normally. this look of shock like wow there's a jew at our school dance about things. even teenagers live in stories. before jewish. young german and jewish starts feb 22nd on b w. this is due to be news africa on the program today i'm dressed in so done there have been violent protests in cities across the country what is fueling the flames. the former child soldiers in the central african republic who want to take back their futures off to a violent past. yes we will get the story behind feel bored winning nollywood film the plains.

hello i'm christine it's good to have your company there have been violent protests in several cities in sudan this week of a dire economic conditions it is believed the protests saw politically motivated and that act loyal to the else did former president omar al bashir behind them on thursday prime minister up to 180 in charge of dismantling obama has published structure has a wide range in order to prosecute members office of duns its ruling party now the protests so government buildings and vehicles on fire and properties pillage markets were also a nuisance in several city authorities impose a curfew to try to curb the unrest. and for more on the situation in sudan i'm joined by one of us a political commentator in the country welcome today's everything is africa we've

heard that these pros has politically motivated is that the case of a city that was politically and economically motivated and instructing the empowerment dismantling committee to go ahead with the dissolution of bush's policies one of the boldest moves that handouts government has made towards taking back economic control of the market but this is because the islamists who are now said to lose economic as well as political power to react really the only way they not have which is to cause and political instability but the islamists are able to tap into popular discontent brought about by the hostage monuc environment inflation now stands at around 200 to 4 percent and the dollar h.t.h. $400.00 s.t.g. to the dollar a week ago and this is not really come down the prices remain high and many are unable to make ends meet as prices actually linked to the parallel markets and not the official rate just most people find fictitious. the prime minister

has been office now for about 18 months how is his government fairy. there is no doubt that he has lost a lot of popularity since he took office 18 months ago since thursday when the new cabinet was sworn in he has now become more secure he can find he has people with him in the cabinet now who are able to shoulder the strain of the transition including the very unpopular economic reforms such as this in the subsidies and the unification of the exchange rate and the government needs to have the currency in order to trigger the economic support to come in from the low band can biological donors but they want to shore up its reserves in the central bank to the tune of about 350000000 this is led to claim that it's actually the government that is steve actually buying up dollars on the part of markets and then therefore driving up the exchange rate and the prices. it's an enviable catch

a 2 situation to be in but the longer it takes for the government to pull the trigger the worse will be for the most vulnerable what doc had now is a fine new finance minister who's actually drawn from a rebel in the mint and is also in the rebel justice and equality movement is now part of the government and he's an islamist to do it which means that he now feels that he has a political cache to see through a lot of the much more controversial reforms which were unlike which were much more likely to make him much more in popular so he's in a bit of a shorter position now certainly more than a month ago right you did mention it is also about the the new cabinet that we saw this week why was what was of reason for that reshuffle. so do it members of the new cabinet most of them are from the former rebel groups which sign that you will be sick and you know sober of last year so this new reshuffle is part and parcel of the peace agreement. it is not very inclusive in terms of gender

inclusion but is inclusive in terms of and regional and ethnic inclusion which is a great sight to see and however there are 2 major rebel groups that haven't signed that it will be secure and so now therefore not part of the new government and specifically at the end of that as element and. and hello and doubt the biggest rebel groups they have the biggest number of the largest number of combatants and so and their lack of inclusion is actually a real problem how will they be into that in in the future will it require another maybe a competing peace agreement how would this you shuffle lead to more stability is unknown all right that is can she's talking to us from sudan thank you to hear from you thank you. tens of thousands of children are estimated to be able crusades and used by armed groups of around the world united nations research shows that in 2019 alone militia

groups drafted nearly 8000 children some of them as young as 61 of the country's way children are most vulnerable is the central african republic with an ongoing war rebels they continue to recruit children this has prompted responses from organizations working on child protection to put if it's into giving these young recruits enough the chance as a normal life. is a quarter of china visited one such project. this is not a usual classroom setting no this is a psych way to question session in a rehabilitation center for former child soldiers in but hunger for northwest of the central african republic i'd like to do so you are here today because you have accepted to take on a new life. among them a 17 year old from a christian community he joined a muslim silicon armed group at the age of 15 to avenge the killing of his mother by the mentally christian. today he accepts to speak on condition of

a money midi. we were they taught me how to clean firearms and how to load cartridges and the guns i killed many people in checkpoints and collected money to feed myself that's how i started using guns for the 1st time one day the anti black militia attacked us i wounded some of them it was painful seeing blood and wondered people i was relieved when i was taken out of the armed group i want to be a doctor one day. in but anger for the population is worried about the large numbers of young people who have joined armed groups a local in jew up there to propound a difficult task to meet the leaders of some of these armed groups in an attempt to disarm and rehabilitate the child soldiers are by again the mom or. as a mother when i see these children in the armed groups that it hurts and. that's

what motivated me to take on the heavy task in trying to get them out of there. we had difficult negotiations with the leaders of the armed groups and eventually got a list of children. we identify and register them after assessing them reintegrate them in income generating activities and for patient training. so that they can forget. about more and think of a better future. the central african republic has one of the highest number of child soldiers in the world it is hard to imagine the horrors young ones have seen and been involved in there are a few 100 taking part in this potentially life changing project but there are many more who need similar. in a country constantly torn by repeated war was children are vulnerable. apart from the evident threat to the our physical safety the experiences can also be hugely

traumatic the new. challenges and consequences of war with children are enormous the number of children associated with our groups is increasing and unicef will not give with its donors to be able to give legal protection protection in the social system and community protection up to vulnerable children in the central african republic. the continuing arrest is putting even more children at risk and that poses a huge danger to the country not just to be but also in the future. now the nigerian fill the milkmaid is the 1st ever entry from the country to compete for the best international feature film at the oscars the nollywood production is set in northern nigeria and is inspired by the events involving islamist extremists in the region. the milkmaid tells the story of 2 sisters in north

east nigeria and their feet doing about that peaceful life until one day. people attack on their village turned their lives upside down. they become the victims of the militant islamist insurgency that so often in the news headlines but hardly ever has a human face for the man behind the film this was a crucial point. was important that you know we put thought back stories. personalities behind all these. things which were. a daily basis unfortunately of a country although nigeria is an english speaking country the film is nominated for an oscar in the best international film category because most of the dialogues are spoken in local nigerian languages like hausa and fulani.

to show that. the film has already won several african movie awards and the producers had a clear ambition from the start to make sure the film looked and felt like an international movie. for them you create we've done our best to ensure that we put all of those elements together and we've told this story which is which is a story from a very beautiful. 10 years ago the director abandon his hi-fi. job as an investment banker to shew his lawful film he sees the milkmaid success counting change for nigerian cinema. even every medium this fall is a huge encourage parents to filmmakers who don't necessarily want to tell there was a commercial type of stories or comedies or those ones

a lot of people would definitely help their police. now that is definitely one film i cannot wait to watch although we learned this week that unfortunately the most made did not make the shortlist of the 15 films for the oscar nominations round elect the next time by case but that is a far program today and this week be sure to check out our other stories on dot com ford slash africa we're also on facebook and twitter today will leave you on a bit of a rosy nurse as flower farmers are. packaging bundles of flowers a hit of valentine's day on saturday when you view the pictures from kenya that's the cuts to the european union have led me to next time.

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information on the crown of virus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast. your podcast you can also find us at. science. hello and welcome to arts and culture legendary musician chick korea has died at 79 of a rare form of cancer we'll look back on his exceptional career and also coming up . in a plea for more diversity both on and off screen $100.00. 20 have joined forces for a collective coming out. and german photographer now uses his art to look closely at the fringes of society and where others often avert their

gaze. as a pianist and composer chick corea is lauded as a pioneer of jazz fusion he performed with the likes of miles davis and gary burton and his compositions spain and 500 miles high are fixtures in the jazz canon well as someone who pushed the boundaries of the genre he said that he played piano because it felt good and his music was always an experiment. chick corea reinvented himself during the pandemic lockdown he started an online academy showing his fans and friends how to really play the piano. or not armando anthony korea he was an exceptional and

a groundbreaking jazz musician he played with legends like miles davis or as here herbie hancock. in the early 1970 s. he founded the band return to forever becoming one of the most important project hitters of the venue jazz fusion genre. chicory hour and $67.00 grammy award nominations over the course of his career and took home $23.00 . but he faced criticism for his involvement in scientology here he is with actress an archer at a scientology center korea deeply admired l. ron hubbard the founder of the self described religion and thanked him for decades in the liner notes of his albums. korea gained new listeners by balancing jazz and classical music at this concert he combined mozart with gershwin. the orchestra. i have

a background that is focused on playing music. not playing jazz it's a different language and culture and feel when. it's a slightly different musical language. a mix those musical languages on the album the mozart sessions but he remained true to his roots in jazz. in a final message posted on facebook he thanked his musician friends saying that playing with them had been the richness of his life. well it seemed like an unusual initiative this is 2021 after all and you know here in germany a country that where the arts are concerned considers itself to be very liberal but think again was the message as nearly $200.00 actors challenge germany's film and

television industries for their antiquated attitudes and lack of diversity under the hash tag act out. it started with this $185.00 l g b t q actors from german film t.v. and theatre staged a mass coming out in a national newspaper they wanted to raise awareness and provoke and change. first of all i think we want to 'd create more visibility for marginalized groups like homosexuals all sorts of people well. he was trying to. leave. if he were trying to if he would not or not. told having witnessed the conflicts which people have in their heads about that topic really made me think that that industry needs to change and also needs to wake up a little bit. aren't answer he's

a good artist i'm going to experience how important. what people see in the media what kind of storms are at home. although you see if you don't you have the same picture of 185 as an exorcist and none is like the idea so look so this is like they're the proof that all the stereotypes are stereotypes we have to leave them behind just not hash tag act out is not just about visibility these actors are calling for systemic change at all levels of the film and t.v. industry says. that. so many people have to be there not only in front of the camera but behind the camera not only queer people but also if people see black people and and people with disability disability right now i would say that queer

story is only a pair. in that there are victims so the ones who get murdered are raped or so we're still dislike even in the small parts we are we exist in movie and t.v. real spirits magine our lives and stigmatized. part of the society to the teaching smashing stereotypes about gender and identity on screen these actors argue you mean a richer source of stories for everyone or even needing. the viewer. we were once in the local newspaper and got very proud of it. you were. not all were horses. audiences reading bay want to see different firms they want to see different stories so we have to change

the structure of the industry otherwise. not going to. act out is looking to the u.s. and other countries for inspiration and calling for enforced diversity including quotas spurred on screen representation. oh ok. who. stories told. now that they've got the industry's attention act out wants action. to. tell. 185 individuals 185 artists pushing for systemic change. and that report there from my colleague scott roxboro who joins me now from bonn hi scott so i'm thinking that many might be wondering why this act out initiative was actually necessary can you put it into

a bit of context for us how behind is germany in terms of its recognition of minority groups compared to say let's english speaking countries because it's not just sexual orientation intention that we're talking about here. you know we talk about diversity across the board i mean legally germany is this far along as almost any western country i mean discrimination on the basis of race or sexual orientation is banned by the german constitution but in terms of representation in terms of the faces you see on t.v. and in film the stories are told i think germany really lags behind i mean just turn on german t.v. and you can see it's still very very white very male and very hetero normative. so act out has gotten a lot of resonance in the media also internationally how would you say reactions have been so far and where do you think. change will be the quickest to happen. yeah i think change is going to pend on what the people in power in the industry really do i mean a lot of the actos actors that i spoke to pointed to britain as

a model in britain already of a lot more diversity on and off screen than here in germany a very prominent black british counts like oscar winning director steve mcqueen who is a face of british film britain's gone further they've actually made diversity the law so new regulations by the british film institute. forth that you have to have diversity on and off the camera in order for your film to get public financing if you don't you don't get money from the state and here in germany a lot of the actors from act out are calling for that same kind of sort of top down movement because they say without that we won't see any real change happen here ok so german actors obviously taking a very very important step they are joining forces to push for more diversity and visibility and systemic change in the industry thanks very much scott roxboro in bonn for that story and be sure to stay safe have a great weekend you tip. well speaking of visibility there are of

course other members of society who barely have a voice at all the homeless and those who suffer from addiction for instance and these are the people that sit down take notes seeks out with his camera and after traveling the world his home beat in cologne germany is a story just waiting to be told. sebastian played now looks closely where others avert their eyes nickname to take you by his friends he has what's known as street credibility. and street credibility do i have street credibility i would say yes definitely simply because i've been involved in so many subcultures and i've done and experienced so much so when i meet new people they take me seriously. he dives into sub culture whether it's boxing or skateboarding. in addition he's worked as a stylist has sold men's suits found been

a model. that's me that's how it used to look not even that long ago it's still these days i don't really like being in front of a camera anymore i definitely prefer being behind. one modeling got to be too much he discovered how relaxing taking photographs can be since then his camera has been his constant companion he takes photos of people at the fringes of society he gets close to them and tells their stories. or they know this is a single income they approached me at some point they stopped me on the street and asked if i would take a photo of them together. and then i gave them the prints they both immediately stood up and were really happy and they looked at me and said now i have a photo of my best friend. just toss it in the lives of people on the street are about more than just suffering and

frustration they also have a laugh with each other and over the years they spend their they also have their favorite people around them why shouldn't that be shown to the side. it's important to take note that his photos are free of lawyer isn't that requires not just communication but trust. and in some cases that's even resulted in genuine friendships but with copy and. submit for me the most important thing is having respect for the other person so that the photos don't simply put them on display rather every photo i take has to contain a certain empathy and that means i have to really engage with my subjects as people as extreme. as it's most the result is that's a bust i'm tired now doesn't take a lot of photos sometimes having a chat is much more important and he doesn't need

a camera for that. and a smile goes a long way to well that brings us to the end of this edition and of this week and you can find more on our website at www dot com slash culture as always and until we meet again do have a safe weekend and all the best for most young berlin shifts. to

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