and there have been times. when the worst. time to make a difference for choosing reforestation would reduce force to recycling paper disposable smarm solutions for steam said you know. who's truly unique and we know that their uniqueness is one allows us to live and survive good why do those be important issues to global 3000 on d.w. i'm going. this is g.w. news africa on the program today thought stolen from africans nigeria has been mean bronzes are among the oss effects neutered by colonialists some of them will be santa pieces at a new museum that officially opened in berlin today but nigeria once these objects back. and emanuel is actually

a professional soccer player but he's had to switch trains to survive in the pandemic zimbabwe's football league's not been able to bring players back to the pitch. hello i'm kristie wonder it's good to have your company a huge new museum housing thousands of aussie affects from africa asia and oceania is opening here in berlin today it has been years in the making but it's inauguration is being overshadowed by an increasingly heated debate on news that oughts that's because among the items say to be displayed at the museum known as the home built for the benny bronzes they also gulches and missile clocks stolen from the bridge by the british in $897.00 from the kingdom off binny and and what is now. in southern nigeria and sold to a number of western countries. they're viewed as some of africa's gracious

treasures and calls all growing for the german government to return them you want to try truth telling of those things here they belong here these that they were made we will the purple the truth why would move them and the person demanding the return of the burning bronze is nigeria's ambassador to germany his ex and in say use of took us into lives of the german government making the demand he joins me now to talk about this welcome to news africa ambassador why do you feel so strongly about the return of the sculpture is why is it so important to get them back to nigeria it's a continuation of nigeria's positions independence nigeria has been consistently orly for the return or. in control of the teens. in bronze is easy rooms is if it works as well as 'd

terror to right and. to doing more of what is right and ambassador these culture is there considered sacred to people in nigeria just how does it feel knowing that if these people who revere these for what they are once a see them they've got to travel all the way say europe. truth of the matter is giorgio who people cannot see them 200000000 nigerians out of there probably just a handful of people. the ability to view such cultural properties and we have a very delicious feel that it would go a long way towards are assisting. us to understand our history our culture which you can only in a situation where. we were. projected to be the rest of his

befell contact with and late. outsiders ambassador the truth is i mean you've said it yourself that this is something you've been calling for since independence it's been about 8 years since you wrote that letter to the german government how do you feel about the response that nigeria's been getting do you feel like this do hear that the germans are dragging their feet about this well the fact of the matter is we have not received a response yet a year later. and what do you make of the best of our knowledge well it's quite strange corporate put you there because as you know embassies represent countries in other states in other countries. or your communication and we need from the embassy within the country being communicated so.

we would have a blast expected some sort of a message yet you haven't been given a response and best today you've taken that is it to twitter going public about what is normally done through private diplomatic channels i just wonder if you're confident or perhaps how confident you are that you're going to be successful in your push to get these osce effects' back. well this is an idea whose time is right you know this ideation. is all over the world and it's tied directly to colonial legacy and particularly in germany the home of the you know infamous world in conference in 885 and you have to remember that the sacking or been in the building was a car or house where in 12 years after the present conference right 897. it's directly the issue that and to display such stolen art works. in

berlin where the conference took place is. you know it gives the feeling of a sort of in your face for lack of a better for it all right that's nigeria's ambassador to germany is excellent c.e.o.'s of till i thank you. now the zimbabwe's soccer players have been off the pitch since the start of the covered $900.00 and they make without their weekly wages most of them have had to find other means to make ends meet as privileged reports from harare 24 year old emmanuel mandarin is no ordinary vehicle mechanic emmanuel is a professional soccer player it zimbabwe is top flight. football club but here he is fixing to supplement his income shook up players in the country have

been hit hard by the suspension of the league ju to 19 they can hardly survive. whose. i'm not getting those to smooth those we just usually when we get those we can survive until the next. but at the moment we're only gearing thank salaries students to us. to to sub to me it's more fixable. at this speech emanuel and others are training but they are nor make cheese to play clubs had resumed training in anticipation of starting the league so all or no simpering is playing football so the more mean it's almost a season that we have lost and so many of which in me says that i have lost you

know maybe if i was to play me it was going to be to play with the friend a better job in which to carry on the top layer of government created the resumption of the league under the bubble regulations but football administrators insist that the concept is expensive and unsustainable now the league may only retain in march 2021 this empty stadium is a reflection of the zimbabwe premier shock a league football or 3 does seem not to be sure about the corbett 1000 regulations to implemented so that the league may resume again football players and fans are the biggest losers. at these rough grounds in the capital harare somebody township social smoker has feud in the vacuum left by the professional league. soccer

fans gather each weekend to enjoy games though they are disappointed by the suspension of the premier league is not good in seeing the food will be played with regard to some there is playing south africa's playing but right now in zimbabwe looking premier super league pains are so much across town as soccer academy is training youngsters who hope to 10 professional trainers are hoping reason will prevail for the return of the premier sokolich our football has suffered enough is not a joke let's try to make sure we make a decision said of football to make sure beginning of the football should be seen benefited more than anything this knowledge is keeping the clash. the personality clashes are not helping professional players like emmanuel monday around the

training is or they can do for now is they wait for competitive games to resume. the war says the republic of congo are home to about 5 out of 7 of the world's protected species of seat all's that makes the country viceral to stopping the extinction of these endangered animals the conservation group arena tour is playing a key role in helping the sea turtles survive i this sea turtle is an able to move exhausted after being caught in fishing net. job for gotta find some of them almost every day in. the form of fishermen has been working alongside marine conservation organization rena tura for more than 10 years now. every morning forgot to patrols this area called plant indian in order to free accidentally trap turtles the after

noting the turtles details the hopes of getting back to its natural habitat the atlantic ocean but fishing nets are not the only danger he says. a lot when the turtles come to the coast to lay eggs the poachers take the eggs by doing so they're killing off the species and it will disappear as a large brother due to provide a protected space for a drink turtles hatcheries have been set up along the coast and one. that tara is also working on educating youngsters about the environment its staff give lessons in local schools. the plastic back suffocate the sea turtle since rain a tourist creation the local total population is estimated to be on the rise according to direct an attorney mansi call in 2001 the sea turtles became fully protected and combos she says. now the next achievement for the association will be

the designation of as a marine protected area whatever it is it is a very important area for a marine turtles it is a very rich area and giving it this protected area status will ultimately improve the protection of the species i mean you obviously don't want to call philip on that if one of. the congolese coastline is an important breeding and feeding site 5 of the 7 protected species of sea turtles in the world come here each year. well that is a for now for africa today be sure to check out our of the stories on dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter now as always we're keen to know what you think about the stories that we covered here on the program and the stories that you think that we should be covering it's talk among social media twitter is my favorite medium. it's. about.

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a pretty raw deal. but the good news is that beethoven here like most other things has been properly extended so we can give him a proper celebration welcome to arts and culture where beethoven is of course our man of the hour but there's some other big news. the long awaited opening of what was once a prussian royal palace rebuilt and repurposed. museum complex. the coronavirus pandemic has indeed wreaked havoc with so many cultural events in 2020 and after multiple delays the homebush form opens just in time for germany's 2nd major lockdown which means it's had to resort to a live stream the vast and judicially expensive complex adds a new element to berlin's already unique museum landscape and before we talk about it in detail let's look at the side of how it came to be. it could be europe's most

hotly debated construction project. at the heart of brooklyn looks like a palace from 3 sides with modern eastern facade named after the explorers and scholars and. the building combines baroque details with cold functional winds. that's a lot for him it isn't a palace it's a radical new building that recalls the historic berlin palace because parliament decided it would it's a nod to history. blast from the past the original palace was a residence to the german kaiser. world war 2 bombs left it badly damaged and in 1950 the communist east german government demolished what was left in its place they built the palace of the republic part legislature part cultural center. after east and west germany were unified the german government decided to get rid

of the palace of the republic but the plan sparked protests it was so controversial that the government allowed a 2 year reprise of the gutted structure became an exhibition and performance space for berlin's album dark. and then came the demolition crew. meanwhile the bitter fight continued over how to rebuild berlin a modern city of tomorrow or a reminder of a baroque past in 2002 germany's parliament chose the latter. 30 feet italian architect frank costello won the competition with his hybrid design. and the last the new palace is a unique combination of the old and the new which compliment each other harmoniously. it again. it was

another 7 years before the foundation stone was laid. on the board forum is the result of wide public debate at least in terms of its layout and that's why the 1st thing one can experience there even amid these coronavirus conditions is that this building and its historic aesthetic gives berlin back its old center point. a new old central landmark so to speak but what's inside traces of history and not much more for the moment that's set to change in 2021. as the collections of the ethnological museums that are to be housed here come with their own issues colonialism colonial ality some $20000.00 objects from around the world will be on display here but how did they get to germany in the 1st place where they bought were looted the forum has opened new public debate about germany's colonial

past a chapter of history the country is just now starting to fully examine. a nod to history as we heard there as complicated and layered as that can be here in the german capital melissa holroyd is joining me once again not melissa this is been such a huge project 7 years obviously in construction and it wants to be so many different things but it seems that really the conversation in recent weeks has centered on this issue of looted art yet just as we saw there these 20000 artifacts of really the sticking point from the ethnological museum and the asian art collection we have to remember that the discussion surrounding the who form is decades old now it was in 2002 that the buddhist time gave its stamp of approval for the building to be constructed and doing that time this discourse has changed radically so then the issues surrounding the dubious provenance of the circumstances under which objects were obtained during colonial era times was not really part of of the

mainstream discourse and that these schools have got much louder to return the goods that were and they were obtained under colonial reigns the critics of this critics of whom form really see this place is a reinvention of the royal colonial past we have to remember that the building itself is modeled on the horns on palace and they were the instigators of german colonialism is complete with the cross at the top it's largely been rebuilt after this palace which i think was also a bit controversial now what's the response to all these calls going to be obviously going forward you know there has been or has been quite a response so how that plays out really remains to be seen but germany is culture minister monica groucho's has said that the colonial past of germany is really a blind spot for germany and that any conversation surrounding these artifacts that were acquired during germany's colonial era that that will be done transparently and that is things were unfairly of time than they will be returned to and it's

difficult to imagine what was not unfairly obtained. when you know this colonial you know versus i know i'm saying here in itself you know that's going to be a difficult thing to judge and it's also difficult to then trace each and every single object of course yet it seems that the real work i mean here it is finally open the real work is just beginning so we have all of this space we have this center for debate what is it that people are actually going to be able to see in 2021 if and when we can finally see if we can finally get out of here there is a lot to see there's going to be there's going to be collections agent there's also a palace cellar which looks at the history of the actual building itself and the history of the building itself is an exhibition on berlijn which has to look at butlins history there's an exhibition on the history of the 800 years of the history of germany as well covering 800 years of that there are also there's also going to be a video panorama project numerous video projects as well as discussions and people

who really asked and invited to ask about you know asked about asked about the artworks or luck to you know question news things as well it's not just going to be just going to be one way there's a lot of discussions that are going to be coming and that is definitely the idea behind the entire place and all that of course when we can finally get through the door hopefully sooner than later in 2021 when this pandemic is under control thanks very much for bringing that to us melissa home right. well i wish i had a drum roll for this next one because it's 250 years ago and it looks like fun beethoven was born and when it's really exactly sure of the date but he was baptized on december 17th and so that's the date we recognize the account was concerts and events for this beethoven anniversary year have been pushed off into 2021 and nowhere are they happier about that then in his birthplace. it was in this house that the musical geniuses life began today beethoven's

birthplace is a museum with an exhibition charting the composer's biography it also displays the instruments he played. the beethoven house is a place of pilgrimage for beethoven lovers including british russian composer gabriel perkoff e.f. grandson of composer sergei prokofiev. to wear and tear on this piano reveals beethoven's suffering as his hearing grow worse the composer bangs the keys harder and harder to hear anything at all. it's believed beethoven was almost fully deaf long before he wrote his 9th symphony. the documentary beethoven's 9th symphony for the world looks at the works global impact and why it speaks to people across cultures. it's one of the w c 3 beethoven documentaries released this year. many different routes coming off

his legacy in some way or another particularly in the drawn over that he draws to classical music he opened up to this more personal sure that aspect of. the documentary has already won several international prizes. in another d.w. documentary french horn. player sara willis asks how a world without beethoven would sound she talks to musicians of all styles about the composer's far reaching influence including the german rock band scorpions they say if beethoven were alive today he'd be playing catchy riffs on the electric guitar. beethoven's 5th paved the way for riffs like this one and scorpions rocky like a hurricane. jethro

tolls locomotive breath. an idea that is that is repeated very often as a repeating motif which then tends to be shortened to wrist plaintive and did did use that idea develops that idea of the thought that. in a world turned upside down by the coronavirus it was a tumultuous beethoven year for john noir meyer's beethoven project concert went on and on the world environment day in june d.w. premiered the sound of nature documentary inspired by beethoven's pastoral symphony . of the pandemic many festivities have now been rescheduled for next year including the beethoven fest and the composer's hometown of bonn and so the celebrations continue until beethoven's 251st birthday

next december. lots of birthday cake and you can of course watch those documentaries on our you tube channel classical music and a world without beethoven is also available on amazon prime well now of course it's a roll over beethoven very appropriately from the man who said it 1st because ex beatles or paul mccartney has a new album out. the 78 year old put his own personal spin on the coronavirus lock down turning it into a rock down during which he wrote recorded and produced mccartney 3 and so i will leave you with a teaser of that new album and until next time off you know then from us here in berlin and be sure to stay safe by more on.

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