the crowds were the largest yet to protest in column it and internet blackouts. coming up next hour of course a series looking at tamarind we're back with more news headlines at the start of the hour stay tuned for that we'll have more headlines for you until then you can always get information on our website at state of the dot com i'm rebecca written in bergen thanks very much for watching. where i come from we have to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one to shout out and if you just pay for this one official information as a journalist i have walked off the streets of many characters and their problems

are all the same forward to social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. corruption gun afford to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the human side see the microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. my name is jenny paris and i work a day double the. separatists have kept most schools in western cameroon closed for the last 4 years anyone trying to reopen them was intimidated attacked and pabst killed how does a calm so that is beautiful child with 2 children look at the school. to rowland is fighting back nevertheless in the village of nanda he such an upper recreation

center between the 2 fronts and risking his life if he does not intervene institutions. mahela conduct. can he win his battle for education. thanks. stephanie no lessons at the number of village schools since 2016 separatists destroyed the interior and forced the teachers to flee. the school symbolize a lot for a community that aspires for development and growth the validity so painful beyond the physical structure of. the human structure is destroyed. number is located in western cameroon and the country gained independence in the 1960 s.

it's french and english speaking regions were merged. on paper cameroon has 2 official languages 2 educational systems and 2 legal systems but in reality being the speaking minority says the french speaking government in the distant capital has been oppressing them and discriminated against them for years. because there were peaceful mass protests in 2016. the government responded with violence oppression. we made our 1st visit to none but 2 years ago along the way we were stopped by home for resistance fighters at several checkpoints they're fighting for their own country i'm designing and they forced the schools to close in hopes of a place pressure on the government was a go see that by then a number we met passed

a rolling dowry by chaunce he in the local people living between the fronts with government troops on one side and separatist forces on the other please look at the political will to dismiss this is difficult because both parties on the scene in the sudan thank you so consolation also. because the school was closed past the hour a back then plan to set up a place where the children could at least meet supply. 2 years later when visiting him again and a share of hope has grown out of the clergyman's initial idea. it's an alternative school the children are in attendance 3 times a week. thank. you for. your trying to give our lives you know busy busy so with their need in life reading writing arithmetic i can't really see her and the teachers of

volunteers from the village like pradesh ekta the 20 year old herself had to leave school early because of the crisis my friends wanted to see should see to know what i knew in any setting rules i'm not going to conceal flyable of them how do i try it's a piece called deputy know very well i like what i'm doing i like to have my community sea ice in the help they need to keith's desh would like to go back to school himself graduate and then become either enough for a doctor. but right now she's just fighting to survive. you don't have markets to buy things to eat in the household used to doing stuff but the money's there to buy but the things on lady the goods are not coming i wish my to it's now just like i'm talking to you know we haven't gotten in the house to eat nothing young latino house plantings idea could be honest but there's nothing to prepare soup all digital booze orders and i nothing else like she needs any of that you don't puff

protest became pregnant shortly after the crisis began and now has to look over how little daughter as well as how so. well that. to be what. a lot was to have freedom to do something if we don't to live around like you know my mother means now you only other times yes katie a using your house you're going to say really it was much better but what would you be scared to be i don't be unfeeling find out all. the dashed takes us to haunts house holds left of it a year ago the separatists at a time far. he came in would see that we have blood legs which means that we are like inform us like we're carrying a message to the immunity people so that's how we came where they came like that is that is shooting gone seriously shooting was like frighten us this chaos we had no

way to go at me to give him a much so they can use it use it just like that was to kill us but he was done by killing my husband so that i did my 2 eyes on weakness before you got to me she was able to flee and her husband survived but was seriously wounded. in the government hospital they 1st refused him treatment and accused her husband of being a separatist himself. pasta roland perry his stories like this one every day separatists and government troops are fighting to dominate each other and if people suffer then it's the other side that's always to blame. to see in the military and the boys brutalized people in them do things that anger me so to marry a nice the child even less but others. for the same with their boots it ok to talk to people in how to people and how you know because i do have

a license to do what they want to do with anybody i mean out for going to school she to actually have nothing to lose to me that to my face. we drive back to the regional capital amanda passing checkpoints where security forces are drinking openly and extracting bribes at another checkpoint a group of separatists stops us. they're ready to talk. the people have to like contribute money when they come here at the checkpoint oh yes at the time so you could point to your little good morning daryn god help you out group of people except for the quarter of a plate they say they're protecting civilians from the military but they're really who's behind the attacks on the schools. the separatists are running on their own at this information campaign. that you decision is done is a nice well pop artist who was home before but what else does

a last resort we need to preserve i'm nothing more than bad that's ok not yet if that is not rescinded so what on the web i'm not really and i would never do it i will fight to my last big. is the government at least trying to resolve the conflict. is the mayor of commend a member of the party of paul bia he's been president of cameroon for almost 4 decades he keeps on opinion on the b.b.b. says. i'm as the releasing those who have been cut short providing them said giving them a boost of reform these are all the attributes also he's. of the sudden it's a. meanwhile president hasn't visited the region once since the crisis. a few hours later we had renewed gunfire and an explosion. i know you already

know we are here was. the 8 year old in the so was the victim the separatists and soldiers were shooting it out in front of his house he went out after the firing stopped from a grenade exploded. i don't know our daughter. was there is. the daughter we're not desired does it is rather does he. not have them as your nose no more does grow on you know. the. a few schools are back open in the men to the next day. but on the military protection many children don't put on their uniforms until they reach the school gates out of fear they could be attacked or kidnapped. this school was attacked and set on fire in the venda. alleged separatists who released this

video a short time later forced them to undress. back in november as news that someone important is coming to give them a pep talk it's the archbishop from the regional capital amend. the she was a. school is not going on normally but this is also part of learning. which means that it is part of going to school. so i found you very much for coming to learn ok yes why you must always learn because your future oh lice in education focus. for you as it is. the catholic church has been

trying to mediate in the conflicts insist. the archbishop says the problem is that separatist leaders are in prison and the numerous small separatist groups are unified through. their governments to do everything possible would inspire us through dialogue would never solve this problem you know when it war against your own people not possible this jordan why india when i said i'm almost moved to ts they have a right to get a future. yet during a service pasta harry tells the villages that they too must do that pops. was there was still a few parents who would much rather see their children working in the fields than

send them to the recreation center that is going to go the community has a duty. to kill the president so loved the project and to use the facilities. because in the meantime it's become possible for youngsters to even get some career training at the center learn to sew or cut hair for example. roland ariz battle for education is very complex locally he does what he can pull of all of the same time knowing that the conflict between the government and the separatists will be resolved elsewhere. we go into this trouble because something would no listen to would not do what is was to do ffs and this is what was so free . roland perry is one of the few people i was brave enough to say such things on camera. he doesn't want to remain silent he wants to speak for those whose future hangs in the balance.

on. the 77 percent. dunbar calling china's presence in africa colonialism pure and simple in street debate he asks why is it still a thing in africa and who is to blame the owner was like stealing from the back because i knew. the legs on somebody causing them to end up looking at the 77 percent. next day delivery. he's known for his venus. sandro but a tele renaissance genius but he also had a dark side leg for years he painted outlane such as masterfully and mysteriously as the poet dantes depicts play out in sally's

inferno. cohen explains. w.'s crime fighters are back to africa's most successful radio drama series continues only this odes are available online course you can share and discuss on w africa's facebook page and other social media platforms crime fighter 2 need no. doubt about it. hello guys welcome to your favorite youth program the 77 percent this is the platform for africa's young my jury duty i my god julia foster in your seat belts and ride with us. more than 60 years ago many african countries gained independence from we were here and colonizes but how independent we at why does it even matter to us the young

generation now will be digging deeper into that question on the show but yes what's coming up. are reports are either come out he talks to young kenyans about real quality on his. property and all this and drops a few lines on what it means to be african. and senegalese street artists can grab our troops ask for his fix and control. now east africa has been ramping up efforts to expose its citizens to chinese culture to clearly their language in kenya for example monitoring is offered as the selective language in schools in uganda it is now econ policies subject in some schools so is this exchange of colleges or was there much more to it. 25 years old and dramatic tight is not afraid to get his hands dirty. graduated in december has been helping out on the family fun and like

many young kenyans we recently entered the job market looking for a way. but andrew has an ace up his sleeve he speaks mandarin this decision came as more chinese contractors flooded kenya to build its roots and he thought learning the language might give him an edge an experience that would be revealing my name is andrew in english so the 2 new so. we used to go by even in school in class exams we used to use and that route. over the years there's been a steady trickle of chinese cultural and language centers open in kenya many like andrew school offers scholarships and in some cases high achieving students are even sent to china for competitions but the content of andrew's classes made it apparent his instructor was teaching more than a language she was really started to kick started by showing us teaching us about chinese history chinese chinese points and song for instance if you can

do french you might not need to learn all those things pertaining history culture we just need to learn how to communicate but in chinese language you get to they wanted to become like that. they are currently $59.00 confucius institutes spread across $44.00 african countries these institutes together with existing economic ties add to china's significant reach over the continent. nairobi based journalist who writes extensively on after chinese relations she argues that while the chinese government may have a firm economic group on the continent the most significant partnerships are being created outside boardrooms. i think the important thing to understand when we talk about the kind of chinese culture that is exported is that it is a very specific. cocktail of mainstream generally

mainstream han culture that has passed through the prism. of the of the c.c.p. of the come chinese communist party but at the same time not everything that comes here in kenya that and reach that makes its way here from china is pastor that lines of the party there are a lot of day to day interactions between individuals that i feel like is a much more rich and interesting place to look at because those things are not mediated by the state in the world. in bustling nairobi it's hard not to see how these more informal into cultural interactions have influenced everyday life in the city has already played host to chinese can have joined our performances which are growing in popularity especially among the younger generation 3 china towns have popped up across nairobi since 1918 offering traditional chinese cuisine with a clean interest. back in eldar it andrew is under no illusions he knows that

a one sided cultural exchange is no exchange but he's also in need of a job and if that means working in china he says that's exactly what he'll do. you know that's very interesting and this wondering if it would be possible for people in china about to see african languages like me or treat. yes we'll just have to see how things pan out now talking about the influence or not of foreign powers of africa we hit the streets of our young people this question after 60 years of independence from british rule how really independent is nigeria today. is like your friend. i think isn't a question of how dependent we will be to use on the pin this fall we have governments we have to make decisions. and we have

a way of elected leaders without actually being. seen anyone for permission to do what we're doing for me i think we i mean the independent is just like how you know when you imprison somebody for a very long time even when gas in your mind. you know is still increasing will take some time for them to. sort of realise i'd be actually free if you look back on the cost is you'd realise that things really got worse so i don't think it's a question of independence but how will the meeting with you use it are we've not really been through just much as we could have we are not so independent to because where we are from well what's we are known for. we can't that's a step back because we're trying to be like our colonial masters there's some form of neocolonialism but i don't like to see that people say it exists and it might be happening subconsciously but i think. people are trying to take advantage of

africa's market it's easy for me it just shows the potential that we have so whether people take advantage of it. or we take advantage of it is a different question i think the best thing you can do is continue to involve. countries control india for example doesn't have any natural resource a search for the people is what really helped the country who. know they're more listen there's this returning confidence returning to us as nigerians which i find very interesting to see and i think it should continue i think people should be taught some more about where they are from and starts to appreciate. this lunch displace. so we've just heard the voices of young nigerians some argue that africa is still dealing with the effects of colonialism but really

to blame for that and what can we the young generation do to break free and cause. you to come out and put the question to young kenyans in our street debate in nairobi. the 77 percent is in nairobi the capital of kenya and it is in this city that the kenyan flag went up we were declared independent but how independent is kenya and indeed the rest of africa this is the question that we're asking today on our subject neocolonialism why is it still a thing in africa and who is to blame but before we go too far let's come to who is a political analyst and a writer here in kenya how would you describe neo colonialism what does it mean to you. i think that coming from a gave us the best to finish and for neocolonialism which is late stage imperialism where you have is in direct influence of political decision making of your nominee decision making ok so let me come to the farmer right here mr michael keeping you

because your farm as you mentioned is over 100 years old suddenly older than the nation of kenya do you feel like you're beholden to the person who began this farm absolutely not and i believe we need. mines in our hearts. we really shouldn't be complaining too much about. let me come back to nigella i want to challenge you basically based on what michael has said we should be talking about neo con and right now look at me and fairview farm we're doing it on our own we're talking about colonisation we're talking about imperialism we're not talking about individual experiences we're talking about a systemic issue yes you're able to grow your coffee and run your coffee tours but is the price for example that you're that you're selling your coffee at reflective of the labor that has gone into producing that coffee or is it reflective of political priorities that have been set elsewhere exploitation of power disparities for the profit of certain regions a certain part of the world is the very definition of neo colonialism ok i'd like

to come to schaefer because i just want to you know piggyback on what nigel a saying that it is a system and it is exploitative but where our politicians the people who should be of those international tables making better deals for us saying this doesn't work for us anymore can a struggles with the concept of political leadership that is dysfunctional that is exploited say that it's violent that's discriminator and there's also this culture that stems from colonial space of leadership that excludes people from their leaders which is putting the people into this vicious cycle of constantly saying we need better we need better but nothing ever changes because the bubble of and the shield of neocolonialism is so thick so we're saying that oh my goodness that the new colonialism once again is seeping into basically every. single factor of our lives politically economically even how we think yeah socially and i'm just wondering from tony in what ways does new colonialism still have an impact in the way we are governed i mentioned the french very briefly the french have never

mentally left africa ever you can see what goes on in the least like the highest gluey of african evolution to become a frenchman or. the french have never lost that mentality but one might argue that kenyans have not lost that mentality we are after all having this conversation in english no but can is a very different country we may be confused but don't you to address immediately our political leadership all new colonialism relies on somebody having the lead in their pocket or in that case is your gripe then with your own government oh with the colonial government that created structures in which we are governed as we are that is very little the oldest trying to blame the british the oldest right all the time you keep complaining about white people by which you mean european people and the truth is this the new colonized that china all right i'd like to get some more

views on the site the problem came with a philosophical foundations of this country like if we're talking about export we didn't center kenyans or the people who live in this land we're in so what we're experiencing now is a result of what happened so the west is still to blame but we reproduce what we did but is it fair let me ask schaffer here is it fair to sort of lump the whole western world into you know their white savior as they're trying to come and save us we don't need their help is there room for collaboration or is it just going to be this bipolar dialogue. well i think i think room for collaboration that existed or that has assumed that have been assumed to exist has existed in their white terms so even as we collaborate we're collaborating with. structures within their own arguments within their own engagements within their own requirements white people have always wanted to enforce and to carry forward their whiteness and their supremest we should be able to enforce and carry forward our blackness our black

supremacy but it's never going to happen because we don't have the leadership that is capable to emerge in our own governance and their engagement out of the freedom that is mostly a colonial and what is necessary to lose out this way to sentiment and this is again we are playing here and sometimes i get. this is i want to equate to grants that i want something specific to us government i've won a lot of these scholarships and so on don't lose weight but you tell your own story in your own way i feel like what's this weighty sentiment it i never been colonized by the british of all the colonizers schools history and you know we have this please please please contextualize that and we'll never be side because that's the way real politics of the wheel of history had been colonized with the belgians didn't give a damn but i'm not going to go and keep painting a boat 889. so yes yes yes yes and i'd like to give i'd like to give let me come to

schaefer because she's so exhausted her hands are on her head i'm about to give up because the thing is this rate so the context is when we when i hear people talk about they don't have a problem with having the colonised i question how deep are you in this neocolonial struggle that you've actually embraced your abuser and made them feel made her feel that she was right for doing what they did to you tony is saying that the facts can't be changed that the world order at the time was as it was the world order was white people stealing from black africans that was the word order i think sometimes when we speak very carelessly and very casually about very fundamental things that have got us in the mess that we are and i really don't appreciate it ok tony do you agree with the charge that he was so deeply new york colonized yourself. that you don't see why your utterances could have been that is absolute bollocks let me use british languages of people. that is. because we educated in this way

yet it's like those people who fail in life and keep talking about who their father was an alcoholic or their mother never loved him enough and be like that it must lose their victim mentality about the british especially which we have in this country we started with a very critical question neocolonialism why is it still in africa well the answer is in our history and who's to blame for it apparently we are thank you for watching. that's what i call a debate so should we keep drowning in the past or swim towards new future what's your view on your colonialism and its impact on african countries. we would definitely love to hear from you so pay us a visit on you tube to watch the for discussion that if it's going. gets a different perspective from another part of the continent. sign one big boy it.

is a descendent of and i may be an independent and rigby boy. his take on where africa stands. now and. people with. even if you got. to find. the. the news also happening elsewhere same philosophy american president in the same company running is not a black think and i think.

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harmful starland said the hardest words when he was are all of. this was then afterwards after they suffered they'll start to serve the new. those are really did it's a good reminder to learn from history so traumatic events never repeat it. now. has also penned strong words on this issue so as a child when her family moved from cameron to germany the intertwined histories of both countries like electro inspired the. sound arch meets old electronic beats and also penned and produced you had to be in cameroon after a painful breakup she says women in cameroon traditionally treated with more

respect before the european colonialists arrived. had such an impact also people mentality they were purposely raising also the culture of the people stumbling over imagined of a black male of attention 1st century i couldn't swallow my pride. you know else somebody who was 10 when she left cameroon and moved to germany along with her 2 brothers their mother wanted to complete her doctorate at a german university 'd coming here it was a dream. child white culture is. everywhere it's the norm is the standard. so when you know as a 10 year old that you're going to europe it's like sugar candy but she was the only black girl in a small town in southern germany she soon experienced the effects of racism and ignorance they don't teach you. in terms of where the resources come from and

how did well come to you in such an amount it came from their colonies and it's really insane to me to be in this world and go to school so many years when it's supposedly about the world you're going to be living in and. this huge part of it so. when she was 20 elsom bala decided to return to cameroon to reconnect with her roots she childhood experiences into music she discovered a new science of her world in the recording process inspired by her home countries rich culture and. now spends most of her time in germany she lives with a young daughter in berlin known as the capital of electronic music but africa remains a strong part of the mix has found

a way to bring both worlds together on this track she sample speeches of the pan african ist and 1st guy named president kwame nkrumah. now. now. feels at home in berlin she has discovered a space for herself somewhere between her german upbringing and have come a reunion heritage it's a healthy mix she says and it's something she hopes to foster. a healthy mix and why not i have a dream that one day africa and europe. in the beneficial relationship. thumbs up if you agree i'm sure you do now let's take you to a hidden african treasure tucked away in this and again these customized region is a provincial capital as against all the artist can buy shoes as

a round is small hometown along the shores of the river. so i. am a graphic artist. i'll take you around as you can see here the river welcome to my city. this is the capital of the region in the southwest of senegal with its mild tropical climate and its laid back mood the small town at the river is not only a trading port but a gateway to the nearby beach destinations of the region. where it is the route to dock and on the left you go further into what you see here is that. gives us all the resources. for that because i was looking. bad is the man behind

a lot of the street art. from simple name tag to our weirdness about corona his capture the moment his newest piece is a tribute to a d.w.i. 77 percent show. unfortunately bad as art really earns him enough money to live on which is why he tries to make a back wherever he can even if he has to play for its. because you can see what i'm doing here. since my childhood. played for money and to make a win because in this city. the work that most people in charge attend on is the region's fish trade and like many king babba has a close connection to it. of the big fish market because in the fish from other cities from. where i spent my childhood here with my mom and sold

fish at the market. markel and. some of his mother's old colleagues still work at the fish market still handling 4th advanced fish on offer. away from the busy markets the senegalese are known for their love of attire and strongly brewed green tea with lots of sugar fortunately for a king and his friends are the next to shop is right outside their shared screen printing workshop where the team is printing a very special shirt and not to a today's shoot and to their hometown. to end the day king bad takes us to a highlight of the game charles cultural life a conqueror a masquerade it's amending the initiation rite used to have passed down indigenous knowledge in digging sure where all traditions mix with the new it's a huge party but also as a source of local pride. present to the. lives.

protects people against evil spirits. and the jump with us. and i go yet but i'm looking forward to doing the dance with you. guys this is how you are the show thanks for sticking with us so the but hey let's continue to stay in touch send us an e-mail at 77. or connect with us on facebook. we're going to play you out with king bass favorite song actually he was listening to it over and over during our production this is from one of gumby as fine as rap is as stupid as the raps think this truck is all about african pride and the fast car culture

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