w.'s crime fighters are back with africa's most successful radio drama series continues from the only persones are available on the. course you can share and discuss on w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. to me now. hello there i am michael welcome to a brand new edition of the 77 percent this show for africa. i'm stuck here in ghana the show must go on so we decided to produce the show on location right here on the streets of a crowd which is currently in lockdown so here's what's coming up that it can manage to get a speech of nairobi to see how good. we

also meet a king in fashion designer with producing stylish these must. fill make our lunch ansari 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 virus and africa is no exception on march 26th south africa implemented one of the toughest. photograph. on the tour to end shockingly quiet. rollerskating through a crowded johannesburg is nothing more than a distant memory for abraham's now the city is wrapped in an eerie silence no one is allowed outside except for grocery shopping or buying medicine. that's kind.

interesting because i've never experienced something like this before basically having to stay or not. 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 exposure 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 about all major highways and 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 abraham says 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 going to try to figure out how do we do life together and their lives calling out to many to to start thinking beyond the new start thinking not only thinking about themselves with thinking about other people how do we do this to give. to us but. i feel the same way he. never seen my city this quiet and empty as you already know i am stuck in ghana because of the religious i cannot board a plane anywhere moments but at least i am with friends and with my family i like many. let's hear what they have to see. when it

was marketed. musician through kenya. here in copenhagen denmark where it got stuck because of the cool norway. locked down. it's so easy because. i lost all my gigs all my concerts it is it is not nice being in a place you're not walking you're no money. i could ruin my name is a by american photographer from nigeria right now my current situation i'm stuck in frankfurt i came to frankfurt for a wedding friend's wedding and we've just been cancelled you know injury government shutdown the air space was pushed back in. on the 6th of april but notice this has been shot to the last week of april. so now i'm not even sure if i'm going to be would fly back even after that time would

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. you can see most of. these. time you need it really breaks my heart to see so many people stranded so far away from home and i'm sure there are many out there just like them now let's head to kenya where the government. down form

dusk till dawn this is after the country would miss its 1st corner viral status the situation is telling jim particularly for those in the informal sector it can money to the streets of nairobi to find out how they are coping with economic effects of the covered 19 pandemic. now like the rest of the world we're all trying to do our best here at 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 you. alright so we've found a gentleman whose name is titus and he's actually a taxi driver but he's agreed to speak to us i can imagine that doing business for him at this time let's not be very. ok. they were. nice to me to. have. the dubin been a good thing but a bit tough yeah yeah my dream to talk to you 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 the garden broadening would you you know ask.

so. if you told me that there's an area here where your study ties in with the rest of the taxidriver can you show me. these. before. you say. yeah cool. edge of. the sun phases. already. disinfecting because. you don't seem so sure of. ok let me wash my hands because. i'm very

paranoid if i if i'm being honest but there's a story against. it. ok so on the one hand i completely understand takes us when he says that he's living from hand to mouth but on the other hand i'm concerned that none of the government's instructions are being followed but then again how could they possibly 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. just back to back wondering if you will really be able to. know some of the people who've been most affected by this. everything is people in the creative industry and one of them is stephen daldry took was actually a photographer and we're here at his studio and quiet today despite the fact that.

this is one of the busiest studios in nairobi so thank you for making time for us but just quickly what's business been like for the last couple of days most of what we do is about events and gathering and meeting off people so everything was just sort of postponed cancelled so there's nobody here it's a ghost compound here to say but obviously when you're talking about cattle council postponed that's money that was supposed to be in your bank account that no longer is secure how how it how are you going to recover how do we all recover. don't ask me how i'm going to recover because i think for the 1st time in my life i'm saying we're living idea at a time not just for us every business person 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 of the financial implication that's been caused by the koran outbreak is probably going to be felt long after the virus has been managed to corner a virus or certainly create a challenging situation for everybody for me and you and there will be and 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 onto your feet but we have some inspiration from nairobi specifically to bear up which is probably africa's the biggest slum kibera is considered a critical horse sport in the corner of virus crisis here protective gear is considered a luxury but 24 year old designer david orr ching are sticking the feet of his community into his own hands he's resigned in fields must that are both stylish and i let people to the throat of coronavirus. i

mean if you know the fashion is in. david a charity is only 24 years old but he's changing the narrative in his home. in paying its capital nairobi he's giving out african prints maps which are hands made for free reduced the spread of the coronavirus because not everyone here all the resources to be local so. most people you. have to work for it and do it for me he started his passion line looks like a veto 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 corona by. but in poverty stricken kibera it's tough to choose between spending money on hygiene or food to. be able to. give.

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 mask and the dogs is a luxury. if. and. when it comes to. david chang has given out over 5000 masks since paying its 1st coronavirus he aims to make about 1000 mass daily and feeley distribute them in kibera. giving. free. this is.

david's main objective is to protect the kibera residents but masks do not guarantee full medical protection but the idea though is to get people thinking about hygiene with 700000 people living in to their on demand grows every day. he has trained over 17 women and teenagers to song and states when the coronavirus pandemic is over david chang wants to continue inspiring for the next generation of young resident. to bear. wow what an amazing guy and his must to have a bit of swap well everybody is talking about

a corner virus and specially over social media nor surprised that news is becoming more common with such an overload of information it can be quite overwhelming when you try to distinguish between the court and so to help you out here are the most important facts about the corner virus. this is what the new. virus looks like strongly magnified the most common symptoms include fever. and shortness of breath. but some people show no symptoms at all. most people infected with a virus recover without special medical attention. but it can be much more dangerous for older people for people with weak immune systems and full scoop already how medical issues here are some important steps you can take to protect yourself and others from infection. first when you give someone no

kissing hugging or shaking hands give an elbow bump or foot. even if it feels a little at 1st the virus can easily spread through small droplets from the most or the mouth so whenever an infected person needs is to duplicate the land on the surfaces that we touch then i can spread this even farther that's why it's so important to keep your distance whenever possible 2 meters is for the community. it's also super important to show hands regularly entirely that's means we're doing them with water washing them with soap for 20 to 30 seconds that's about as long as it takes to sing the humpy by. this song twice make sure you focus on your palms the back of your hands fingertips your fingernails on the space between your fingers the rings and bright you hands if you don't have access to soap and water

you can use an alcohol best hand sanitizer 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. 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 blows can be used but only if we change them regularly you might be seeing them everywhere at the moment but face masks don't act in the offer complete protection against the fires but if you are sick wearing a fist musk 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 right over and difficulty breathing contact. your local health center right away in advance and do what they say.

for us africans physical distances it's not easy it is not part of our culture but guys physical distance and doesn't have to mean social distancing because still can go with your family and friends but actually of course i know it's not always easy so all our very own relationships and sex as cars has this advice especially for you. hello there and welcome to the spread of things space where we get to discuss everything sex and relationships how they face the day in the comfort of my home as we should all be practicing subtleties of thing right now wherever you're watching this from the front of one of the 98 work we're in it meyers is brown and divergent you can choose. but you can help out in that and reduce the number of infections not just in your country but around the world now

let's get into some say it and sexy ways that you can maintain your sanity in these kinds of isolation stuff let's get right to the journaling is such a good way to air your thoughts even if you have no intention of sharing it with anyone it incessantly reduce stress but when you get rid of negative thoughts you can even try to summarize it so why not create some fictional character and build in iraq if you can on the history of the 60s you always want to try to 2nd the practice of love it can be understandably right for some people to turn on the things when they have high levels of things that he sought after and how when your body is in the air it feels like you've achieved one successful that candidate just trying to stand in front of the american 10 minutes admire your body and repeat positive manner that will make you feel good about yourself and of course the master is directly in with this you can ask your partner to help you even if you

can't be physically together at the. i mean showing are telling you how they doing being maybe don't laugh only on monday this might be a great way to extirpate specially to medieval and find common and maybe even find them in this very very nice to mention once where it will happen again if you have any idea that you'd like to share those i'm waiting in which we can make the isolation more bearable he's learned from me. in fact. thank you 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 to 7 at the w. golf course it's just impossible at the moment to travel to new places but luckily you have us before the wall shut down we travel to syria loom to meet the filmmaker

bobby boy so fuss in your seat belt next door we need to. welcome to free my name is lance and i'm on so i reckon want to call it by me boy i'm a female based in fruits on their own immediate collective called the fruits a 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 out along the coastline of the atlantic ocean around 1000000 people call this city home. in freetown you find different people from one down to a new group that we have only been in this space we have demand is living here we have to have the similes we have the limbers we are full as we all live in

a one piece that is a beauty and for its. sound and that is why we reload freetown. the area around freetown was settled in 787 by freed slaves and became a melting pot for liberated african and caribbean settlers the cotton tree and 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 what's intriguing right yeah it was the place. you know they had mrs preacher and about cotton tree and they had their mid teens under 1st does giving service that was right on the day because it reminds a lot so for tony and and you can't talk about freetown without the nation and the

courts and 3. freetown in sierra leone's financial hub the city's economy revolves largely around its natural harbor deep water key the biggest in africa. that's an immense array used to fish for a living earning him the nickname by me boy i mean it's local slang for tilapia. i grew up by the seaside and a seaside community. you know freetown is by the atlantic ocean we have a really long course line beautiful coastline so i grew up in a community like menu and our family's fishing was like a livelihood for me for my family so this is that it means a lot for 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 to do i walk from here i spent a lot of time here working you know for money sometimes tonight just you know females and them you know recording sound so i spent a lot of time in. lance and i'm ansari 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 had this is the land we love this is my home thank you for much low from freetown.

unfortunately we've come today and off today but as usual we don't let you go without a musical treat it seems like everybody has written a song oh no virus like uganda will be wine or even president george weah prison for incident we like to leave the singing to the professionals so here. from south africa with your song fight against coronavirus we've. come.

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