the real joy revealed and certainly will and you. should. take it personally. with the wonderful lunch to make the dream so special. for all true for. more than for. more on. this is africa coming up in the next 15 minutes 3 appropriating heritage made it up and coming kenya designed it was using cues from cultures across africa as inspiration for her fashion. girls ahead of the process of time for commission across their stomachs. and the healing of the sky. was

a poll most covered in iraq through. before they were then just loosened. into the next stage. and to meet christine she's been lost in lagos for decades and it now turns out she's worth more bad a $1000000.00. when the welcome to africa i'm glad you did more and more africans are proud to be expressing their heritage through their appearance and the new awareness has created business for local fashion design is on the continent is the story off. and up and coming kenyan designer who is on her to break into the international fashion market with elements of tradition young and fresh designs and most definitely in

style i'll be talking to her in a moment. for as long as skittish can remember she's been fascinated by textiles when she was only 8 years old she knew she wanted to be a designer and created her 1st look from the evening dress her mother wore on the day she was married. it was the prettiest thing i've ever seen and i thought even no one twit so i took it out of the cupboard shopped it up stapled together used. anything i could find and waited for it to me this is to say that i got into very big trouble. now in her early thirty's so the designer is making a name with her creativity and is about to take her latest collection to catwalks and international show rooms 1st up and for the 1st time in her life is paris fashion week. i know this opportunity doesn't come easy and it's not something that everyone gets so i'm like i hope i do

a good enough job at the same time i'm excited i like my work must have said something to someone so. it's kind of it's all those things all at the same time it's so nice going out with a scale. it's been months of designing sewing through the night in creating prints now it's crunch time for could too she and her team. i think have too much to do to get. contusions getting ready to make her own mark in the international fashion market a market in which there is a growing awareness because design trends that have simply copied fashion traditions patterns and a statics from africa. when i see cultural misappropriation in fashion it's pretty frustrating it's can't be that simple. who. takes up exhibit it and feel no shame about the fact that she was basically ripped

off somebody. but not all boring is misappropriation saskatoon for her referencing is crucial through true understanding fashion can become a celebration of the communities in her car and collection she wants to explore how transitioning into adulthood feels for her generation channeling inspiration from the community who live in northern kenya. i noticed. a few interesting practices mostly aesthetically with the girls they had a process of scarf occasion across their stomachs and the healing of these scars was almost covered in a rap group. before they were then let loose and well into the next stage contusion says her life and career are also at a transitional point her clothes will accompany her on that journey and along with them she'll also be carrying the mission to paris creating

a different perspective opening creating awareness. so that's what i'm hoping for awareness and sales. buyers the catwalk and a chance to meet more young designers from around the world now that could touche has finally made it to paris she hopes it will be hard to break into the international fashion market. and is now back home in nairobi and she's joining me now from our studio it's good to see you so how was paris hi this is really cool it was pretty exciting moment for me in my business and where every 1st i'm showing in the showroom in paris during fashion week. we had quite a few buyers come in a few celebrities i think great feedback all in all from all the people who came through and really looking forward to hearing back from them excellent so i mean

we've we've had a showcase of some of your work in and i want to ask you what what goes into your creative process how do you come about your designs. part of the process for like my creative sort of zany is influenced by my curiosity about who i am and where i come from so looking at traditional cultures and like that of let's say the messiah in kenya and then trying to work from the aesthetics and the work that is typical of their community and trying to apply that in my day to the life of my clothing so either by creating incorporating print or techniques that are specific to them and. bring a modern twist it into my contemporary clothing line so we're seeing more and more african designers like yourself make it onto the global stage if you will just talk

to us about what the preconceived ideas are about what people think an african design is should be and perhaps how you are challenging that. i think previously have received a bit of criticism of our work not necessarily being african enough and i've always wondered what that meant because it's sort of. states or claims that there's such a thing as african static that is very specific and as a creative as a designer like to believe that you can't limit my creativity and therefore what i create speaks truth to who i am. and so i've been trying to take away from from the generalization of of my work as an african design and my work as basically me cutting into the designer herself. and yeah i think that's basically what i've been able to do with my work creating interpretations that are specific or. just

things that are personal basically and selling that through my work i mean let's talk about the fact that right now there is the increasing level off consciousness among africans not just on the continent but in the dives for as well people really sort of reclaiming their heritage in how they dress and even how they we have a here for example the natural him movement if you will i wonder what that's meant for local designers like yourself. it's a pretty exciting period notices an increase in local consumers trying to buy and purchase my stuff and that of other brands in the country on the continent. and it's sort of like that i think as i mentioned earlier like they're also searching for that pride and identifying with the product that speaks to to who the where they're from similar experiences with. and yeah it's it's

pretty it's an exciting period to sort of be in the creative sector i think. and we will be watching. also known as thank you. nick story is in madagascar where most people have no access to a tip to city because they can't afford it all it's simply not available the world bank say's the country is 184th out of 190 countries in terms of access to power and as you're about to see it's not just about being able to flick a switch. this is where clear d.n.a. and her family have been living since her house burned down killed in last everything 6 months ago together with 20 other family is when a blaze swept through this neighborhood of the internet or in. the short circuit started at that house over there. because that house was

made of dry wood when the poll caught fire. fire spread to our house which was also made of wood. and all too common story in madagascar as capital where most burn outs are triggered by electrical faults. in this state on power company and its workers struggle to maintain the 100 year old friendly infrastructure even just replacing and electricity paulie's a wrist site as your ram is in dire financial straits and illegal power tapping is making the situation more dangerous. people connect whatever they want without permission and the transformers can't take the overload and insulation can only hold 3 amps for example and there are people doing welding using hair dryers and other high voltage devices cables in their homes can overheat and burn.

itself but it's been accused of mismanagement for years it has sold the electricity at a loss buying power from private suppliers at twice the prices it sells to consumers the result a colossal debt of $300000000.00 euros. being left in the dark stiff and came up with a solution solar panels. are used to buy electricity from. whenever we watch t.v. shows it would always cut out as soon as it got interesting never. since we've been using solar panels we can. use all of our devices that are thrown off work on. like this and many could turn to solar energy a more reliable and greenest source of power only one out of 10 people in madagascar have access to electricity but oh no but the great this and science most

of the time. now this gentleman you see behind me is been in the road nigeria's 20th century monster off modernism now he says he died in 1009 to 4 but he's ought lives on and dimmed jest not everyone knows his name including a nigerian family who had one of his works hanging in their living room this is it and coincidentally the city is called christine she stayed in the family home in lagos ever since she was painted in 1971 not until they googled been in one rule did they realize what a treasure they had and at such a bees in london christine has just gone and of the hemel for a coal 1300000 euros. and that is a canal from d.v.d.'s africa you can catch all story is on our website as a facebook page will even not all look the monster feel my dearest been struggling

with these faults that often if a princess aspect became and nigerian national icon took extracted by by enjoying. sitting in the ruins are a. symbol of a long conflict in the philippines. between the muslim and the christian population . claims fighters occupied the city center in 2017 president of church's response was told. it will never again

look old game of the. ring conquest turned into tragedy this is not the kind of freedom that we want a code of morality become a gateway to islamist terror. an exclusive report from a destroyed city. phillips in the sights of our guests starts october 24th on d w. let's see what's in store for you from the world of culture today. for the very 1st time a photographer has received peace prize for his. emotionally charged pictures. will roll

material. on his canvas. baking bread. press the commission with his break. the peace prize of the german book trade was inaugurated in 1950 with reflecting the publishing world's commitment to the promotion of international understanding for the very 1st time the prize has been awarded to a photographer indeed a very special one the brazilian. concentrates his efforts on 2 main subjects the exploitation of people. the exploitation of nature the resulting photos are amazing. who 1st gained

international acclaim for these photos taken in 1900. world largest.