well you want to know what makes the job you just go to the gym. on banning the whole way from. i'm leaving out the door. and everyone with little holes in everything. are you ready to meet the 2 of them than join me rachel stewart on g.w. . this is africa on the program today tis the season but it won't be as charlie told 19 dampens christmas celebrations across the continent. because every 2 days no more and no markets. being made the switch traders are struggling with the effects of the pandemic. in nairobi buses all filling up with people trying to get to be a village just for the holidays but it's fear that they could be carrying the virus

to their destinations. and it will be in rural mali when experience with the rolling out of the polio vaccine has proved it's going to be a challenge getting the cold the 19 vaccine to the people. hello i'm chris. any christmas holiday celebrations in much of africa have been dampened by the coronavirus pandemic many countries are seeing kovac 19 infections rise forcing governments to impose restrictions on gatherings. has i will 1st report from lagos nigeria with the economic fallout off the pandemic has made things even worse. christmas is in the league is always packed with

all kinds of parties festivals and events but this year is going to be more than usual because of the recent spike in. the governments has introduced. patsy's county vows and music our shows are now banned throughout the state of maine another major highlights of christmas here. is the amazing food unfortunately nigeria is going through an economic recession as a result of the pandemic so food prices are the highest they've been all year. last year we were not this one for up to 300 you could even get 2 of these for 500 but this one goes for 1500 now this

is not. because. people. are desperate. nigerians are great food to be. and from nigeria to kenya people in the cities are planning to travel to. the holidays but all boys. the travelers could carry the virus to the rural parts of

the country where health facilities are limited interest stopped by one of the busiest best to mil's in nairobi where commuting is were not strictly adhere into the cold and 1000 protocols. as christmas approaches thousands of passengers from nairobi are preparing to travel the country for the past. week on the chance with money to influence the t.n.i. what's chuckles country station it's an easy day for him and compared to previous festive citizens. right now it's a challenge for us because now when people travel they're also complaining about the lack of money it's not like previous years when you would say a $1000.00 shillings for a ticket and someone is ok with. an awful. lot of money is not the only challenge but also through old call good natured protocols in say discounted prices. rose on gay issues invest the student travelling to visit her

grandparents although she's wary of the called 920 s. from inside these buses it's the only option for house i have made me have mixed feelings i'm excited and at the same time i have fears because the interactions here are too much you see some people don't want to wear masks or not but having it on our boys after obama this is my tacos country bus station the busiest in kenya it's usually a beehive of activity for thousands of families traveling back home but this video things are different because of course on a wider. well kenya's ministry of health has been rising people again struggling the country the virus has been spreading to rural areas where the public health system is creaking and limited i see news and food capacity. the last 2 weeks recorded the newest numbers called the need to make sure this is the sinking how

about the dangers of fall from all with no end in sight or hope of a vaccine availability in kenya many are left with nothing but the believe that things are going to. travel to people cannot be said. from traveling i advise them to take care of themselves when they're traveling to protect themselves and pray to god. us is. one after the other the only hope is that the past do not come to life for us today. and it joins me now from our studio in nairobi for more on this story good to see you interest just how worried are officials about the people traveling during the christmas holiday and potentially taking calls at 19 to rural parts of the country kristin the kenyans minister of have as one people against traveling to rural areas and this is especially because of lack of proper health systems in place there are

no i.c.u. as we understand it nearly 3 quarters of intensive care unit beds in the country are all in the 2 largest cities which is they will be in mumbai. for people like rose or english or who we just saw in this story is that the biggest fear is that they travel from nairobi to these rural areas carrying the coronavirus if this had been must point out that these are the places where many elderly people live but just just moving along idris doxes in kenya striking at the moment tell us more about that. yes kristin the nationwide strike which started on monday is basically over grievances which which has been in place for the last 8 months is the pandemic started and it's largely because of inadequate insurance policies that the doctors are given and the other thing is that lack of proper p.p.

ease that the doctors who treat covenanting patients have so far we understand 14 doctors die from corona virus and the fear is that if nothing is done more doctors could die from the virus at the moment the minister of health is actually being consultative meetings with the doctors' union to see the way forward at the moment trees still have no idea when the strike is going to end but the biggest fear with the doctors if nothing is done if they're not provided adequate p.p. is with insurance policies we never know when to and. not infections might be stealing but the economic impact of this pandemic has infected most people will they be any help and relief from the government. no not at all the funny thing is that the government which just a few weeks from when kenya announced its 1st case of coronavirus give the citizens

tax relief to people from the impact of covered 19 against on the economy is now trying to take back that the tax relief is trying to raise and don't mind that there was a bill in pylea and and parliamentarians are planning to pass this bill which is going to ensure that normal tax is back in place basically which means that businesspeople unemployed people employees or people who have been employed by the government and private sector i'm going to be taxed like continues to be before and this is because of the shortfall of for of a new for the country all right that's interest malta reporting for us and harrowby thank you interest. on next report comes from mali where health officials say inoculation people

against killed at 19 will be a slow process a lack of infrastructure in the country means health workers often have to travel by foot to reach people in rural areas with people hope that they too will be able to get the vaccine. one of these refrigerators are essential hardware at this health center they hold vital medicines and polio vaccines part of an effort across mali to immunize 5000000 children against the disease in a country where temperatures often top 40 degrees celcius the campaign is a huge logistical undertaking vaccinating malia's in the largely rural country against the coronavirus will be an even greater challenge. it's extremely important to that the vaccines have a functioning logistics chain it will be very complex to get it to the people in the countryside. so not to c.d.b. travels on foot by motorbike and sometimes by donkey to distribute the polio

vaccine in remote villages people ask her if she will soon be bringing relief from covert 19 the health worker doesn't know what to answer many african countries will struggle to pay for the drug. the corona virus affects the whole world but here in mali we have no vaccine but i pray to god that we get it to. a melody. infection rates are on the rise in mali while little testing is taking place in the capital bamako the health minister recently opened an intensive care station with the help of the w.h.o. she hopes that the international community will help pay for the vaccines and that rich countries don't keep on buying up everything for themselves. the numbers are rising we need the vaccine that's why i have asked for help.

mali hopes to access the vaccine from the w h o's kovacs fund developing and rich countries have already pledged to $1000000000.00 to the fund and some pharma companies have committed to delivering the vaccine through the mechanism but even if it becomes available the vaccines distribution will be tough in a country without a reliable electricity supply. we have at least have a generator but that's not the case and other health centers. if there is a power cut that's a huge problem. the vaccination drive is gathering pace in europe across africa most people will likely still have to wait and agonizingly long time for relief. and that's it for our program today be sure to check out all of the stories on d.w. dot com forward slash africa we're also on facebook and on twitter today we leave you with pictures of people santa brings a christmas across the continent we at these are being is africa wish you safe

healthy and happy holidays we'll see you next time about a. story of prejudice and propaganda. they were called the right mind bastards born after the 1st world war. their mothers were germans living in the occupied drying land their father's soldiers from the french colonies. german children had a hard time because they were a reminder of the german defeat. exclusion and contempt culminated in forced

sterilization under the nazis. this documentary examines the few traces that remain of their existence. the children if she. starts january 11th on d w. world renown town over rolando villazon put all his passion into getting live performances back on stage despite the pandemic but now on the road back to normal is looking. more on vista vs songs now digital mozart festival coming up here on arts and

culture and. one of 2020 is a big winners take to how the social video app is conquering the world of culture even museums. and super grandmas a spanish artist's mission to honor older women on an epic scale. well it's been a bumpy ride for rolando villazon the director of the mozart week festival in salzburg austria how it all but promised that the festivals january edition honoring the 265th anniversary of mozart's birth would take place with live audiences but now the austrian government has made it clear it's digital or nothing . mozart week the wintry city of sulzberger normally celebrates its most famous son's birthday with live music.

denies his had held out hope throughout the pan to make the world famous artists could still got the for a week packed with concerts operas and recitals. now those hopes for a live mozart week all right on. the festival's director opera singer rolando villazon has announced that despite his best efforts 2021 will be joining the long list of events to go online because of cultivate. this christmas animation studio pixar is putting out its very 1st film with a main character who is black the movie soul deals with the big topics of life and death. but just honestly it's the story of

a music teacher whose soul is separated from his body. so far as your. picks are hired its 1st black director and consulted with numerous african-american organizations to make sure the portrayal felt real and not stereotyped soul is the 4th ever american animated film with black lead. better late than never well another under represented group is getting its dues older women spanish street artist. paints real people he knows his hero wins it calls them super grandmas. and the house superpowers are carried by the way like mary poppins. or juggle with a large heavy pumpkins. grandma's superheros. these murals of the work of spanish artist shows about your odds of fear based on real

grass from the countryside in his artwork joseph combines fantasy and reality one of them about how this. one fascinated by these women by her chart and her strength and their ability to bring it can keep together family i also have a personal relationship with each of them i get to know them before and during the payment process and how they're being a subject i get to learn about another person's life it's fascinating on them while they're in the know as me that's. ross about. m.p. as his artist name goes miles from his native north western spank these women had to work hard to provide for their families. and i look at me going as art by telling stories and that's also what i want to do songs both an artist and a narrator at the same time the. girl is about alonso is one of his new says

she does a little collision taliban and is the protagonist of his latest art project. hello what are you doing up there. oh my god. it's mary i really like it a lot. i'm better looking in the mirror all that in real life is really. began from we're going to early. she was 15 and mother died and she had to take care of 5 siblings she worked in the fields all her life. i was always ways of doing something when you're working in the fields you still need to keep an eye on household chores if only there had been a gas heater our washing dishes but they didn't exist back that. isabel

plans for you is the 16 grandma that you have been painted by joseph n.p. he created his 1st large scale superhero grandma back in 2016 this near the town of union shows putting expert. and it. is a strong performer. as photos of these miracles travel the world became an inspiration for younger generations who started sharing photos of themselves on social media just as the grandma's. going. back in there and it was a bought in piece and year olds can reach up to 50 metres in height and take about 6 weeks to complete before he starts working on a new project the 1st is to know the grandma and her family. where's my boat if you know what i think these minerals are one of them are going

to be because they give recognition to all these women who have worked so hard their entire lives come to this day and they haven't really been acknowledged enough yes we're going to come out of the end and now that i'm all of this mural we look at the whole family is just so proud we do i mean. finally after having met the protagonist of the painting several times you know it was about m.p. source by doing a photo shoot each grandma's equipped with a superpower that matches her life story and they were all training in comic stock . and. that ended up feeling the generation born in the seventy's and eighty's let me grew up with science fiction and comics so it's really fun times elements from those 4 nights and combine it with the grandmas this. even young children can immediately spot what superpower and grandma possesses but i'm out of gaza this will butterball that know. now more and more towns his manner as he just about m.p.

to come and pay $1.00 of his knowledge skill bureaus in the area of the superhero grandmas. one of the biggest surprises of 2020 has been how many older people have gotten active on social media even on the video platform tick-tock which used to be just for teenagers. i'm going. to go even 82 year old actor anthony hopkins has been getting down on to talk showing off his moves and his paintings and he's not alone another celebrity is also outside the app store to page group of 13 to 24 but she was called so and so the trend. and you're hungry to go to is the head of social media for d.w.i. culture and lifestyle department. what is it about take talk that made it these social media trying to 2020 yes david i think it actually has

a lot to do with cope with and the lockdown because we had all these people family stuck in that home with a lot of time on their hands and you know and tie a family of us started making talks and even going viral on the app and you know i mean the target group are still at the suggestion that we saw that you know there's no age limit to take talk and you run kind of find this space and i think that's because. walks on facebook and so on we watch you know videos from people we follow so big a colonist get a lot of us but don't take talk it doesn't work that way you know anybody can go viral and you know the grandma sitting in her living room she has only 10 followers may be on to talk about she has a great idea makes a great video and warm you know she can get 10000000 views even if you say this all happened so quickly with tech talk this year and now suddenly even serious broadcasters like d w have to talk to analysts you actually started 1st to talk to and all berlin fresh

and within just a few months you've got millions of views over 50000 subscribers followers what's the secret what does it take to make it on tech talk well basically with bone and fresh we want to show people it fresh cool look european culture and lifestyle and one of the things that did surprise us we actually sparked a lot of debates so we had these people. you know discussing and debating i know article talks in the comments section and sharing their life and their views and that was like really wonderful to see so i think we also learnt the tick-tock use that's very different from the instagram user they ask a lot of critical questions really they are always ask us with your number from what's your source and so i feel like there's this huge hunger for information on the app and you know the secret of course you do have to keep up with viral sounds viral challenges and then you know you have to put in your own spin on it and sort of our culture is to talk having an impact on the arts or it has a huge impact on the arts i mean you know we saw that even museums are starting

their own to talk of college and really quite successful and then we have to like really struck me young artists who normally you know won't get their songs out and suddenly they go viral have a hit on tick tock and record labels start offering their them like these $1000000.00 record deals so record companies are even scouting on tick-tock for talent and but also like you said you know drake j. lo big performance are also using to talk to talk to push their songs up in their child so if it really doesn't work in their works because people it is my understanding right that people don't want to dance to these songs and the more people who dance to the songs the more the song goes around yeah so we had this like everybody's hearing now fleetwood mac the green song and why is that's a popular popular right now it's from the seventy's it hit the charts again because that was actually a tick tock challenge saw lots of us are starting started to make their own videos

to the sound of so it got pushed back in the charts so when i tell my radio on i always go like yep that's the tick tock sound that's the tick tock phone so for many many songs we hear are started on tick tock so nor do the things things are so different are you hear this song i want to talk 1st and then on the radio you're going to it's a weird world removing and then some words. thank you and speaking of tick talk and music here's some music news to end our show the song dance monkey it by australian singer tones and i was a huge take stock hit now it's the 1st song by a woman to get more than 2000000000 hits on spotify here she is in disguise in the music video for me ana and me both thanks for watching see you next time.

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this is the the new is live from the truck press conference police after days of waiting at the british ports france lifts its blockade but says drivers must test negative for corona virus before crossing the channel also on the program germany announces record numbers of corona virus deaths health experts warn christmas is no reason to stop taking precautions. one turkish 1st heard high profile journalist who sentenced to 27 years in tech joe johns was here in.