand likes to come here when it's quiet to sketch and raise awareness about protecting the speeches. and i sense an up close i think that this is my curry catch of the beach you know the bone is the dustbin of the sea i saw a group of the boys show

a man called this rubbish you see over there is what has created this dustbin or well you know i also of course knew about communism so i feel it's my job to remind people to do something about this rapprochement with circle he hopes his drawings were inspired change in ethiopia and elsewhere. at the 40 day see you next time. i'm scared that. time and in the end it's a me you're not allowed to stay here any more than once and you that. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers went by and said. what's your story ready. i'm a woman and women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your

story we are trying in all with understand this new culture. not of in return i think yes you want to become citizens. in so migrants your platform for reliable information. hello and welcome to arts and culture where in the throes of the literature festival here in berlin and we'll find out more about top african author chimamanda ngozi adichie also coming up it's back our intrepid baker and europe correspondent matters returns with his baking bread series and he'll be here in the studio. but we

begin here in berlin at the annual literature festival which is a platform for presenting contemporary developments in all forms of the written word writers and academics from around the world come to the festival as well as of course the literature loving public the nigerian author chimamanda ngozi adichie is one of the top african writers around today and we met up with her at the festival . and with. their presence is enough to feel the holes like here in the literature festival in the early chimamanda ngozi adichie is greeted like a pop star as one of the great voices of world just richer i d.j. is also a feminist icon. and really just a writer you know i want to stay home and write poetry and dream but there are things about the wall that make me so on.