many stories. make up your mind. made for minds. this is the news africa coming up on the program will the fees finally fall south africa's government bans to student pressure and acts on university to asian costs but will this come the protests also coming up. another school of duction in nigeria gunmen seize a group of students in the north of the country we also correspondent why do these attacks keep happening. plus the new boss for african football's governing body will this mining billionaire be successful intending around the beautiful games

fortunes. and south africa's largest ethnic group loses its influential monarch kings when he dies after until next. i'm told me all laddie boy it's good to have you with us south africa's government has given in to pressure to increase financial aid given to university students now this follows days of protests in which one person was killed in nationwide marches students have been demanding the scrapping of fee debts complaining that university education is an affordable. was at one of these protests in cape town. and. more and more students in south africa throughout the country have joined the protest trying to fight for one key thing financial inclusion of everybody and

making universities accessible also for the poor part of the population 1st year students. among those who still don't know if they will be able to stop classes because their cation for financial support is still pending we do not need financial stress the students because i mean education that he dislikes is but if you don't have to stress about getting the education then what motivation do you have to get it. right at this point i'm feeling hopeless i don't want to live at this point i don't actually see myself furthering my study this year i do not know i'm at a standstill i. am the protesters now enter the building where the fees office is many say they can not afford to pay their fees and the national student financial aid scheme is overwhelms despite promises by the government to put more money in the scheme it is not enough to support everyone at the university of woodson drama school or about $6000.00

students about to be excluded from university because they are not supported and they're not able to pay their fees it's really bad but i hope that the government will pull through keep their promises and 1st of all just be transparent about matters stop. lying because that is basically what they do these must what's been coming on top by some time now the government has had ample time to implement something especially during last year with kobe this it could have also been one of their priorities he said distance many so they have failed i wrote just a reminder of the massive fees must fall protests in 20152006. in fact then the former president promised free tertiary education but it was never really meant because of the pandemic the government now even has bigger financial issues which will make finding

a solution even more complicated the protesters you know ever say they will continue to fight for financial inclusion where everyone who wants to attend university. let's take a look now at some other stories making news across the continent. rwanda's president paul kagame a has become the 1st east african leader to get the covert 19 vaccine together with his wife jean at rundle plans to vaccinate about a 3rd of its 12000000 citizens this year the same number by the end of 2022. morocco's government has approved a draft law legalizing cannabis for medical and therapeutic use recreate will remain illegal. the world's largest producer of illicit hashish and a change with position the north african country to exploit the rapidly growing market for medical marijuana. in nigeria there's been another mass school abduction this time in mondo in north west and kaduna state authorities say gunmen

seized a group of students in a raid on a forestry college around 30 students on missing is the 4th mass kidnapping from a school in nigeria since december. and with a series of attacks on schools in nigeria or stories of promised us children are secure yet the abductions continue u.w. oss correspondent address ways to in a buddha why this keeps happening. well it is an indication of the growing insecurity in nigeria is number one they could not is another indication of but governance on their elected to pull back to because those who are doing these they had men complained that in the elected for long but it is in reality off of so many things because this is not the 1st time a school has been attacked right from 2014 when it happens and people will still

have been even more was more frequent so the concern is that what is the government doing in the government just yesterday heidi a prince conference by good advice on c.n.n. dot. com to morning do we need even coming out to say that there are some who are cashing in on what is happening on the kidnappings in nigeria. african football's governing body has a new boss south african billionaire patrice but sampai was the sole candidate for the presidency of the confederation of african football but separate built his fortune in gold mining with other successes in other sectors you know face of the massive task of turning around an organization riddled with dysfunction and corruption but does he stand a chance of success in african football. let's speak to sports journalist thomas quinn i say he is in johannesburg so much it's good to have you on the program for

years football has administration has been plagued with mismanagement and corruption both in africa and even on the global stage so why would they want to take on such a murky world. well you know also i asked myself that question but that the heat produced was approved by a number of people both here because it is awful that it up and. i guess if it. is this is a process 48 countries president clinton did maybe you did friday. that year and it ought to he and nancy decided to say. can he be the man to reform african football leadership i think i'm really positive. a lot of kids who are scared or simply because if

you get to. the last place he did it where over. head in there is this how did it 15 we didn't do it because the last 5 years the truth here it's mind you could be true i just didn't seem eager. to accept. that mine is it was decided it did go on and did you hear. because you know what's up if you should go to sleep and the prince harry said no to that shit for the last 3 years you hated it africa cup of nations you have i think how vicious if you don't want to come out to the ship coverage whatsoever see these there are points i mean like that it was just

a contribution to kind of right and. you kind of get it. we're essentially me. who will go into the office look to life he's focused because he doesn't need you the decide. you need. or it is through. very quickly thomas what should. they prioritize when he gets when he begins his job gomez 1st priority. a couple or 23 years we saw if it is vice president of care we see you sitting. there. we're going to do a lot of who you say for you. know you him you have. air force british crush it and.

so i think god's. people are passionate. and he wants to i think are going to line up their pockets certainly huge task ahead sports journalist thomas quinn i take thank you for your insights. it's orders of. the traditional media of south africa's people has died at the age of 72 after more than a month in hospital king goodwill when he did not officially hold political office but will did great influence among the south africa's largest ethnic group reports and local media say he had health problems related to diabetes. well

foaming goodwills very teeny was seen as safeguarding the zulu people's connection with their history his job was mainly ceremonial. but he was the leader all south africa's largest ethnic group the zulus that make up about 20 percent of the population. we've lost alan to laugh this last alligator this flies and someone who is sulk culturally away some analyze bringing all the pieces together and he's a great loss given the fact that historically a magnitude of a muslim. leading armors lived through difficult times during a bout of the the king's conservative attitudes to words women's rights and l g b t people raised eyebrows but he also spoke out against femicide and on the a.t.v. epidemic. he reigned for more than 50 years making him the longest serving zulu

monarch. south africa's president said he'd be remembered as a visionary leader who made an important contribution to cultural identity national unity and the development of south africa as a whole. oh that's it for now be sure to check out our other stories on. africa on facebook and twitter and tell us what you think about the stories we're covering we'll leave you with these images of the late zulu king meeting regional and world leaders next time i think.

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one thing you can do to go ahead. and. it sounds like an actor's worst nightmare going on stage to perform a play with no preparation no idea even what the play is about and yet the play white rabbit red rabbit has been performed thousands of times in dozens of languages talk to the playwright coming up. cruel tale of. a little known opera that could snag a grammy this weekend those stories coming up but 1st

a possible game changer for the art market just half a year ago the artist beatle had never sold a work but on thursday christie's auction off a digital collage by the artist for over $69000000.00 the 3rd highest auction price ever for a living artist it's also the highest price ever for a purely digital artwork the piece containing images the artist had been posting online daily since 2007 sold as an n f t a non fungible token a form of encrypted data that can't be replicated the artist whose real name is mike winkleman says it's a new day for digital art. but there are thousands of artists and that is something that you know i start out really the whole concert from this and i'm going to be pushing or is sort of going back actually and looking at the history of digital art over the last 20 years digital artists design websites they decide apps they design ob you know t.v. shows how t.v.

shows look they design how characters look at movies and you know. that's all digital art so they have a huge huge impact on that visual language of the moral and so i think it now be out of the black demonstrate a look at them as you know we are as i am super super excited about the your vision song contest as told bellerose to change its tune or get out they say the song bellerose submitted breaks the contest rules against political entries it features the lyrics out teach you to toe the line of words that feller's opposition figures say support the regime of strongman leader alexander lukashenko and mock widespread protests in the country following last year's elections. more music news and a piece that still very much in the running for this weekend's grammy awards a recording of the dwarf by austrian composer on except that some minsky is

competing for best opera recording sung by the berlin it's a chance for the world to get to know an opera that is rarely performed. it's the 18th century and the spanish royal court is celebrating the birthday of the king's daughter one gift in particular is causing a sensation it's a human being a dwarf a gift from a sultan the man doesn't know he's a little person because he's never seen himself in a mirror. the one act opera was written in 1922 inspired by oscar wilde story the birthday of the infanta director to be as cuts or has brought the tale into the present day he sees it as less a drama about an individual artist and more of a description of the state of society where. you can read it as a very individual story regardless of age or size that's what i found to be the

crucial issue of all the characters in the piece not just the dwarf have that great discrepancy between their self image and their public image how they want to be perceived and how they think they are perceived and how the others really see them . the dwarf's attempt to win the heart of the princess with a love song only appears to succeed. was i a tragic story takes its course as the dwarf ends up seeing himself through the unloving eyes of his beloved. how do we see ourselves how do others see us and how do we deal with being different director cuts or does without makeup and elaborate costumes simply casting 2 people in the main role. coming clinching isn't quite that i decided to

bring the conflict of interior images the conflict between the self image and the external image of the character onto the stage through 2 characters and a cast the title role with a tenor and with an actor who corresponds to the image one already has when reading the libretto mainly of an actor of small stature for me that was the way to really make the inner conflict theatrical. and this approach to casting works thanks to the excellent performance by mick morris may not an actor with dwarfism and the extraordinary singing by american tenor david but philip. was. the state production has already been celebrated by audiences in berlin if the video production wins a grammy award this weekend that would certainly help bring it to the attention of an international audience.

was. also this weekend actors and over 120 places from tokyo to new york el salvador to mumbai are performing the same play and none of them knows what it's about with no one her soles and no director the work white rabbit red rabbit by iranian playwright nasim so a month where is perhaps the perfect choice for a day of action calling attention to the plight of theaters one year and the coronavirus pandemic. this unusual play always begins the same way ok. i have just been the envelope i've begun to read and i have no idea what's going to happen. there are no were her skills no

real script and no director the actors get their instructions once they're on stage where they slip into the role of a 29 year old theater director from iran there is a bit of a plot but that's a secret it's all part of the concept and it's meant to allow the actors to be more spontaneous in their improvisation that's also why each actor is only allowed to perform the piece once in the meantime thousands of actors have done that including rami khouri my preparation is to not prepare you know not. think about it too much actually i just want to be vulnerable as possible with it because. i think the whole point of broadway producers tom kurta he and devlin elliott came across the piece at the edinburgh fringe festival noticed that there was a play written by an iranian playwright and thought that would be interesting to check out and within minutes we realize we were seeing something we'd never seen before for their 2016 production and new york's west theater they were able to

recruit a number of acting stars that helped bring the play with a secret plot to the world's attention. and i'm joined now by theater creator nasim soleimani poor who lives in berlin but wrote the play white rabbit red rabbit in 2010 when he was still in iran so now see him you've said that this device of keeping the play a secret even to the actor was born out of necessity what do you mean by that well hello to you and everyone thank you just like in 2000 and among you might know i was a still in iran and in war and i was really keen to to do a show globally so i thought maybe i can shift some paradigm. in the theater as like a structure we decide. something which you supposed to be performed by and seem quite a 1st time with an actor in front of

a live audience and the actor basically is reading your voice now i've got a question about the story so if there are any actors out there who might perform this play some day stop watching right here. i understand that the end of the play there's the actor who's playing here is basically instructed to do something terrible to him or her south it's a kind of test whether the audience will intervene why did you include that. well i think it's a choice you're right. david i strongly believe that we live in a very beautiful but yes very very troubled world we have black lives matter but climate change is real and you and i are speaking something is happening a catastrophe in myanmar so question is do we basically react to them saying what all are the borders of our of the media and how much do we push in which direction what are that red line i think that's what that's what the play is is

trying to to to to explore with the help of the performer and the audience and he told me that when the performance is done live as is usually the case there is actually a lot of audience interaction. it is the eye it happens at all didn't even they they try you know the audience members to go on stage and stuff to show friends environment like you were going to do a show where we're going in may and mexico tomorrow inside a prison so different context as i was bringing it brings and brings in different you know moments and with this plan was speaking of the white rabbit red rabbit is being performed in over 120 places this saturday's some virtually and you can't possibly be there to see all of the 120 performances in one day is there a show that you're particularly excited to see are you going to be participating in

any way. i mean i look at the list today i was doing good we had like what mama mama you know 1 you have to stumble i want china new york london and some of those plays out of being there personally could go home i want to talk about you know the mexican company or she showed across the netherlands i hear only 5 and one theater in crete different venues in the land they are someone paying a few they're doing shows and the audience without a choice on whom to basically pick which show room part of the show it went to from actors i would try to do sneak peak you know if you'd get the different show if they are on you know most definitely i would do that well it's not some silly month for thanks so much for coming on arts and culture congratulations on this work of art which is now 11 years old and still as relevant as ever and as popular as ever thank you very much i also want to thank you all removal for initiating given all of these great preview series and the actors are going to take

a look thanks so much to. provide more culture news now england's royal shakespeare company is harnessing 3 d. video game technology in live stream performances of a midsummer night's dream the technology transforms real life actors into virtual avatars actors in the trip say they believe the once radical 16th and 17th century playwright shakespeare would approve the performances are free of charge but viewers can pay $10.00 pounds to interact with the cast as virtual fireflies. and to leave you now with some new works by french artist site proof uses sand and grass as his canvas in the last 2 years he's taken his biodegradable paints to 3 continents painting giant linked hands he says the project is all about friendship here's his latest from any.

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