if you were going to live a much more fulfilling life because many you see this shortcoming called the faith that be counteracted your law degree at people who are they healthy for a longer period in their life. this is the dozen years africa coming up on the program con if you jump on them it could be prevented. research as a rule in the jungles of governing in search of the next deadly virus in wild animals as a well grapples with a cool 1000 and that's also coming up. on the air ends when you one begins and what i see by the new street mean for africa u.s. relations with here expectations from across the continent and. can you

free style better than this football off from nigeria i highly doubt it i see the moves to juggle his way to yet another world record. i met you mike a junior welcome to the program the spread of covert 19 a disease that is believed to have sprung from an animal host i was driven to say it's full novella viruses to the forefront in a small group of research as rambo through the vast jungles section for wild animals and the next dangerous virus their mission is to collect samples and identify pathogens stock would pose a future risk to ask humans on potentially stop you future up under. deep in the gap a nice jungle scientists are hunting for the next deadly virus. it's

hot and dangerous work and this is what they are looking for a colony of bats. and those are the only group that is if we study the bats here because they're suspected a host in several pageants including the ebola virus we also monitor the viruses responsible for viral fevers and hima retic piracies including new unknown viruses . and that is spread across the cave to catch the bats. their mission to find out how pageants like the corona virus could jump from animals to humans transmission often happens through on hygienic handling of meat from weeks arctic wild animals. you see the people here are not worried about the virus we often eat wild animals but don't know much about the risks.

covert 19 is just the latest in fiction believed to have jumped from animals to humans scientists say are the viruses like hiv be it paula or sausage have similar or ages. to stop thinking that humans on one side and animals on the other what is going to happen in human health will also impact animal health and the other way around. 7 picked innocent and you know. experts estimate that over $800000.00 different viruses exist in animals that could potentially infect humankind so for monk and his team this research is not only a race against time it's also crucial for humanity joining me now is professor where you are lead to worry from nigeria easy for our world health organization a viral a just for africa who's worked on several breaks like you. said thanks for your time so we just heard from our reports that there's possibly over 800000 different

viruses in animals that could infect human kind now that sounds very scary yes it is believed there will be a more number. so what does this mean i mean are we doomed. not exactly we have to be proactive the decision is that each species. have their own various is which is common to their needs and where we still keep our distances those wires as we separate within each but when we did and there is no cause they were exposed to the old areas which can jump into us and the closer we have to the morning to meet our relationship the easier it is for the person to jump into was ok and our definitely not wanting to me with a virus so what does this mean. we just stop eating wild animals like bots or is

there a way to go around it as one of the things that the group like the group project is doing is to have the free knowledge of what type of viruses exist there now will be studied and would then be in which a new ahead of time how to prevent people getting infected ok so in terms of people that already eat a lot of wild animals so sceptical. so if you knew what is already exists in the element of pollution by going out to study them in the proper care not to get just everything then you you have a starting point to which you can take action so yes the $1000000000.00 question con the next viral related pandemic be prevented. and you said you're educated if you will but then i don't believe it because the local issues expanded

we need more we need to expand to different areas develop a discovery no and therefore we encourage you on the doomy of these animals and the more we do that the more the bigger chance that something they have will jump into into us so i said very clearly yes but if you would even do controlled opposition on the needs of the human population without having to go into the very deep of political. stability and order of the day we're in for a tough time i had a pause ok professor of biology are you a little more from nigeria i mean thanks for your insights thank you very much my pleasure. the integration of the incoming u.s. presidents joe biden signals a new dawn for u.s.

africa relations it provides a chance at least resets the agenda considering africa did not see chart prominently and i don't know tom's administration biden has promised to promote diversity so this impacts the media future of the relationship with africa from some of our correspondents across the continent. many people believe that biden presidency will improve nigeria's relationship with the west what historically speaking we are all likely to see any remarkable difference especially when it comes to policy u.s. nigeria ivory michel's have been quite cost sustained over the years regardless of who is in office but if biden's promise to reengage with a walled president. expect him or for a new u.s. president. as u.s. president joe biden enters the white house some people wonder if you can be any spiritual like his democrat produces a barack obama who preached good governance in africa here in uganda we've just had

presidential weighed in with 70 declared winner of the highly disputed election biden's victory too has been disputed by he's open it and for a fust time the u.s. has abstained from officially observing uganda as election why many people are happy for biden's wien some are skeptical about the u.s. these newly perceived role in inspiring global democracy. well i'm not sure if i can say these whole boy you know and against will have to steal a ts to bring to the table. from a president using a social media to. violence so i think the us still has so many points to explain africa we cannot question of president joe biden has attracted a lot of attention in south africa that those that are saying they expect him to speak loud and clear to show that indeed to place lives meant to say and at times administration there was a lot of mining of people dead others are saying they want him to improve relations

between america and africa especially the economy coalition saying africa is the lot that it needs to in terms of assistance from the united states and the fundamentalists are saying they expect undercut to be picked in the negotiations to pull off the climate change thing because america is a key player in changing vironment there and also but not everybody is an argument others are saying they don't expect anything because america joe biden has to be dealing with a lot of corporate 19 issues with the numbers they're rising off infections and that and other say he's going to be concentrating more on the economy of america trying to also to create employment there so divided views coming out of south africa are that's unfair but are saying they don't expect anything better for me. let's now take a look at some other stories making headlines across the continent zimbabwe's foreign minister. started after testing positive for covert 19 is that comes amid

a rapid spread of the virus in the country while you was one of several military officers who led the coup. along 7 president robert mugabe on 2017. south africa is also experiencing these in corona virus infections the situation its government says is more severe than predicted health minister leaning keys it has blamed public complacency for the spread of a new variant of the fires. swarms of locusts have reappeared in east africa after recent invasions that devastated farms in the region the un food and agriculture organization says funds is trying to fight against that desert locust. now when it comes to juggling in football i have to say i am the west but the 12 year old freestyle footballer from nigeria is already in the guinness book of records he's now in ming

to break his own mark on wants to become a professional footballer but what makes this free styling so unusual is that he does tricks with not just one but 2 balls. juggling one ball with your knees is hard enough but nigerian 2 none so while balancing another ball on his head. he's so good at it that he set a world record 2 years ago. 111 touches in one minute and not a single wobble from the ball on his head it looks like it's glued into place. he's only 12 and learned his skills from some footballing greats. nobody. in part. but

he is now an online sensation videos of his football skills have received thousands of views but not everyone took him seriously. his record changed all that. before well 1st was close enough not to me what. my friends say they want to. and the king of multitasking is not satisfied he is now aiming for another world record 2000 touches all while balancing a ball on his head a career as a professional footballer is his ultimate dream you wouldn't bet against it. just incredible that's where it will blow the 4th time whistle for the show but if you want to check out more of our stories go to did you dot com slash africa you can also visit our facebook and twitter pages since we just talked about football

which is the passion for many in africa we leave you with some pictures of young kids playing in the sports they love by for now but see you soon. w.'s crime fighters are back but africa's most successful radio drama series continues to end up only besos are available online and of course you can share and discuss on w. africa's facebook page and other social media platforms to crime fighter to me now . and you hear me now years years we're going to do and how the last 2 years gentlemen saw so that when we bring you i'm going to matter as you've never before

surprise yourself with what is possible who is magical really what moves fact i want. to talk to people who followed her along the way i admire those and critics alike now as the world's most powerful woman shaping public and joining us from echols last august. trumps out and biden as an american artists expressed their hopes and fears for a new era i think anyone can can try to help begin to heal the divisions in the country i think he's the person we're here from poets or prize winning novelist jeffrey you genevieve's and other voices from america's cultural scene. it's a new chapter and i can't wait for it to begin. and later on the show world tour so many of us are longing for remembering those take offs and landings with

a new photo collection. well after 4 years of growing divisions in the united states a newly sworn in a president joe biden has promised to bring the country back together can he do it and what does a bite and presidency mean for the arts we talked to leading american artists just before the inauguration. conductor marin alsop is one of many american artists who say they are relieved that a new administration has moved into the white house she's currently music director of the o r f radio symphony in vienna and the baltimore symphony. it's like a huge exhale this is the we've been holding our breath for 4 years not knowing what was about to happen and then. once singer jocelyn b. smith has lived in berlin for the past 30 years she sees the change in administration as

a chance for america to heal so. looking at you cillian since stamina there is a strength and this is i would say from an artist point of view this is something that we pride ourselves on our resilience and that feels very optimistic for me. but most also have no illusions as to how big the job will be chloe pina a visual artist best known for her drawings says her country's wounds won't heal overnight. is this. story. or set. while. like east or just years or actually

almost. dread. that is yet to. land. but expectations are high for what the biden administration can do for culture after 4 years of trump politics that many people saw as a worst case scenario for the arts. the noun choreographer jelly willow joe's all are is also a dancer teacher and founder of the dance company urban bush women are a lot of people that are asking this administration to create a cabinet position for arts and culture we've seen in the economic engine that we are and the loss of that through this pandemic and we we have to our voices are important and then i just was as we provide jobs we provide training we provide. education we've never had an arts you

know a cabinet position and something that really takes the arts here seriously so this is biden's opportunity by administration to really take us seriously to really understand who we are and what we are and how big we are. artists will no doubt be more vocal in future about getting that message across. you know the ards it's not just for the soul it's good for the bottom line the arts you know culture in the united states is 4 point by percent of our g.d.p. . and that's really huge and i don't think it is or is we promote it's not enough. there's a lot of work to be done but equal amount of optimism for a new beginning. and we're going to in a new chapter that really is bringing our allies together all of them. back into

some kind of dialogue together so it's a new chapter and i can't wait for it to get to other artists are also celebrating the latest political events in the u.s. albeit for a very different reason robbers low way and kodak black both received clemency from donald trump during the outgoing president's last hours in office well when he had faced sentencing for illegal possession of a firearm trump gave him a full pardon and kodak black was already serving time for making a false statement to buy a weapon his print prison sentence has now been shortened. one of america's most acclaimed living authors jeffrey eugenides says he's hoping to see a return to stability genet is the author of the virgin suicides and middlesex the

novel that won him the pulitzer earlier he told me why joe biden is the man for the job you know he's not the person who's going to excite everyone he's not an orator like obama he's not as snazzy in cool's obama but he's he's someone very calm and calling and he knows what he's doing and i think if anyone can can try to help begin to heal the divisions in the country i think he's the person. now something that we've been seeing in the last week certainly when we've seen rioting when we've seen racism in the united states we see politicians including joe biden get up and say this is not america what do you make of that is he right you got. it right away from. i think when he says when he says that he is talking about the ideals of america he's talking about the majority of americans he's not he's not saying that there are you know these problems in society and haven't been in the

country hasn't been the deviled by racism in his history but he's talking about where we're headed and where we want want to go and you know also to a large part where where we've been the progress we've made over the centuries so you know i'm i'm with them on that one what's the opposite to decide that the country is completely worthless and there's no there's no use continuing the american project i don't see that as a viable option what are your big hopes and fears for this new era in the u.s. well that's a large question my my hopes obviously should be as the new president will be mainly pragmatic trying to steady the ship trying to take down the level of in many and distrust we have a huge huge problem with with information and false information. the internet has brought many good things to to the world but a lot of

a lot of bad and bad things as well the level of. misunderstanding and mistrust between between people and and then the right on the left i've certainly never seen anything like it in in my life when i grew up there were 4 or 3 or 4 networks providing the news people trusted them and then there was a shared reality to discuss and debate. now that's that's no longer the case some extremely worried about that i don't know how you fix it i do think however that you know biden is now paying attention to that and he's he's going along in a in a in a pretty almost plodding but very reassuring way so there will be a kind of place to look to get some sense of reality. but i don't know what what he does against. you know the level of dissent from asian on the internet for

many many decades the world has looked at the united states as a great motor of creativity and artistry do you see the u.s. continuing to be that even with all of the times and some problems. i probably think america is well positioned to continue a leading role technologically. not quite sure about culturally at at the moment the cultural situation in the country is a difficult one. and i'm not as optimistic about that and i don't think we're in the healthy as moment of our of our life culturally why are you not hope for the united states can continue. in terms of literature the big problem is that nobody there's not a kind of standard body of work that people are reading new books come out there

are so many different books. one person can read one book one person reads another one doesn't there's not a kind of. conversation that everyone's having so everything seems to happen in its own silo much much like it does in the political realm people are reading and you know certain kind of literature other people are reading it a different kind and you don't have a feeling of american literature as a as a thing that you can no know what it is. pulitzer prize winning american novelist jeffrey eugenides there talking about his hopes and concerns for the new u.s. presidency and for american literature well here in germany coronavirus lockdown measures have been extended once again and for most of us that means no air travel in the foreseeable future so a new book of airport photos is awakening a sense of nostalgia. these images of airports dreams of voyages to faraway places the world over london's heathrow and indonesia's island.

from on high in photo book group a from over and from of for me seems to me. the world journey begins and ends at the airport. and it includes everything in between. that's why they're so fascinating to me. angriest factor is a former air traffic controller he's also worked on military bases around europe he didn't take any of the photos in the book himself he just collected they ranged from international like munich's to. like. in. remote and exotic fields like kangaroo. in greenland and think strip high in the french alps trains can only land on the short runway. i'd like the readers to get the feeling that they can

travel the whole world that having a conscience. they can satisfy their globetrotting desires and it's all climate neutral. face mask. the coronavirus pandemic the skies over munich international have been very quiet. passenger figures have plummeted 2019 munich have about 48000000 passengers in 2020 it was just one quarter of that all that's left of the dreams of far off place is. the most thrilling and exciting landing. in honduras there's a hill under a final approach and a few pilots have tripped over it the strip is very short so you have. touchstone early. on the bricks. isn't quite ready to give up a real world traveling as soon as it's possible he plans to touch down at palin's new

. well that's it for this edition of arts and culture but you can get more culture news at any time at d w dot com slash culture now for me and all the crew here in berlin thanks for watching and stay safe.

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