for the lightweight vehicles 2 of which were blown off the road organizers had to implement a maximum speed limit of 80 kilometers per hour although this was lifted later in the day as conditions improved. you're watching news from berlin up next d.w. news africa with christine don't forget you can follow us on twitter at news almost at our website. in support of. what's a view with civil guard over. the debris of. the prison puro its most subject and its most exciting. most

creative colorful clever true tasteful you know very little charming. thing to. phillis is still. on the w. . this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes really appropriating heritage needed up and coming kenya designer who's using cues from cultures across africa as inspiration for her fashion. goals the hundreds of groups of strive for creation of course their stomachs. and the healing of the scars. was almost covered in the rock group. before there was then less to send. into the next stage. and you need christine she's been lost in lagos for

decades and it now turns out she's worth more bad a $1000000.00. africa i'm glad you tuned in more and more africans are proudly expressing their heritage through their appearance and the renewed away in this has created business for local fashion designers on the continent is the story. and up and coming kenyan designer who is on her part 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 could touche 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 fast look from the evening dress her mother wore on the day she was married. it was a pretty thing i'd ever seen and i thought even one twit so i took it out of the cupboard soaked it up stapled together used. anything i could find and made it fit to me. this is to say that i got into very big trouble. now in her early thirty's to design a it's 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 fast 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 when i skate. it's been months of designing sewing through the night in creating prints now it's crunch time for could touche. i think i 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 that i 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 just. takes up exhibit it and feel no shame about the fact that he was basically ripped off somebody but not old boring is misappropriation says katich for her referencing is crucial through true understanding fashion can become

a celebration of the communities in her current 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 now into the next stage. contusion says her life and career are also added 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 sealed. by is 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 her break into the international fashion market. and such as it is now back home in nairobi and she's joining me now from our studio at the hague i just it's good to see you so how was paris i. was really cool it was pretty exciting moment for me in my business and where reached 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 feedbag all in all from all the people who came through and we're looking forward to hearing back from them excellent so i mean we've we've had a showcase of 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. zanny 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 for a from the aesthetics and the bead 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 a comforting print or techniques that are specific to them and. bring a modern twist to 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 sort of states or claims that there's such a thing as african. that is very specific and as a creative as a designer like to believe that you can't limits 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 self. 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 dice for is while people really sort of reclaiming their heritage in how they dress even how they wear they have for example the natural him movement if you will i wonder what that's meant for local design is like yourself. it's a pretty exciting period of notice there's 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 with a product that speaks true to who the where they're from or share similar 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 your space.

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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 inquest structure 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 this electricity at

a loss buying power from private suppliers at twice the prices it sells to consumers the result a colossal debt of 300000000 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 we have to offer come. 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 1904 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 cold christi 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 and you can catch all story as i know we have sides as a facebook page which will even out with the last 3 of nigeria's big and starting with these 4 trade offs and if a princess that became a nigerian national icon told extract bye-bye enjoying.

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