what secrets lie behind. discover new adventures in the 360 degree. and explore fascinating world heritage site. w world heritage 360. it's so if i always if i hear this is what i would look like and my name would be. we clearly have something special for brad for you on the show but i'm not going to give away too much yet i could genia and you're welcome for that 77 percent. i was usual so they show it's packed with amazing stories from all over the african continent and we have you special guest joining us in the studio mates after

a chat. from nigeria found out comic republic of the got 5 out of african super we'll be talking about that comic and creative out in the street in africa. will then have a taste of the let's just chalk meets meat in ivory coast. and last but not least we for one does fast. now just like you i grew up watching batman superman and all those other superheroes now that was cool but the only problem was they did not look like me so i couldn't really identify with them if you know what i mean but there's a new group of superheroes in town. and his team of young comics have created your own universe of african superheroes watch out gotham city lega city it's taking over. it comes from city of west africa. around 14000000 people live

here. has to be found to live far away in america and be out quite moxon wants to change this by making comics an afrikaner he's fulfilling a childhood dream i think it was about 5 years ago my mum would buy me comic books and our troops every single one i completely grew into comics yeah that's basically how i don't i've put a piece of paper on to the comic the help of my pencil the no 1st day with the prints of the back cover i do we go to a school just basically troops. are. crime and all of a nigerian superheroes are to live here and the public's to get a kind of alternative africa mob or you know best in many ways under the watchful eye of today he has since moved to london with the hope that he was from lagos

achieve an international bridge to. one of my major to come aboard because to push the african continent and the continent you know. and to do that you need infrastructure much infrastructure that we can find back home in nigeria you know london is. going through this right but what do people think of comic books back home. in the slums make those at least just want to kiss thing if only they had. just like the carcass when she wants a gun says i was thug did i know you didn't go for it was too many for the gag you know i didn't. change i was making. if you were in lagos i would tell him to do so many tea because nigeria no. to me the war i would. say what. you.

even businesswoman isabella can identify with a superheroine up on the me. i know the white people could be superheroes but africans we do you know we we have you know you can see how. powerful she really. didn't martin believes comic republic is successful because it closest i got. i strongly believe down with the program if you've been forced to close before. you know weld of mainstream comics comic republic sees itself as an alternate we need to take control of the night and so the future of the comic book will be to be a movie screen to be on t.v. should we need to be on mobile phones to be in people's homes and people's families you know we see our flicker from it we see our cocktails as

a bridge between i prefer the world in general we can all be here i you don't have to have superpowers to do good that's about comics. but about some cool stuff here is the man behind the african superhero. welcome to the sense of yeah ok so you believe that nigeria and indeed africa should have its own supply why is that so important it's necessary for any people and tribe or any risk to have heroes and icons that look like them people they can look up trying to inspire it's like so. if someone says ok why can't we just stick to batman and superman is that a big deal you know there's always that thing about identification you know when when it's for

a 1000000 when you when you can see yourself in that thing then it becomes easy for you to believe in that they know untrue spieth to it so it's necessary that people of color you know you see people of color or diversity no matter where you are being represented and for it to give you something to look up to now tell us about comic or public what exactly goes on that comic republicans the group of individuals that have come together basically to tell the africans to react to push the african narrative in the right light so that the world can see how awesome the continent is not just the negative stuff but the positive stuff as it does a good summary of all that the rest of us are somebody a very busy day yeah yeah yeah yeah it is i mean we spend the whole day you know people think we're just drawing but no we actually have the stories of a whole generation of people to convert we have lives to toe we're always creating and it's so much for but it's fun that's into it as the most important having fun

while working now you did not really go to a school to learn all of this right or not and now for young people watching us now what are we saying then is it ok to just have the talent and do with it or would we encourage them to go to school to add more value there's something i always say that should be somebody would go and build invention really trump anybody would just talent so i mean when i started we didn't have a low fifty's to look for but there's the internet these days there's something else a disc school of you to write so i would advise anybody you know about to get talent and then when you that make it a skill and that way you will always be on top i see school of you tube i think that's that's something that just so you have moved to london writes. why would you leave nigeria to go to london what really made you make that move the dream of chemical problem was to put africa. stories on the map and to take africa to the world and unfortunately there isn't enough infrastructure in nigeria or government supports force to be able to do that and i've taken here as far as i can in nigeria

and then i move to london you know to be able to get the infrastructure there to be able to take coming public to where it's supposed to be which is a global brand and as a go so far. i mean there's a for structure. it's doing well yeah well yeah we do talk and our problem is that there are many other challenges facing the creative industry for instance in kenya inquiry from cameroon makes more money renting out is a good grandstand to the movies he makes why is that. making movies where we don't make any money out of me to have been this we have no support we have no funding i don't see if it is crazy if you think you are stupid especially when you are doubt educated when you are docked physically or mentally able to do something else and then when the passion is what drives you when that enthusiasm is what drives you it becomes very difficult for some form for

a filmmaker income alone to want to do something else because you feel like if you make it this way you are. so so we had a clearly talk about some of the challenges talking about funding and of course like you rightly said infrastructure now how do you imagine companies like yours survive or go around these challenges ok 1st things 1st i think if you provide what investors you need to as a creative use distill bankability process for africa we need to prove they can be a product for south that are creative come out you know it be from the creative space and go into you know the commercial space and provide value for investors right we need to build the business and when it's a business who fund investors and things when. one foster you know what one challenge that i have is it seems that across africa when when you tell someone hey i draw i'm

a creative artist it seems people have this sort of negative perception about it how do we change these mindsets oh that's a very interesting question i think you know to change the mindset we need stuff from we're going where we need to be with us so it should look more professional we need to issue so that we have the professional discipline right that we need to do our homework we need people to see that it's not just a vocation but it's actually a business so my recommendation is for creatives to actually stats are trying to change your perception and the rest of the world before them and what goes into changing this perception is just a thing of snap limit thing differently or how does is what i mean there's a saying that if your room act like a room and. so if you're in business act like business people you know everything 1st impressions do we act the way you relate to the language to business there's a language to running a company the language of project management things like that so i think we should

that i am pick up you know i'm tick professional courses do things that have to do with business lend the trade learn the language and then we'll be able to change the perception so is it isn't that easy to start in the creative arts industry in new york comic and easily attach a business to it or does one come before the other there's just so the young folks coming in and stand all this of course i mean what business you are you're selling something or you're trading something so out to start with the creative part have a product right to make sure you actually have the creativity and the product and then when you have a privilege then you attach the business that i say ok i'm i'm getting some some tips there now which says it says we know a lot of the challenges are you talk about funding infrastructure what major support should governments do because i know you normally say. don't wait on the government due to individual like you rightly said that the creative artists should invest more in themselves and look at the business part of it and move on but we're

really does a government have to pay in all this of the government has a huge role to play for example if you make it easy for people who have proven themselves worthy in the sense easy access to funds so if a creative comes and they have a product and they have a good business plan as long as it looked he has the possibility of being profitable you don't need for it to be profitable right it just needs to have the possibility and if that creative or business can prove that then the government should make it easy for them to get forms even if it's a loan for them to pay back for them to be able to do this right and of course basic infrastructure if there's light you know we don't have to spend so much money on power so i mean if they could do justice to them think of the ability to fund for people who prove themselves credit worthy and also providing power the industry would change greatly yeah so definitely governments should come on board and support to the creative arts industry i'm a superhero's i'll do my part ok now i'm going to give you the chance to talk to the 77 percent of africa's youth watching right now cause i'm sure most of you into

the creative art industry my own sister is a great artist i told you earlier what's the message for for those that really want to make a career or a life in this business i would tell the 77 percent that it's in their hands they should take full control of the destiny is i mean we know the people don't appreciate who we are what we do we need to prove ourselves and like everything else once you've proven yourself the world is your your playfield is just go for it go for it. what's about you a name would you you've you may be a superhero what name did you have you might. think of i mean. which others are supposed to be happy about it or not but deal with this galaxy man . i mean i don't know but anyway thanks a lot jay thanks for having me lend a lot for me and i'm sure you guys have also lends a lot now if you want to see even more african superheroes d.w.

recently launched a new production of african roots social media week in lagos check it out. a few car is futile stories. with details. he's. right to stick conspiracy. but also tells. in. complete. remission of culture. afrikan groups. i'm sure you're curious to know mall and fun fact that's actually

a co-production webcomic republic so go subscribe to our you tube channel and discover for african history now for all the talk leave friends watching us right now they did you know that almost 70 percent of the world's cocoa beans come from only 4 west african countries that's ivory coast my own country gonna lie geria i'm coming ivory coast i'm gonna alone cultivate more than half of the world's cocoa and most of the farmers work under terrible conditions and get paid peanuts for your hard labor the big companies are taking all the profits overseas so form a bank. from ivory coast wants to change this by producing these the list just chocolates in our. cocoa beans in mandarin powell is great especially the 35 year old intern you have produces chocolate in a small factory in abidjan he selects only the best cocoa beans then crashes them

by hand as soon as the piece is small enough of the out glance to get them. with cocoa butter and clear the must be consciously quick. this requires a great deal of care the mixture must be turnt long enough otherwise the chocolate tastes bitter. what frustrates me about chocolate is its complexity against a tory architecture a complexity of the hour messed up must be added to a product with a beautiful alchemy. that x.l. in mind when produces chocolate in ivory coast is very unusual for his country is the world's largest supplier of cocoa beans but after the harvest the bins are mostly shipped to europe and america where they are father processed and made into

chocolate but this didn't stop the former banker from opening his own chocolate factory. in 2015 at 1st his family didn't understand his decision to devise a good thing for me because they all thought it was crazy that i really shouldn't do it so there was a lot of sadness and disappointment they really weren't happy quitting the bank to become a joke. but today i have done everything that i can to make them proud and i don't regret it. just a sprout you know i got by it was you know people. in total the production process takes between $2.00 and $3.00 days in order to set himself apart from the competition x.l. emmanuelle focuses on chocolate. employs around 10 people and works with a cooperative of local cocoa farmers but his vision is bigger than just creating jobs in his own country. industry is based in the rural world but it's neglected

it's on the margins if i can do something that can really impact these africa. women help them get out of poverty and misery i'll be very satisfied it's blockquote we have the right to get rich from chocolate or. evolving our produces around to $10000.00 chocolate bars per month julie had to deal helps with the packaging she has been working and the team for several years. we always make sure that the pieces well placed before starting work if there's a break we can't work if there's no power we can't work so we always make sure there's power. cord. x.l. in my new al sells his products in 10 african countries and also export them to europe the tablets cost between the equivalent of $1.00 euro 50 cents and 4 year

old. he believes coca production in his country is in danger. if we don't look after it will disappear by 2015 this many experts agreed that this is because of deforestation as well as the price paid to cocoa farmers the big retailers need to stop paying one year ok for cocoa and truffles it is dishonorable they need to pay a little more. in the west must understand that they should buy good quality chocolate. but for x.l. emmanuelle giving up is not optional he loves to surprise his customers with new creations and let them have a taste his latest experiment chocolate with dried insects. i love to show our dried chocolates where dried insects but i bet it's tasty and sustainable and we as consumers have the power to hold the big corporations so i

count so good work. but for me the best chocolate in the world will always be shockingly meeting. now let's travel to the other side of the continents to talk about something totally different. music stellata shall be everyone is 1st female saxophonist making it big in the middle that we need that music industry wasn't easy at all but still refused to give up and now me the name for herself take it away stella. my name is the last time i'm on does has female sex and horns. 2 2 but so much. can lead to my life it's given me so much coffee beans i mean it's become part of me and become a part of. it all began with the story the 30 year old musician says that she did

not find the saxophone but the instrument found her. first early 20100 songs playing when the friends find tons of new trove of beautiful saxophone so i asked what it was that of another friend of mine cd for saxophone and that's when i got the desire to really learn this instrument but special instruments had to come by and have to be imported from outside the country when still couldn't find any in rhonda she us the uncle in the west to send her one month later she received a trumpet she wrote again and finally quite a saxophone but learning to play was another story there was a lot of techniques involved in bringing the right sound but i guess it's the pressure that will be me and carried me and it kept me going sometimes even a simple thing like finding is paper becomes a major obstacle. this is one of my biggest challenges

family in the music show as big as this one you can't even find a great marriage is one of the most accessories presents a phony steven gets was if something gets broken make who are the main. it's very challenging to find spare parts in this town. besides this challenge you still are too shabby also face prejudices when she started to play have faced. this was a man dominated industry but i just flew into unknowingly no one paired with henri so it was tough. in the beginning still i felt people did not trust his skills because she's a woman performances were cancelled or not paid correctly and it's not a role model to look up to someone to get me and tell me working so these are the steps this is what you're going to face no i just kind of dove into it but even

when she struggled still i didn't give up through her music she now wants to empower other women to where god created to bring children into the world to have his marriage occur responsibilities but my belief is that will create an environment for empower women to come through easily without having to struggle. stella who currently works in communications at the african institute for mythmaker fine says wants to reach greater heights with the music she plans to record a few songs in work full time in music 2. one of my dreams is to open a music school and this school will mainly target little kids to develop practice tech but a show where the still young. when she started this out. knew what she was because in our family we did have that culture we have worked with we'll see how shells progressed with the talent

and we are so happy and excited for the beauty of what having someone from something new is that it will inspire many and it will help others. for stella to shoving the sky is believing. oh i get goosebumps every time i hear. but hey guys i hope you enjoyed this action packed show like i did you did just drop us a line on our facebook page or write to us at 77. it's always great to hear from you sadly we've reached the end of this episode but before you go there was on

african superhero. where they struck. you in the next episode of the 77 percent and so then you misha.

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