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tomi oladipo glad you could join us we start in senegal which has been experiencing some of its worst unrest in years it began last wednesday when the arrest of the opposition leader it was months on course sparked off deadly clashes between his supporters and police president macky sall is calling for calm some coach says he wants the protests to continue but peacefully. from newsman song goes home region in the fast south to the capital dhaka his followers have taken their demands to the streets of senegal. one of the biggest of all senegalese people expressed their dissatisfaction with the regime he's the dictator president macky sall. we're fighting for freedom for justice and also for the development of

senegal. protesters faced off against riot police at the tear gas canisters flew. several people have already died in 6 days of protests triggered by some cause arrest. live the new the victims must not have been in vain so that this never happens again and sinegal we must maintain this mobilization it must be even bigger but it must be peaceful. but the. senegal usually a beacon of stability in west africa has been rocked by its worst violence in years . or can i call for calm and peace. all together let's silence our bitterness and avoid the logic of confrontation which leads to the worst opiate president saleh has been in power since

2012 political pressure on him is growing fueled by allegations that any challengers is subject to political hit jobs the opposition fears he may try for a 3rd term beyond the 2 term limit in the constitution in the book the people demanded that in 2024 he will pack his bags and he will leave. for now sunk or seems willing to bide his time till the next poll in 2024 as the protests well his followers may not want to wait that long. i'm now joined by journalist sam is the editor of africa check and then bureau welcome to the program sam now one song is still calling for mass protests across the country and all these likely to continue now that he's been released from police custody. yes really some. must protest but.

peacefully so in this court because he made such a day by a group of political parties citizen movement for tree days of illustrations true of the country on monday just. and yes the release of song goes seems to ease the tension especially since the president like you sort of made a speech on monday on monday evening also calling full calm and an easing of the curfew was imposed in the context of the struggle against get an idea of all of this could help ease the tension but yes the demonstration continue but i think that the to be. and it won't be in the same level as they was last days ok just looking at. as a politician he came 3rd in the elections several of the opposition candidates who

contested against the president has since joined the government of national unity is there any chance of some call being co-opted or or does he poses a genuine threat. i think there is no chance to. be gulped and. to join the much assad regime because he's now in a position of being the number one opponent to do too much assad regime and he's a truly a 32 to the ruling establishment as he's calling to a shift in the way politics is done in the country since the independence. also gathering more and more support from people are coming from different political lines you can see you can have former leftists you're not just and but often economists and also sokol in his allies are so pleased for already finishing off

relations with the form of power in d.c. but really seen by the establishment and in is political. it is political line is seen as a new a new wave in the country so yes. a switch to 2 markets to radiate unsubtle has long been seen as one of west africa's more stable democracies have these recent events damage that statehouse. i've been known to say that the recent events of. it just. been a stable democracy but in recent years. to create the gains has been lost in what i think is that these recent events are a kind of expression of fed up in that ups they did they really are all good.

leaders the government true that it is absolutely necessary to preserve democracy ok. and speaking to us that thank you very much for bringing us up to speed. while most of the world has been under covert 19 restrictions it's been largely business as usual in tanzania last month the government there finally acknowledged the disease as a public health. still not much has changed like in the island of zanzibar where tourists are still coming in. this is the legendary solti's have you sarah festival and sounds about. everyone is dancing to the hearts content tourists and locals to get back to racing to the beat of the bands. it's february 2021 right in the middle of a pandemic yet conveyed 1000 seems to be far away from many here. i'm

jalal-abad lucky to have friends came from russia this is already the 2nd time here on the island in just 2 months. they bought it up there in the us i. know we have. had. and i know it'll be a free free her 2 year if not oh you know it's a pretty good way to better myself i don't remember. a little bit about it. for many zanzibar mean summer sun and the sea instead of tough restrictions tourism is encouraged as if everything's normal. charter flights mainly from russia and eastern europe blantyre regularly. sounds about as not one of us region of tanzania is president has been in denial about coronavirus for months since may of last year

the number of cases are no longer made public. everything's under control according to the acting health minister of the island so far we've just been going on a very real. people coming and making sure that getting through the stuff that's we've not had any cases that the government might must take this very serious. journalist to levels he begs to differ he says corona virus is spreading across the island because he reported on that he's been banned from practicing his profession for several months he says coronavirus has become a to do subject. we see so many people we see a lot of people dying and. we do not there's a lot of guys were as they can't bring up but with that we're not used to seeing someone who can't read properly or who has a bad cold what if you look at that then you can see that it's the same sentence as with kill but now towns i. see is demanding stricter measures to protect the people

on zanzibar however he says the government wants to keep tourism running at any price because it's so important for the island. a lot of people like to a guard cassim 10100 a dependent on tourists for their livelihood he's happy he can now company a group from bulgaria. he's been working in the sector for 5 years and has even learned german for the many german tourists seized to come before the pandemic struck then for months there was hardly any work. that changed when the island promoted tourism again the 30 year old says at least he's earning money again to provide for his family he says he's not scared that tourists might bring coronavirus to the island this whole i think hunger is worse than corona. if no tourist come out then people will stop that's why us. many people however irresponsibly says germans have been emigrate from zanzibar biggest tourism agency . she says that a huge black market

a negative coronavirus certificates for tourists has been thriving on the arm and for quite a while. she's made sure her employees understand the disease and the 2 of us as everyone has to wear a face mask including the tourists. and whether he says tourism is possible if you take the right protective measures. it's traveling responsibly now that a pandemic has been around for a year everyone in the world should know what it is how the disease can spread and money can do to protect yourself. last month the 1st vice president of died of covert 19 according to his party that might have given pause to rethink things and date now authorities are asking people to wear masks and keep a safe distance. jazz outgoing president mohammad yousuf who is the recipient of the 2020 mo ibrahim prize for african political leadership the award committee said as president who had led progress in asia

despite massive challenges including poverty and terrorism he will step down next month after 10 years in office. and. i feel honored him through me it's all the people of new 0 who are being on it. and was an extremely important aspect very soon for the 1st time in asia there will be a transition from one democratically elected president to another democratically elected president this is unprecedented in the history of new. well that's it for now there's much more on. africa and on our facebook and twitter pages we need with these images of the protests in senegal wet leaders are calling for peace and let's hope they heeded as you next time i found out.

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german scientists now will bring you i'm going to mount a call and see if you have a surprise still so the good parts of the policemen are cool really want to move and want. to talk to people who follow along the way maurice and critics alike join us from applesauce stops. disney embraces diversity and a time to tack. it's racist past well have a look at the studio's latest here on arts and culture and made in bangladesh a bunker that she filmmaker takes on exploitation in her country's garment industry . and we'll meet a young brazilian dancer who soars beyond her supposedly imitation it's.

just how offensive our old cartoons or warner brothers has now announced that pepe le pew the amorous skunk who 1st appeared in 1905 has been canceled from the new space jam sequel critics nowadays say the character promotes rape culture well and over at disney they're going further and addressing old offenses for months now disney plus has been putting warnings on some of disney's most famous movies saying that they contain racist stereotypes that the company admits are wrong dozens focusing now on getting it right here's a look at their new movie ride and the last dragon. brave warrior ryan sets off to save the world the fact that she's a woman is no hindrance it's not even anything special it's simply not an issue. you were in school oh. well the film has its share of disney style women's eat

raw is a cartoon heroine for a new generation. everyone is really beginning to have a vision for this movie genitally different from everything that we sort of historically thought up and see what we can we think of the words just the princess we think of the specific genre of film so yeah i think everyone was really calm is that it's not just wanting it to be. a film that authentically represented as a very specific special part of the world but we also wanted it to be different my girl ryan are going to fix the world everyone back the team behind the film. was inspired by various asian countries that's also represented in the casting part of the reason why this production has given its actors hope for better representation as asian american performers we just want there to be more because the landscape has changed so much from when we were kids and they were literally you can count on your hand how many asian american actresses are actors who are in the mainstream media and so to now they're being. just so much more inclusive ready in front of

the camera and behind the camera in movies like this. are. taking the 1st step disney amang toward more diversity better more respectful representation of nonwhite characters with movies like right out in the last dragon one of our d.w. reporters michael krueger is following disney's efforts by google and start with this new movie what are people saying about it well the reviews quite positive and it was absolutely weiss at the highest so many asian americans for this project but they are still voices was a bit upset about the mix of different cultures in this movie a bit from taiwan a bit from malaysia a bit from china so there is still something going on right ok and i'm to put that in context disney didn't even used to try to get it right or if you look back at

the representation from from past decades particularly when it comes to asian stereotypes and this is one of the reasons that disney plus now on its platform has these warnings are saying look these movies contain racial stereotyping because let's see what the disney company in the past had in mind when it comes to asian inspired clips of movies these things can be very offensive to a lot of people so he has the warning this is from the movie lady and the tramp depicted with n.t. agents to attack the premiere was 1955. if in those days asian americans were also confronted with exclusion in society here we are with the aristocats from $920.00 and today we have still the attacks against asian americans so the discrimination is still relevant and while we grew up with all those old movies one of my favorite ones i don't know which one is us is the jungle book and you can

see the scene with king louis without thinking though of the accusations just picturing people black people as lazy from africa. i was just blind to that i have to admit when i was a child very interesting how they changed king louis in the movie from 2016 he reminds me more of a mixture of a mafia boss and a monster just like king kong for example so if you ask me if this was a good decision to put warnings in front of the movies i have to admit absolutely because it forces everybody now to think about how we use syria types and how we're using them now absolutely and of course there's even talk that disney himself may have been a racist. himself is based on recent stereotypes we've come a long way disney has come a long way absolutely michael krueger thank you so much and the last dragon comes

out this week on disney plus. well made in bangladesh i'm ever read those words those 3 words that appear on clothing sold around the world often made in harrowing working conditions made in bangladesh is also the name of a film by one of bangladesh fewer women and directors rubaiyat are saying she tells a story of women daring to fight back against oppression. by us hussein believes in a feminist intervention in cinema. the film made in bangladesh looks at the lives of the young women behind the label. of their experience will get it in or slowly arm and they're carrying that on the whole economy. made in bangladesh tells the story of shiva a seamstress working in

a factory. an accident occurs. i colleague dies and she realizes how to fin since the workers are only the women can help themselves you know why don't we sort of going to not. finish a bunch of stuff and of a bit of call in ruth about being the. owner ak mushin because this thought provoking statement by the activists sinks in and fuels she miss anger she decides to form a union all of this goes back to a true story that of seamstresses dalia while researching the textile industry hussein meant the young woman when i read her she immediately expressed your interest and i gave her that her life story was also a chimera. that leaving all in year 12 and coming to the city already said

something that was young woman if she wanted to you know she will like. this you. know if you will. you know they're going to give. us a way and things a lot of different people started using their chaps boss pointing out. that when most of the legality of her friends turning in her enemies because they're like no i don't want to lose my job because after she had granted my children it's really important to have. the same spent 2 years researching fulfillment in bangladesh the director also spends time in the u.s. but he would focus on the hunt country she works with n.g.o.s leads workshops for women and trains female directors she's also creating an initiative to prevent domestic violence since film premiered at the toronto film festival and was shot in

. one of the that i wanted to ask about but if at all i am not i was i was i got it. thanks to a young woman's courage the 1st garment workers union was founded and registered against the odds. so i think. you know they are. happy if you want all of. activism. you have hussein continues to put the rights of women in front and center if you see. more culture news now do your designer might be agonizing acuity has been putting a feminist stamp on the parisian fashion house to your unveiled its new collection and a catwalk video staged at vast palace the show was inspired by fairy tales but cutie

says she's not obsessed with princesses and that women she has in mind aren't waiting for any prince. well he's been called the billy elliot of egypt now luka abdel nur is also the 1st dancer from his country to win a prize at the prestigious he did knows that in competition with 17 year old says other kids at school bullied him for dancing ballet now he hopes his success can encourage more people in the middle east to embrace the art form. the tony blair now has have very different and different obstacles to overcome the brazilian ballet dancer was born with no arms now she's showing the world that a disability won't stop her not only can she dance her determination as made her a social media celebrity. 16 year old victoria bueno is a student at the ballet academy and sometimes. in brazil the fact that she doesn't

have arms hasn't stopped her. out of the bathroom for me my arms are just a detail i dance and i follow with my eyes as if i had arms but there's no difficulty without i don't feel like i need them at all. from going off out. victoria was born without arms yet she's been able to realize her dream of becoming a ballerina. her mother says that the only difficulties she's had have come from people in her small town in the state of minas share ice who treated for tortilla like a curiosity else i thought she would go for a walk and people would pull up her sleeves to see that hurt me her disability scared me but it didn't hurt as much as people's attitudes especially for with. it was victoria's physical therapist who encouraged her to take up dance the strength

balance and flexibility the young dancer has gained from ballet have given her crucial physical skills that allow her to have a great deal of independence. but afterthought on the phone for people with disabilities seeing me dance helps a lot they see that disabilities are just a detail we're much bigger than our disability so we have to chase our dreams. it seems many people are inspired by victorious attitude she's already got 160000 followers on instagram. that's amazing balance maybe a few more followers well that is almost for this arts and culture but i'm going to review now with a work at canadian rapper drake's new video shot and an aquarium in toronto star. that there was press ok and that is all it was straight so there is sex ok i will say i was about to visit some. folks not ok ok

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