on a vehicle with a trip through 7 decades of automotive history read. 60 minutes on g.w. . in the. country. for. work. for the future. to make a city. inside. turn. hello there i am michael welcome to a brand new edition of the 77 percent this show for you africa smudger. i'm stuck here in ghana the show must go on so we decided to put use the show on location right here on the streets of a crowd which is currently in lockdown so here's what's coming up if it can manage

to finish it off nairobi to see how the house. we also meet again and fashion designer who is producing stylish face mask. and it's a rather young filmmaker lungs are not mine sorry and that's true. for most of us live for us drastically changed over the past few weeks most countries around the world are in a lockdown to prevent the federal spread of the corner virus and africa is no exception on march 26th south africa implemented one of the toughest. photograph abrahams on the tour who as shockingly quiet. rollerskating through a crowded johannesburg is nothing more than a distant memory for earl abrahams now the. city is wrapped in an eerie silence no

one is allowed outside except for grocery shopping while buying medicine. the kind of cereal. thing because i've never experienced something like this before basically having to stay on lockdown without being able to leave the space so this is very different and very new for me but not everyone can add here to the rules many homeless people simply have no way to go. i don't know what to expect when it comes to my career. i don't know what export to expect when it comes to. countries going to and what's going to happen to people that don't have a kind of a source of income to fend for themselves so i'm really anxious that all major highways a few police cars are patrolling the city but there's no sign of the army this once bustling neighborhood now resembles a ghost town. crazy like many waiters and shopkeepers who used to work here

abrahams is worried about the future if the lockdown continues he has no idea how he will make ends meet most of his assignments were canceled. the ones feeling the pain and you know this is where we have to draw closer to getting try to figure out how do we do life together and their lives calling out to humanity to start thinking beyond the new start thinking not only thinking about themselves with thinking about other people and how do we do this to go. to. i feel the same way. never seen my city this quiet and empty as you already know i am stuck in ghana because of the border closures i cannot board a plane anywhere at the moment but at least i am with friends and with my family

and like many africans who. let's hear what they have to see. my name is mark. musician through kenya and i'm here in copenhagen denmark where i got stuck because of the cruel no where else. down. easy because i. lost all my geeks all my clothes and it is it is not nice being in a place you know. walking. i have ruined my name is a bio miracle and photographer a filmmaker from nigeria right now my current situation i'm stuck in from ford came to from ford for a wedding friend's wedding and we've just been cancelled you know government shutdown. i was pushed back. on the 6th of april

but notice this is being shot last week of april. so now i'm not even sure if i'm going to be with the flow back even after that time with when i'm not sure if this is going to be open so that's my fear most. currently i'm stuck in the usa i was here to showcase my film but because of the coronavirus i can't believe i'm someone who loves freedom so i find the situation very difficult it's especially tough for me because i'm not in my home country and i'm far from my family it's not great but i understand the restrictions are there to protect us from the infection and so that we don't infect others. i mean it really breaks my heart to see so many people stranded so far way from

home and i'm sure there are many of this just like them now let's head to kenya where the government also forced every lock down for basque told dawn this is after the country would miss its 1st corner virals death the situation is telling him particularly for those in the informal sector our very own it can money to see the streets of nairobi to find out how they are coping with the economic effects of the corporate 19 pandemic. now like the rest of the world we're all trying to do our best to the 77 percent to flatten that corona virus infection line but i'm just thinking about people who are in the informal sector particularly here in kenya which is where the biggest workforce really is these are small business owners who are probably not very organized and who sectors are largely unregulated those guys who don't have offices to go to who can't work from home what do they do during these hard times it's an

impossible choice really stay home don't get infected but potentially sleep hungry or go out get something to eat and potentially get infected well i want to talk to some of those people and see what they have to say so let's get out of the office. all right so we've found a gentleman whose name was trying to say he's actually a taxi driver and he's agreed to speak to us i can imagine that doing business for him at this time must not be very easy to. say or. place to me to. be in been a good thing but a bit tough here my dream to talk to him ok so let's get straight to be here working on the government has said that we should be staying at home so what's

going on. a year in income with regard to broaden it would you you know ask. mostly look we're. also was we are surviving. so it is hard to stay at home if you told me that there's an area here where your son he ties in with the rest of the taxi driver can you show me the other side of the. basically on the. week you know how to your. customer base. yeah so. much of. a sudden. in the disinfecting but. i'm going to. tell you

you don't seem so sure of. ok let me wash my hands because. i'm very paranoid if i'm being honest but it's better to be safe than sorry. ok so on the one hand i completely understand when he says that he's living from hand to mouth but on the other hand i'm concerned that none of the government instructions are being followed but then again how could they possibly be stay at home not possible at least 2 metres from one another the nature of this job demands are 2 in close proximity to one another in fact even the boat a boat operators right there just back to back and i'm wondering if you will really be able to fly. now some of the people who've been most affected by. everything is people in the

creative industry and one of them is stephen durie took was actually a photographer and we're here today it's very quiet today despite the fact that this is one of the busiest studios in nairobi thank you for making time for us but just quickly what's business been like for the last couple of days most a watery do. people so everything was just. there's nobody here. to say but obviously when. we're talking about cancel cancel postpone that's money that was supposed to be in your bank account that no longer is secure how are you going to recover how do we all recover. when i ask me how i'm going to recover because i think for the 1st time in my life i'm soon living idea at a time not just for us every business pass on here reemployed pass on the suffering is going to be long so we're trying to prepare. all right so we started this day trying to investigate what's happening to people in the informal sector who simply

can't afford to stay home and 2 things have emerged one is that unless the government is going to implement a lockdown people will still continue going to work and the 2nd thing is that the implication the financial implication that's been caused by the coroner outbreak is probably going to be felt long after the virus has been managed to corner a virus are certainly created a challenging situation for everybody for me and you and there will be money i hope you can weather this crisis together in the spirit of boon to all those who are suffered job losses will soon get back on to our feet but we have some inspiration from nairobi specifically to bear up which is probably africa's the biggest slum kid barrow is considered a critical hot spot in the corner of virus crisis here protective gear is considered a luxury but 24 year old designer david orr ching are sticking their feet off his

community into his own hands he's resigned in fields must that are both stylish and i let people to the throat of corn or virus. in his defeat in any fashion is. david achieving is only 24 years old but he's changing the narrative in his home thank you very much flour in paying as capital in nairobi he's giving out african printer maps which are handmade for free just to spread out the coronavirus its cause. everyone here. he started his fashion line looks like in 2017 these days david wants to protect his community from the pandemic he wants to raise awareness about hygiene and reduce the spread of the coronavirus in poverty stricken kibera it's tough to

choose between spending money on hygiene or food to. be able to. get. food. in africa's largest slum residents live on less than a dollar a day and spends up for it to stay home and that's the purchase of protective gear like the mast and the dogs is a luxury. some muslim museum mosque if. and. when it comes to. david chang has given out over 5000 masks since hangouts 1st coronavirus he aims to make about 1000 masks daily and freely distribute them.

giving. for a year or 9 but this is. david's main objective is to protect to keep their residents but masks do not guarantee full medical protection but the idea is to get people thinking about hygiene. 700000 people living in to their on demand grows every day. if. he has trained over 17 women and teenagers to salt and fish when the coronavirus pandemic is over david chang wants to continue inspiring thing next generation of young residents to bear.

wow what an amazing guy and his must to have of swat well everybody is talking nobody else specially over social media it's no surprise that news is becoming more common with such an overload of information it can be quite overwhelming when you try to distinguish between the good and the so to help you out here are the most important facts about the core not virus which. is what the new team. looks like strongly magnified the most common symptoms include fever. and shortness of breath. some people symptoms that. most people infected with the virus recover without special medical attention. but it can be much more dangerous for people for people with weak immune systems and

full boss who already house medical issues. here are some important steps you can take to protect others from infection. when you give someone no kissing or should. give an order for sure even if it feels a little that fast the virus can easily spread through small droplets from the most of the mouth so whenever an infected person. this is the duplex can land on the surfaces that we touch than our hands can spread these droplets even farther that's why it's so important to keep your distance whenever possible 2 meters is recommended. it's also super important to show hands regularly internally that means witting them with water and washing them with soap for 20 to 30 seconds that's about as long as it takes to sing the humpy but this song twice make sure you focus on your palms of your hands fingertips your fingernails on the space

between your fingers then rinse and dry you hands if you don't have access to soap and water you can use an alcohol best anthony ties instead just make sure you hands clean as hard as it is don't touch your fists if you need to go for sneeze don't use your hand instead aim into the bend over your elbow you can also use a tissue just make sure you throw it into the trash straight away keep your distance from those who are sneezing or coughing this possible both can be used but only if you change them regularly you might be seeing them everywhere at the moment but face masks don't actually offer complete protection against the fires but if you are sick wearing a fist mask and protect the people around. most importantly if you feel unwell stay at home don't go to work or hung out with a group of friends and if you are experiencing

a fever and difficulty breathing contact. your local health center right away call them in advance and do what they see. for us africans physical distance it's not easy it is not part of our culture but guys physical distance and doesn't have to mean social distance them because still can't go with their family and friends actually cause i know it's not always easy so all our very own relationships and sex cars has this advise especially for you. hello there and welcome to the spread of a safe space where we get to discuss everything sex and relationships how safe space is today in the company of michael and we should all be practicing social disease with thing right now we're really watching this from the front of one of the 98 work we're acquires is in the ground and don't worry because you. if you can

help out in the car and reduce the number of actions not just in your country but around the world now let's get into some stay and sexy ways that you can maintain your sanity in these times of isolation. let's get right thing generally it is such a good way to hear your thoughts even if you have no intention of sharing it with anyone and it can certainly reduce stress but when you get rid of negative thoughts you can even try writing some erotic so why not create some fictional characters and build in the rocky mountains eternal of the 6 he always wanted to try 2nd the practice of love it can be understandably right for some people to turn on their 6 feet when they have high levels of things that he sought after and how your body used the internet feels like you've achieved one successful how are they just trying to stand in front of the american 10 minute and mire your body and repeat

positive matters that will make you feel good about yourself and of course master if you're a leader with this you can ask your partner to healthy even if you can't be physically together at the mall. i'm showing or telling you how during the maybe laughably on monday this might be a great way to get extra specially to be legal and find common and maybe leaving find them interesting for you not to mention once we're able to start a family again if you have any right here you'd like to share with us i'm waiting in which we can make the lesion more bearable he's learned from me can't. imagine. trying to cause that was very enlightening if you have ideas on how to make self isolation more bearable i would like to hear them send us your thoughts on our facebook page you africa or drop us a meal at $7.00 to $7.00 at v.w.

golf course it is impossible at the moment to travel to new faces but lucky you have us before the wall shut down we travel to syria loom to meet the filmmaker boy so fussin your seat belts next door we need to. welcome to fritz my name is lance and i'm on sarukhan one called buy me boy i am a female based in fruits and their own immediate collective called the fruits and media center for its own is my home welcome to for it's. the capital and largest city of sierra leone freetown is a major port city along the coast line of the atlantic ocean around 1000000 people call this city home. and.

in freetown you find different people from what i'm trying new groups that we have only been in this space we have remained is living here we have to be have the same unease we have the limbo as we are full as we all live in the one place that is the beauty and fried. down and that is why we will know for its own. the area around freetown was settled in 787 by freed slaves it became a melting pot for liberated african and caribbean settlers the cotton tree in the city center deflects freetown unique history. after the abolition of slavery we had slaves from the nova scotia. you know what we now know us freetown and that's gotten truly right yeah it was the place. you know they had yes obviously is which as preachin about cotton tree and they had

their mid teens under 1st downs given savvis that was right on the dia the only quote interim is the last to return aeons and you can't talk about free without the nation and the courts and 3. freetown is sierra leone's financial hub the city's economy revolves largely around its natural harbor deep water key the biggest in africa. and i'm sorry used to fish for a living earning him the nickname by me boy i mean as local slang portillo. i grew up by the seaside and a seaside community. you know freetown is by the atlantic ocean we have a really long coastline beautiful coastline so i grew up in a community like many want to formalise fishing was like a livelihood for me for my family so the sea said it means

a lot to me and for its own. since making the switch to filmmaking korea lanson immense arrays you work play. looks very different one of his documentaries a film about the ebel outbreak in sierra leone was nominated for an emmy awards in 2019 it was the 1st ever west african film to receive this accolade. here is my my studio i walk from here i spend a lot of time here walking you know from morning sometimes tonight just. seems and them you know recording sound so i spent a lot of time in. glance and i'm answering is certain he will never run out of stories in a city like freetown. i hope you enjoy watching for it sound the journey to

if we don't this is the land we love this is my home thank you for much love from freetown. unfortunately we've come today and off today's show but as usual we don't let you go without a musical treat it seems like everybody has written a song virus like uganda will be wine or even labor president george weah is our president we like to leave the singing to the professionals so here is the quote from south africa with the song fight against coronavirus we.

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