live with the latest on our website at www dot com or by following us on twitter at d w news for now i'm anthony howell thanks for watching. welcome to the this league here for a decent. place to talk about a. country that's a little. more. to know that 77 percent. are younger than 16. that's me and me and you. and you know what it's time old boy says.

the 77 percent he told. you this is where you cut. the 77 percent this weekend on d w. this is africa coming up on the program the onsets this was shoved into slavery from africa to america now to 400 years they are intending to where it all began searching for traces of that history and they are not going back to the u.s. . felt like i'll never belong. to it is known as the world's biggest floating city. nigeria i'm not too fond on any mobs at least not yet.

i. feel welcome to the program some history lesson in the 1619 issue of where 20 captives from africa set sail for what is now the u.s. state of virginia its arrival in the era of american slavery this week 400 years later members of the u.s. congressional black caucus reflect on the. nature it's cruel history and legacies they visited the united nations headquarters in new york on the un's ockelford 10. as a place to contemplate the slave trade and racism today they were joined by the academy award nominated actor moore who sue from been in a nation film with thousands of africans were taking into slavery. this year 20.

400 years and the 1st week of this for. all of return on. haitian american. history. it makes us reflect in finish their history to remember what was sticky from. given back. on the. african-american couple who are now given back to the land of the us this they both moved to god feeling like they didn't belong in the land of the u.s. building a new life i'm learning about the history has given them a whole new sense of identity and belonging. elmina on the gun they in khost was called the mine by the portuguese because of

the abundance of gold found here but wealth was ultimately made with a different precious good humans. elmina consul was one of the atlantic slave trades depots holding people captive both men and women before the shipment to america. 400 years on some americans arriving here searching for traces of their history some come as visitors others come to stay like obvious. and marcus taylor. slips into the wind mill their wrists with. around $1000.00 men and women were held captive in the casals cramped dungeons at any given time until they were shipped off into a future of forced labor or death in transit visit is plays reeds of remembrance here out of sadness for the suffering enjoyed by previous generations.

i am a history that. i know my history. and . the interstate passion paid for this is frames. marcus is from detroit and resettling in guyana he met obvious shortly after his arrival they now live together in the capital accra. marcus's belongings have not yet arrived from america but at least obvious photos of her relatives are a comfort. family history is important to them even when it is a painful one marcus's case. when i was 12 years old my family was attacked by the police off by police officers i watch my family member every male in my family. everyone between my grandmother

a mother be beaten in front of me a toilet. and we were coming from my great grandmother's funeral. and to watch that back and ingest it from a very young age i kind of felt like i'd never be. avia is preparing for one client she works as a massage therapist mixing traditional western massage techniques with god name spirituality. she was drawn to gonna after experiencing rejection and discrimination in america she says now 38 avia was much younger when she was suddenly called into a boss's office. and i'm seeing that i got my a half moment of that i was directly told that being african was not acceptable and the person was looking at me like you know i like you you know your

hair is so cute you're so cute right here but we're going to have to take you out of your position unless you change your hair because the higher ups they think you're here is a little bit too ethnic and i was like too ethnic what does that mean. she has left that life behind now she wants to do good things for herself and others i use it to give people hope to inspire people. music is pretty much healing to for me is just as well as my they're in. a state where there. is obvious started rapping and it's keeping it off. with marcus is full support. all about being a woman black. about our density. that's

there. marcus had a bodybuilding career in the u.s. and canada he fell ill but is now training again he hopes to compete. the mr universe title. i.x. me which country that i wanted to represent why they wanted to represent the u.s. i don't want to represent canada or i'm representing down at this year and i'm here we patch orating. you know in pasadena my citizenship so i thought that it would be great for me to represent ghana. elmina a slave caso a place of terror for many african-americans and sisters. by coming here and seeing it with. their descendants hope to gain a clearer sense of the own history of. this gate of no return

once led across the atlantic to america. for marcus returning to america is unthinkable. nothing national. in for me i just feel that. we have to we have to make our own change we cannot allow basically expect somebody else to make a change when they have been saying way for a news. and the french have the same. thing change with the status saying. so for me i can i can live in that is assisting us. having crossed the ocean in this direction from america. and marcus announced set on making history in africa. as a prague on the end you are always welcome home now if you live in or have ever been

to lagos nigeria you probably know about the slums. known as the welds biggest floating city it is home to about 300000 people despite its size mccorkle has never had any city planning documents but that is about to change. welcome to my cocoa a floating slum in the nigerian mega city of lagos officially this part of the city does not exist you won't find these dingy canals and ramshackle house indicated on any city maps but john and his team are trying to change that on to their location tracking smartphones they crisscross the old ways with the aim of putting microcode and it's approximately 300000 inhabitants on the map where are you. made up of gals from. actually. collected went of interest within the neighborhood putting the houses will put these on the map so we can have more. points of interest on

this in my book on city streets and have is enough to get. all of these come up for free john works for south africa based ngo code for africa the organization behind this drive to map out the slums and improve the lives of those who live here. every point of interest is carefully entered into the system like what the floating barbershop. to be part of the point of enjoyable would he want to come up with whom are those who want someone who without property deeds or in many cases even illegal existence the inhabitants of macaco live with the permanent threat of the fiction for this local traditional leader appearing on a map for the 1st time is a step towards cementing his people's place here. nancy before in mark or core we were in the dark but now with the work you have done we traditional chiefs can see

that you have done a good job we are only fisherman we didn't know how to mark out the different neighborhoods as you know we are very happy. john believes that inhabitants of this part of the city should have access to the same knowledge of the neighborhood enjoyed by those who live elsewhere in lagos. all of these westy walking on the aisle when we had gone it would look like the rest parker to go see it because the street to see differently the public would now be able to see this neighborhood differently as the map is ready to go online. to kenya now where heavy rain and flooding have been taking a deadly toll but this is a story with a happy ending vincent is a fisherman who went to work last friday but only just made it back home 3 days later was trapped on a small patch of land. east africa in the past week local

residents could only watch helplessly while he waited for help which finally arrived in the form of a helicopter. just take a look at this footage. 6 i. after 72 very cool down when the i was on the island everyone's believed to have. 6 now i feel i'm i'm alone i. am now born again i. must be a good feeling to be back home that's it for now from did you news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page. with the beautiful i catch the 19 year old was named model of the yeah the twins in $1000.00 and i was

in london on monday. but i'll see you again soon. can carry information. can help feet be. still people can be happy without block. how much light do we really neat. we've seen the light on made in germany in 60 minutes long d w. what secrets lie behind the walls.

discover new adventures in the 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage sites. w. world heritage 368 getting up now. waiting for an end to the trade war a deal between china and the u.s. could take far longer than expected as president trump now suggests it can wait until after the u.s. election investors are not happy. also on the show in a surprise appearance facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg goes on the record asked welcoming government regulations. inflation in syria spirals out of control due to the war making food imports impossible to the fore.