and the weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like and the information on the groan of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you go your pod cast you can also find us and. science. this is news africa i mean on the program and on fellows in tanzania ahead of the general election rights groups a president john well before he is taking the country from rural lol to ruled by idle as he seeks to consolidate his power. and caring for coral how one fishing community in kenya is making a big catch by restoring its reefs. hello

i'm christie one day it's good to have you company there are mounting claims that tanzania is government is cracking down on opposition candidates and free speech ahead of the country's elections in 2 weeks' time a human rights group amnesty international accuses president juggle fellini's government off using new goals to stifle all forms of dissent including peaceful assembly we'll talk to amnesty international off of this report. under list who has been drawing crowds across tanzania but he says that's made him a target. in this footage from september the opposition leader's convoys tear gassed the presidential hopeful believes current president john mica foully is doing all he can to thwart his campaign. the police have been accused of abusing their authority with complete impunity.

you know all the national electoral commission suspended me for 7 days. on completely party of growth completely bogus. cambodia and that was really the matter your package president mag of fully is also pulling in the crowds he was elected in 2015 on an anti corruption ticket and now he's promising his supporters some big projects. united to. the law gives me an hour to officially announce where going to build another international airport in this region of monday and this will help grease the economical tourist activities in the region you did. but over the past 5 years it's claimed megaphone his government has been cracking down on all forms of dissent from the media to disqualifying hundreds of opposition

candidates i think is a little quick temperature wise inform our comp a have gone up. a very shima is getting scared and therefore that. they are pulling out all be the this top says it with. 200 listen and he is today as still putting on a brave face but they're not expecting the next 2 weeks to be easy. and i'm now joined by amnesty international's roland bowler he researches the ten's and you're welcome to day to every news africa roland thank you action in tanzania is 2 weeks away you've just raised to report warning that president before his government is and the mining civil freedom said this about the timing of this report of course more about what's in it so this report is basically a follow up to a lot about reported they called it the price we paid to get it for decent but it

turns and in state and if you put this into action over an extended period of time we do each you know human rights violations have been continuing and especially with new lows what i mean went to all the laws and also blanket ban such as on political rallies how popular is president john michael flatley we've just watched the report we've seen and they have packed a whole like stadium almost off supports this. he is obviously the person who is pushing these reforms just give us a sense of his popularity of course the kinds of human rights situation that you are observing. yes maybe on popularity a know that in pretty 15 presumably fully elected by a few percent. back then this was actually knowing how the ruling party might be because they have been performing in tanzania this was

actually a decline in terms of support and perhaps that could be what has informed you know the kind of repressive laws that tree ever actually seen because what we believe is that the president is trying to consolidate power and also consolidate as you know we know as we go into this election so as and when and go to the point in the general elections we're seeing that you know there how the human race development in the country in the lead up to this election has not been anything that you know we would actually call it you know good we have seen during this period you know. intimidation against british harassment arbitrary arrests and detention but not just against politicians we've seen and media houses media outlets journalists being so to new repressive laws and we've also seen critics

such as at least you know you'd hear about a case of a comedian e.g. certain that was arrested for laughing at a throw bark of the president and what was he charged with in court last had read you know failure to register and you simply can't you know suck it trumped up charges you seen repression harassment against even clerics religious clerics right now and it's in their report you know a religious muslim religious leader that is into hiding so it is everyone that is being targeted at the moment roland is it your view that the op tell between 8 election for not a free and. international we. are free and fair elections will be democratic and all that but one of the things that you call for ease that human traits must never be suspended with its before with aids during or after elections. human rights must be respected as we said today

elections all right and this international. kenyan fishing community is reaping the rewards for its work in saving its coral reefs. the areas around the. majority. community. and. conservation area now the fish population is booming and they're fishing. once again. every day. and siad mohamed go to check out the coral they've been growing algae has to be removed from it in order for the coral to grow properly. here on the coast of kenya this fishing community. protected area the size of $42.00 soccer fields fishing is

prohibited so that the stocks can be replenished. we have to to restore back their court orders because these court orders these are the houses of their feet. by if we are not going to see their court on that they see then you are not going to see the fish. the project was started 17 years ago and since then some say a minor miracle has occurred the fish are slowly coming back. in fact you can already see a more colorful diversity of sea life overfishing in the lagoon population growth and climate change had hit the waters here hard. when fish catches started to dwindle katana and gala one of the marine protected areas founders said it was time to act it is very very important there you have to to be healthy because most of

the community which are living along the coast may walk their men to work that they have deep and it is fish. outside of the marine protected area you can see the problem much of the coral has died and sea urchins are steadily growing because there are no fish here to eat them. but even here things are slowly improving said in gala that's because some fish and other sea dwellers are moving away from the marine protected areas to adjacent areas. where they want their more octopi now because of the nature reserve. their numbers are increasing a lot and they're going to other areas. $400.00 fishermen and their families are taking part in the marine project they also meet frequently to discuss the situation their goal is to eventually have a secure source of income to support their families. the project could set an

example for others and gather and his colleagues often get visits from other fishing communities who'd like to follow their example. and now and i j an artist is combining ott and fashion to create unique and colorful pieces that are selling for thousands of dollars my selina creates a fortress out of little pieces of fabric that would otherwise be thrown away. electing another bag of fabric swatches muscly no approach or talk can never be sure exactly what she'll get. but she knows she can turn these small fragments of nigerian ankara cloth into beautiful pieces of art. sometimes as pillows or let's just blend in with tradition to do a new work well because a good the and they have. them so they also keep in mind. see

it's a little strong in the real world in. in her studio in lagos the 31 year old artist uses the material to create colorful canvases. each piece of fabric he's carefully chosen to build up purport traits the fabric makes may walk unique because is that. fire when you see it it's in you have there's a common ground with seeing you on the wall because it's 5 something that you know you're familiar with approach your tools creations have become hot property since being discovered by a lagos art gallery her work now sells for as much as $25000.00 u.s. dollars each at 1st when you look at it you don't see that it's discovered barbree worse unless you come closer you see that you have different colors ships from

different types of the skull or 5 regressions using doesn't want to go stumble for them also it is mind blowing how somebody can take weeks and create a mix and make something out of it. opposer tour has so far sold more than $100.00 of her portraits through the gallery each one a labor of love an artist you can turn what others would throw away into a new creation. isn't that just beautiful that's it for today visual to check out the stories on forward slash africa or also on facebook and on twitter today we'll leave you with these pictures of some of the marine life in kenya and other parts of the african continent still makes time.

every day. for us and for our planet. is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities streamer how can we protect animals and their habitats what to do with the following place to. meet and make a difference by choosing reforestation to produce or still recycling over dispose

of more new solutions oberstein said you know. this is truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is one allows us to live and survive. why do you assume the environmental soon soon global 3000 young d w and go on. a real life resistance fighter now 96. years old becomes the heroine of an epic poem why have the winner of this year's german book prize coming up on arts and culture and spray painted sculpture how artists cut out the costs or created entire landscapes and this berlin museum and a little later for an. american band future islands talks about their new album about trust and self-love.

welcome to arts and culture when german author on a veba met former resistance fighter and bowman and while she knew she wanted to write a book about her this week that book one view about the german book prize the work titled i met an epic of a hero when tells the story of a young woman who rescued jewish youths in nazi occupied france and later spends 10 years in prison for joining the algerian fight for independence here's more on this year's german book prize winner. known as an it was she a terrorist responsible for attacks which resulted in numerous deaths or a saint who was supported the oppressed. she's now nearing 100 when unavailable 1st met and into a few years ago she knew she had to write about this woman and her incredible life

and she did so in the form of an the poem i couldn't imagine writing a classical novel in which i put some words in my protagonists mouth for instance or invent some dialogue. soon i recalled that there was an ancient form in which great exploits and daring deeds were told. and that's the heroic at that and with me it became a heroine's epic. about. the woman whose life recount says a novel in verse was born in a fishing village in brittany she was the only child of staunch communists who wanted to create a better world and there was determined to fight for that. in 1940 when the germans occupied france she joined the french resistance risking her life more than once. after the war and it plunged into a new battle fighting for algerian independence from france. in exile

realized her around syrian comrades were just as brutal as their french occupiers but does that make her a heroine and. it is a kind of but it's not a had. this isn't always questioning for instance my mind is it permissible to kill people to achieve a certain goal and to see you. reading the novel. says she didn't even recognize herself the heroine of. is a literary figure as unique as the woman who inspired her. for more on the winner of this year's german book present got my colleague already here with me. can you tell us a little bit more about how this book came about. i know they haven't met her protagonist at a panel discussion she says the encounter was love at 1st sight they said in her

acceptance speech for the at the awards ceremony with the for the prize which kicks off the frankfurt book fair that and that was not just the heroine of the book but a real life heroine the result of their mating is this extraordinary work. which i did not know she was going to win the german book prize for and we've got a clip of her receiving her presence about. i think what i had prepared was something of a consolation speech for myself for the very likely event that i would not win. but i came to read that to you now come. to come here if you open for in the. ok very modest the jury's statement of rationale said the power of an of a the story is equal to the power of her heroine it's breathtaking how fresh the old form of the epic sounds here and with what lightness babe it condenses the life story of french resistance fighter and woman walk into

a novel about courage resistance and the struggle for freedom it seems like a really extraordinary life and she's a person a lot of us actually hadn't heard of before this work she's not an unknown she wrote an autobiography and there's also been a documentary made about her. yeah but she's absolutely extraordinary and her life was not without contradictions she risked her life to risky to jewish children during the 2nd world war and for that she received the righteous among nations distinction from israel but she paid a big price for her activities not just a 10 year prison sentence for helping the f.l. enjoying the algerian war but she also lost contact with her own 2 children and her husband and she was also a neurologist. just. recently is this book coming out in english it's out in french and german well our audience be able to read it well i spoke to the publishes they said they haven't received any offers for english rights yes but about half the

books that receive the gym the book prize are translated into english so the chance is fairly likely they're likely to. know what else can you tell us what else do we need to know about on a view but the winner of this year german book of the a she lives in paris she. she's a german born writer and translator she 1st she was writing in french and then she was translating who works into german now she writes 1st in german and translates her words into french translates as usually translates into their mother tongue and not the other way around so that's quite so that's sort of unusual she's received a number of awards including the european translation prize and as a writer she is known for her willingness to experiment almost all of her works are very different from the others this one is an epic poem that's not a usual form from any novelist melissa thanks so much. when artists kind of you

know cost traded and paint brushes for a spray gun she wanted to move away from the canvas she wanted to make paintings that didn't just hang on walls but could stand alone well this year during berlin's lockdown corsa got the chance to take over a museum the result is totally off the wall. she is one of the most successful artists of our time kathleen koch. the 58 year old artist lives and works in berlin and in new zealand her artwork is brightly colored and multi-dimensional the source of her inspiration is surprisingly the sports world i mean it's got so much of my inspiration to me found on the football team work and interconnection are important movements and positions interlinking different constellations aim for a big area creating dynamic spaces that are in flux and that. a large exhibition of classes work can currently be seen at homburg a-bomb hoff museum for contemporary

art and most approach work the mingling and mixing of strong colors plays a key role. mountainous shapes made from styrofoam form the canvas. and even the floor is a part of the artwork. katherina cloth doesn't use paint brushes she prefers working with a spray paint. newsmonger this is my tool it's like a spear if the color comes out at the top. then she is the trick of the mind up which allows you to reach spaces high up and to great lengths and it's expandable up to 4 metres long just like a ladder it allows me to lengthen the reach of my body and that's what i'm really interested in to change the shape and size of my body in order to reach that little corner at the top without too much effort it's sort of like a magic weapon. off. the green corner from 998 was a milestone and kathleen koch has unbounded artwork ignoring all. spatial barriers

she paints on entire landscapes in bright colors. from a young age i love to listen not but then i did grow up in the seventy's all the coyotes were really really colorful i remember orange choses yellow shirts and green sweater vests i just went to bed it wasn't important clothing item until now the other colors to be seen like on this leaves. the purest concrete building in berlin is home to catalina classes studio. before she creates her large artworks she designs a smaller model. currently she's working on her contribution to the helsinki b.n. dollar 2021 in finland. there is also a model here of the current exhibition in berlin. catalina gloss that enjoys the fact that her artworks exist for a limited amount of time. with us as i think this great beauty in the temporal

limited existence and disappearance of the artworks which lingus and is a long process because it's an advent and the deconstruction these are already happening in the present. this impressive piece will also disappear. the exhibition called it wasn't can be experienced until january 2021. back and 2014 the u.s. banned future iowans became the flavor of the month they then press out their next album in just 3 weeks front man samuel t. herring said it was a flop because his writing felt rushed and dishonest now the band is back their new album is very sincere. the song thrill from the new album as long as you are feels like a commentary on the current global crises. i think it's an

album. about trust and except. the. trust of ourselves the trust others give us the acceptance of ourselves and the acceptance that others give us it's about it's about love. coming to rest finding your place in life is just one of the topics addressed by the band from baltimore on their 6th album they became overnight sensations and 2014 when singer samuel t. herring was in his early thirty's his band had been an insider tech struggling to make ends meet all of that flows into herring's very personal lyrics. st louis.

seasons was the song that made them internationally famous pairing had originally wanted to be a sculptor now his art consists of opening himself up completely to his audience. but with sudden huge success came problems burnout self-doubt and a follow up album harry was unhappy with now 6 years later he's found his stride again. the new album gives voice to samuel t. herring's rage at the state of the world but it also has space for love. to move. to the only we have to find at least

a call piece and ourselves. is the most important thing and that's how we become better givers you know and when he was gives when you give people give to you. and we'd love to give you more culture news and updates check out our website at d w dot com slash culture thanks for watching.

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