just coming home. subscribe to the documentary on you tube. this is the news africa special edition of our program today we bring you some of the incredible stories we brought you from across the continent coming up. we'll meet the kenyans forced to make way for british tea plantations taking the case to the u.s. . the middle of the island way humans and snakes if together in strange comedy. all sneaking to.

introduce you to the south african taxi driver who's become a. sensation. christine one. juno welcome to the special edition of news africa it's good to have you along a government in kenya has warned that british plantations face zimbabwe style farm invasions thousands of kenyans who say they were driven from their homes on the british colonial rule wants to be compensated and have taken decades to the u.n. travel to carry chill that's located in the highlands the kenyan rift valley also known as kenya's capital because most of the tea that comes from kenya is gross.

you see the 4 hardship and suffering has followed your dear tutor to churn tire life when she was just a child she was separated from her family together with thousands of to live in keeps people she was expelled from her ancestral lands at 96 years old she still vividly recalls the trauma of that experience. i don't remember the deal. but the hour we were chased away was 4 in the afternoon . i was so frightened my stomach started aching and i started vomiting. lydia's parents were forcibly removed to so-called national reserves making way for acres and acres of profitable tea plantation today they are owned by mountain national companies. stayed behind to work on one of the british tea estates that she was repeatedly raped by her employer who got her pregnant. when the white man

as she calls him a tech took for the 1st time she was only 13 years old and. there was nothing i could do used a lot of force to overpower me. i didn't understand what was going on i was in a lot of pain and i was crying a lot. when kenya became independent in the 1960 s. video was left to fend for herself as an outcast with 3 biracial children and no money or land to live on to date she is one of more than 100000 victims who are demanding that a united nations special investigator open the inquiry into the plight of. british soldiers expelled families from their homes stole land and livestock and committed gross human rights violations all for the sake of planting this crop the victims of this land appropriation say there is blood in the to here they want

reparations for them about treatment and above all an apology for the crimes committed under the crown. brought me dixon a lawyer from the u.k. representing this complaint says it's time for redress no it's also a very opportune time because around the world states and various bodies or looking at past abuses colonial grievances and how they can be addressed that they call be swept under the carpet for the dia and her daughter hope she'll be able to witness an apology. ok this one this next one gives me the creeps out of its stories in uganda and the curious tale of an island inhabited only by men and snakes about a 1000 deadly kroeber's inhabit the island seen by the fishermen who live there as spirits rather than just snakes fearful but i gotta say with some wireline since

about 5 kilometers of the shore in lake victoria notes that women are allowed to dial in for short visits only not overnight our reporter julie as well gumbel sent us this report from the island of snakes. island on lake victoria. home to over 150000 birds which give the island a rather particular sound. down below them on the ground a much quieter beasts over 1000 cobras from the island in a unique example of coexistence with man. but. do not beat any snakes these are spirits of the island attached to a culture. over $100.00 fishermen leaving the island. and the men were cut off he's the most experienced. yes lived here for more than

45 years. an old man of the sea he has retired from commercial fishing. in one to 7 year old is the custodian of long held customs which forbid killing the snakes. because reza believed to be the spirits of the sacré dying and. got on well i say he has never seen a cobra attack in no one except once when he was attacked himself. in a war. i must have angered the snake when i carried it out of the house so that i could sleep at a crawl back in but picked it up again and threw it out and then went to bed early i would notice donna surely it crawled back in. this time and picked it up and it turned its head and bit me. in the snake shouldn't be harassed even if it means sharing a bed with some of. you. for that

reason the snakes move freely in and out of the wood in aus it's. not really old you know the bit about the fishermen of no reason to panic some even think it's a blessing from the spirits. if it comes into your house that's a spiritual visit. just tell the snake you have no problem and it will not cause you any trouble while there is a reward left. is the name of the island somewhat mysterious. its traditions are rather strict no one cuts down a tree for any reason. buds to shouldn't be killed and their eggs must not be eaten. but the cost of the prohibits women on the island is the $1.00 that is toughest for the fishermen. they don't even know what i would be good to finish your work and go

home and see your family every day to know how your child spent the night to know what they need and unfortunately it's not possible here one of the facts of what. i don't really think that a large population with straight in the islands rich by diversity. he suffered a couple of painful picks from the grey headed gauss. if you'd rather see see a with a more bags and this makes them 2 months. if this next. let's go to south africa where he talks he drives a singing career boost see video of him went viral so a passenger recorded man single of belting out oprah in a devon cab that video has since collected almost a 1000000 views of us encouraged to get right with the center in the drive.

i just landed at the airport here in durban the sun is still shining in the weather's beautiful there's only one downside be airport here is pretty far away from the city center but even that is not a big deal for me today because i have a very special taxi driver waiting for me. is just 27 years old south africa already knows he shot to fame when a passenger filmed him singing opera in this taxi and the video went by the. group. oh oh she. didn't. like me. it's just get to my emotions so much because i didn't realize it will go the spot. it can just go. to facebook maybe pundits. who was one of them or just said no can you

bring that it's a common platform in my wedding or something like that just just a small things and small world like kids. menzies phone is constantly ringing he gets requests for interviews from all over the world invitations to perform and give or dishes to men's wear shop even offered him if we taxi to for his next event it's. like an opera singer the guy who's driving and he sings some a cookie this is very interesting you know. just through. it's really exciting to me to memphis even better now that i see him in person. come home. menzi is currently rehearsing for an upcoming performance the piano player is menzies former teacher bello mccann he's known menzies since primary school and see himself had no formal music training he's mostly self-taught since he was young i

can see that he's got something special he seen and only people prestigious you know he did because even if he does have a talent the next day menzi is off to cape town he's been invited to take part in the competition for professional opera singers but he's feeling optimistic. in life it's time. to come and see. that moment when the i'm so excited about this to see just can't stop. this it's like it was important. that was come a final run through in the dressing room and really really. then that's the stuff i see the

was coming things come. to. the right. well he didn't win but still. make sure you got to ride with him when next in devon hey so remember how we came across the ivorian o.p.l. who created 100 of african images well as you can see that it's also how they reflect everyday life in africa i downloaded. his zouk white movies from the still feel that's it it's one hour from africa you can catch on all stories on our website and facebook page we leave you now with these pictures of some of the movies together with some imagined real life counterparts we'll see you soon i for now.

i'm sure going to. walk over. to the real. i'm not laughing at them just sometimes i am but i said nothing which is that. thinks deep into german culture looking at the stereotypes that any you think this

new country that i don't. think it is grandma down you know it's all that. i'm rachel joins me from the german from the w. . post. hello welcome to news from the world of arts and culture we have a really diverse mix for you today indeed one could say something for every taste. provocative canadian performance artist peaches out of a 2 stage show which is definitely not for the faint off it. in our series 100 german house reads the last on of katharina bloom a classic novel from nobel prize winner. and an

old black and white british comedy sketch that has become a cult classic here in germany on new year's eve. canadian musician and performance artist peaches and i've been raising eyebrows with her sexually explicit shows since she started performing in the 990 s. bisexual herself gender identity is a big topic in her work and how lyrics blur the difference between male and female it's shocking stuff sometimes and yet how music has been used in movies like lost in translation and t.v. shows like south park his stage show features 40 people on stage and right now she's performing it here in berlin.