you know. there's still time for a quick photo shoot at the radio station angelica jones day is full of appointments and everything is tightly timed after all she is not in paris as much as she used to be and she's got a lot to do when she is. she still feels that home here in france the former colonial ruler of her homeland beneath. clearly french culture has inspired and influenced her but it's safe to say that she's mastered the art of assimilating other cultures and creating something uniquely her. was. for instance by drawing an unexpected verb from piaf swilled wearisome songs.

even the rehearsal as a joy not least because he's being accompanied by the playwright director actor and festival director of the a.p. . was. the last. hour the sad. sad. sad. come. down to. come come come. she joined loves the dynamic culture of paris home tuna ray of good recording studios enticing shops and

a large african community. she lives with her husband and manages the basis joy in play in a small house on the outskirts of town when she's not in new york winning own somewhere else that has. a leak doesn't put on any airs and graces she cuts herself and likes to show off her customary talents. yes i'm making chicken and shrimps. but i'm still some time i. it's the next everything together whether it's food or music i mix it all up time i've been a nice french whatever i feel like as a child in between under leak was exposed to music from all over the world his father owned an extensive record collection and played the banjo the mother ran

a theater play the clarinet and selling. but after a regime change everything was different. the communist banned all music even on the radio which had played everything until then all sorts of music all a sudden boom you got up in the morning and heard get ready for the revolution the fight goes on and you heard the same when you went to bed too it went on all day always the same old news from the same regime. there was no news from the rest of the world if it was dangerous to listen to the french radio station at afi or other foreign broadcasts if a neighbor heard you you could be denounced as a traitor it was a far cry from freedom. liberty of. the people because of the leak had become

a star in. the country as marxist regime expected her to sing propaganda songs and was displeased when she refused. she was afraid she'd end up in prison. in 1982 she fled to paris on a small plane. when i arrived in france i caught up with all the music i missed out on. french music english american even classical music. the 1st thing i did was literally bay the music. i listen to anything i hadn't heard before and i'm still discovering new things today i was always curious about what people here were doing. before. actually it says paris broadened her musical horizons it was here that she studied singing as well as law for a while and then developed a profile as

a human rights activist. after launching her career with african songs and performances that she developed from traditional dances she came to work with such big music industry names as peter gabriel conason tana joss stone and alicia keys. on her travels and on tour she discovered influences of african music all over the world. to. me whenever i was in the u.s. or brazil where ever i was i always discovered something of my continent the clash the rhythm that came with the slaves. were to the music all these rhythms are based on the weather to quarter for quarter or 6 quarter time. when i'm making music i never get out of time if i listen to the kind of it then i know exactly where i am. in.

the music of africa has had a profound influence on world music and there are a few genres where its presence is as strongly felt as in latin american music. and blending it into any as it came naturally to under a leaky jewel who is fluent in spanish. jeppe.

course was german grandfather worked on ships and hamburg through its ports the city has always been a gateway to the world. that was sometimes still feels alien and unwelcome it's different when she gets to work here she's surrounded by musicians and dancers from all over the world people of all different skin colors and all regions. she spent the 1st years of her life in ghana and other african countries with her mother a german development aid worker and her canadian father a musician she was 12 when the family moved to hamburg it was hard to adjust to

a new culture a new mindset and who had german school where she was the only people with dark skin. is t.c.k. so i describe myself as a t.c.k. 3rd culture kid. my mother's from hamburg where we're shooting right now. and my father is from ghana. he was born and raised in eastern gonna so i have an entirely different culture namely in the 3rd culture and that's exactly how i see music music is the personal 3rd culture it's everything that is inside you the output is indefinable for me output is always indefinable because i like artists who work like that i draw inspiration from very different things. it's about for example i recorded my nephews heartbeat away i'll show you.

i mix that with this. and it's a backyard in senegal indycar and this was the result. of. the sounds of africa a continuous source of inspiration for you a quarter of. the continent is abuzz with music it's not

a cliché but reality as we discover in the canadian capital accra. in the district of jamestown a different tune reverberates from every street side stall. we hear afropop and effort these as well as contemporary hits created on computers just like songs anywhere else in the world and yet there's something quintessentially african about them. oh. africa doesn't just inspire through its music this is an artisans quarter way to buy fabrics she finds ideas for his stage shows and music video costumes here. the writer for the other.

today she's looking for fabric for a headscarf. consider this my fabric. and. my flake you put. it in 3 yards what can we do with 3 that she has never turned her back on africa she still feels at home his she says and is more relaxed here than in europe in guyana she tells us she never feels misunderstood never out of place will stay at at and if it just because of her origin. this also is where she reconnects to her musical roots the music she heard in a childhood. of our. growing up here you are continuously exposed to music. and of course the biggest musical influence was my father who was a high life musician. as he had

a rehearsal room in our house and rehearsals were always on saturdays at 4 o'clock . feel. my my father taught me how to play the german by a little our traditional drum and my mother introduced me to piano. i had piano lessons but it was all very classical i had a very strict piano teacher here in akra. i actually only played mozart and the like with him which i hated. so when i got home i mostly did my own songs with a few notes or chords that i already knew. but i. today you cut his music is rooted somewhere between africa and europe like millions of people today she's at once adrift and at home in several places at the same time

. her world view is all encompassing taking in different languages and cultures but her lifestyle is also complicated. recordings for a video clip with abandon across. north to want. freedom is within you is the message of his song diamonds the diamonds of life are you say the lyrics it's you and nobody else who can crack your code to freedom.

as a whole band is european and they rehearse regularly in paris but the musical lunatics is a group here in accra a bridge to africa that helps her to stay in touch with her guinea and roots. they currently working on a musical it's a big project that will still take time and work to put together. but now there is a sing the song teacher. she says generation it is a right to start to change the.

culture as a musical comedian who effortlessly transforms have voice from valve soft high and fragile to powerful soul time.

because her writes songs about people why they come why they go why they fall in love she has called his style soul seeking music. it's february and cold in paris. nikka arrived the previous day commuting between continents as part of the music business. all 3 singers return to the french

capital frequently to record which also infuses their music with european influences. nick has brought some recordings from lagos ideas for new songs to develop in the studio here. she meets up with musician plays and money and a producer she worked with both on her last album was. more civil got. what he wanted to blaze records nickers voice on the computer playing the preprinted used backing tracks overhead fence. never worked for me. from my self down to make a studio work and lyrics are strongly shaped by her life experiences and

spirituality. down the tracks step by step and dabs over onto her own original recording. did lay's get it down on his laptop. make us happy i had already done some recordings at home on my computer. that was just with the guitar and i.q. misty to do to do something else but then we ended up recording it on now it's become a song it's done within $24.00 all as. of the. show was. true may very well get a. bad. word for me.

it never would for me. back then. it started snowing. americas freezing. escaping european winters was one of the motivating factors behind her decision to go back to nigeria. when you are listening to the music can you tell whether it was written and produced under the african sun or in snowy

paris. and does world travel and constant exposure to new influences really mulder musical style. here we are very receptive beings i guess by knowing as also as a musician. you hear something somewhere you might not be aware that you are taking that information in until maybe a year after. you know and then you hear it in your record or saw yeah definitely traveling around not just staying in place but just traveling meeting on embassy shan's playing on different stages. call shows even food you can

influence your sound like that we all kind of the ways that address the specific types of food can influence how you because then that can also have an effect on how you cook for yourself and how you cook also shows how you make music so. the cold the cold. inspires you lot. as the snow is falling now i mean i don't listen to morty but this can't just inspire me to like i don't know when i create something. that has read it but the rhythm is maybe. dragged up pat. so it's not like. it's not it's not the rhythm that used to it will be like me to. do. to you know but it's still there so africa is in between i knew it was on

the surface even if you can't see that. african written speech was strongly in all 3 women's music. and there's another thing that makes them stand out a voice a cadence that is clearly african in origin and very hard to copy.

the out. from africa via europe to new york. a few years ago until e.q. draw adopted the city as her 3rd home. today she's on her way to the united nations she's been a unicef goodwill ambassador since 2002. i want to make up with you. aside

from her humanitarian work she also regularly hosts a current affairs program for the un website. 31st century friendship 69 him music has always appealed for peaceful coexistence between races and the sexes. as a presenter she embodies a life lived between continents and cultures a citizen of the world in the truest sense. of evil in full immediately back. back. once again his schedule is tight she squeezes in a small studio session with her band. a

song about people who exert control over a country's government. leak and the adventure of music began with personal of people and migration. 3 have made cross cultural innovation their guiding principle and the source of their inspiration. all the places i've been have shaped the person i am i travel because i have the health and strength to do so and counters with other cultures allow us to grow and

recognize the world and its globalism. you are stuck in your own blinkered world where everything is only black or white instead the world has all the colors of the rainbow. the fear of the foreign leads to the creation of isolated worlds and truths. but you can't just live for yourself. i always say hate and love aren't forces generated from outside and they come from within us. it's a home 1st. and we're not in a 100 years everyone will be t.c.k. . case meaning by cultural and multicultural and i think many people find it mentally strenuous because then you can no longer say what is what and who comes from where. so it's making older people a little nervous. and many people have put my music in a specific box or john or they would see it's afro pop some with.

contemporary afro beat some would say it's hip hop so it's conscious. i would say it's all of the. conscious. life electronic synthetic authentic. chemical. it could frequent flyer. on silly kids will. name and. 3 musicians at home between continents it's in the music that they have forged their identity music

that knows no exclusion and transcends boundaries. tell africa. to an environmentalist jeffrey a fan mail has made up his mind won't kill any more. visits rural areas every week for the conservation donna initiative and sensitizes the residence for the protection of the forest and the. 3 d. w. . eco india. telling tales with textiles. tibetan

designer tenzin succeeds in doing so as a child he fled to northern india and stay there. is creations are a multicultural mix of indian style going to back in tradition. 90 minutes on d w. children to come to. one giant problem and in no mood to see a period. of. time feeling. how will climate change affect us and our children. were w dot com slash water.

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