60 minutes on t w. democratically will not succeed in defining the subtle not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of this dictatorship. taking the stand global news that matters. to me minds. welcome to a brand new edition august 77 percent the show for africa's you with i'm your host liz show. this week's edition is all about you with engagement in politics society or in music so here's what we've prepared for you on this week's show. we'll hear about political tensions and as what teenie

one of the world's last remaining absolute monarchy. in our street debate it can money discuss as will be young uganda and the challenges we face in politics. and have been even is known as the cradle of good will find out what it will mean for young people. first reported takes us to southern africa to s. what teenie the country formerly known as swaziland it is ruled by king mswati the 3rd. but right now of the you with have started questioning the absolute monarchy and the massive power that the king has in the lower felt region of. it to fight over sugarcane is brewing off the toiling it for 20 years local farmers were promised ownership of this land but they are likely to lose it to king mswati the 3rd and his family in defiance of the royal landgrab opposition politician.

staged a march sparking clashes with police their frustration with them on a key reflects a growing attitude among the country's youth. and . its. toll charge. and even some. young people like similar me are angry that the king apparently doesn't care about the law and why should he the constitution puts him above it since 1906 king mswati has ruled it's watching an absolute monarchy. but the king likes to portray a different image of himself and his country this latest tourism advert features picturesque landscapes and a benevolent one waving to his happy subjects. acting prime minister who

was not elected by the people chosen by the king he maintains that new system allows its citizens to speak their minds freely through the system doesn't. stop. if you look at the constitution. and the people who have their own organizations in this country and those files on no. i never heard of this on paper this is correct but the reality tells a different story veteran politician on a show where he spent 18 months in prison and is currently alpha male. he is due to face the high court on charges of treason off the publicly condemning the royal family for corruption and misconduct he says those who call it a swat team in a democracy are mistaken to reduce or. pay

me as i say they're going to have us in enabled. just recently to. walk ins the police detained people before people would assemble today piers and yet we continue to call ourself a democratic can't know we can't we cannot we can only remain that there must be change in this. song isn't a load in his sentiment while at least 60 percent of swazis live below the poverty line king mswati splashes out on rolls royces and b.m.w.'s among the student wing of the national liberal tory congress emotions fly high when talking politics and current challenges facing the country. who who are born the constitution and say that the king should be above the new we have

. an employee id. to do to do to do them end of the you find people like 55 years of india's they are working but these young politicians don't want to do away with the monarchy entirely the king remains an important cultural figure what they really want is for the king to add here to the laws like everyone else and put real power in the hands of the people that is the main reason with doing those present. demonstration throughout the country in 2 places. to remind people that this this country was stolen from. these farmers may have to wait a long time before they receive the land that was promised to them but progress is slowly being made. it's not just what teenie well the political situation has been tense in the last few

months and where a rule i am has been in power for decades. uganda does not have a king but a president who has been in office for 35 years now says the elections earlier this year demonstrators have taken to the streets and questioned long term presidential it was 7 years reelection and it came and he was in the capital kampala to discuss why young ugandans are reluctant to get involved in politics. the 77 percent is back in kampala and this time we're here to find out why it is that young people seem very not interested when it comes to politics what he's that's how it appears in the foreground and we're trying to find out why is it their choice or is it a choice that was made for them based on the system well to begin this conversation i'm going to start with mr gill but a little hughes is from generation 7 as you can see and he's actually rallying

young people to support my 74 need to rally young people to support prison reserve and it's because of the ideology that he has is because of the experience ok so that's your argument i'm just going to turn around on this side because i'm sure that people who do not agree with you maybe you want to jump in the money no mention fees and no one blocks very many young people i can tell you i'm over and i shouldn't platform we had so many young candidates and most of them could not afford that nomination fees that i don't look to many young people out then you can give us an idea of how much it costs to run it it's going to leave you in 4 to contest as an m.p. a huge financial restriction when it comes to young people participating most as let's come to you because i know that you had a point earlier i think but young people are actually participating in politics we now have to discuss the quality of participation for example. in the november 18th and 19th demonstration it was young people who were on the street spending the

tires yeah so i think that young people are actually participating but it is not meaningful participation much unda you have something. say to me i want to cross over to the point of brutality why would anyone show up to participate in a process where people are being shot by being kidnapped by being drawn face i can use that word if i weren't being held incommunicado why would anyone who is sane go to put spit in such a space let in fact let's ask the people who did it why would anyone sane put themselves in such a scenario small time that you know sometimes the young people who are we keep surprising me because if someone speaks about violence see taking in drones and all that i think all here people participated in politics and i don't know if in of dentists face to be kidnapped i don't know because these opposition people they are what you could not what you hear but hold on just for clarification i was suggesting that only people who participate in the opposition of the ones who were terrorized we think that it's happening all around us think that's not happening

that's what they're trying to paint trying to paint maybe i know you said that you had experienced something of that nature can you share with us before the wrist i was advised by my chairperson of c. one that i should not come back home tonight because they're looking for me so i told them but why on which account i told me because i was putting one marriage barrier that people power very they came and told me i have to are such a police and i of course i went with them and when i went with them they didn't take me to police they took me to someone's home literally and they were asking me so many questions and they're asking me to withdraw from the race all right gilbert you're disagreeing with this i can hear your head shaking from the back what are you disagreeing with i'm disagreeing with the issue of brutality the ara's but how can you tell me is it that's her that i experience it's unfortunate that she went through that but i want to make this known to each and everyone who ever is aristide you know a that a criminal or you a suspect i think it's unfair for you to see that maria's experience doesn't count

because she's told us that just by. wearing a red berry she was hunted for does this not duction it is artist people are arrested we saw them on camera us batting policeman we saw them on camera saluting people including the members of parliament you play look to you want police to just look at it like that ok i think all right just have a cause that you're the one who is shouting falls through what are you what are you saying is false in uganda as a state if you go for campaigns you can be aristide you can be heat you can be a gust so the issue is now not about money i had limited but also this point where they saved many people that had money lost these people what hated and if it were possible even the president his office would be shut down as part no but why is the prison still there because of what i can't describe to myself because i may live here right now and i'm taken through the drone you understand and what i want to

bring to the tip onto the wall is that uganda we just had 2 of these giunta politics and mafia politics that we are having a few people here to the prison so that they can stay to put on they can cling to power that's what i think all right mr causa here has made some very serious declarations and you've said that it's not about money it's just about being hated that's why people are not voted in and one that he was raising his hand to try and get my attention did you want to add to that point said to brutality we have just seen policemen journalists settlement policemen it was only come into so i think that one alone makes the young people. who come to be interested into running for for political offices there's just one last one was about the kidnap which my brother was saying you can never existed is that you know all over search abducted good citizen so my thinking is that we needed to come out and you call

them without those acts because those acts are the acts that actually compel young people for. but just getting active in politics all right thank you very much for your thoughts because he has mentioned bill but specifically let me allow him to respond i think what is important for us as citizens of this country as young people is to engage ourselves in economically something that is going to generate money because you're not going to tell an easy everybody would have a job killer but government has a wheel i have to tell you these fantastic and finally i'm going to end with you moses i hope you have a killer point of course i do recall solution is very important in nation building i should use the 1st step in nation building and we can do it we can yes i'm going to solve economically financially the sky's the limit for young people our time is now thank you i really like that point and so that actually brings us to the conclusion of this debate i have to say what passionate debate the ugandans did not disappoint and you did not disappoint for showing up thank you for watching.

we asked the ugandan government to comment on the issues brought up in the debate jacob a rule who was the chairperson of the national youth council got back to us saying and i quote my view is that the participation of young people should be guided by the intentions of long term good governance and formation of synergies that are generational in our pursuit of political influence and space nevertheless it became clear and that's people in uganda are afraid of getting into politics because they may be harassed by authorities well opposition leader will be why knows all about that he ran against with 70 in this year's election and faced all kinds of issues but intimidation has not stopped the wind from speaking out in fact giving

a voice to the voiceless is what he has been doing even back in the days when he was just a musician and not yet politician now he's using both his platforms as an artist and a politician to get his message across let's listen in to his current song. we go. from. here. to. there. well the man you just heard bobby wian is joining me live from uganda where we wind welcome to the 77 percent. thank you for having in the seventy's and soon to be here and we're happy to have you so the last few weeks must have been very intense for you what has happened since the election results were announced maybe

the question should have been how is it being for you the people who. have been helping me has been such a challenge since the election which turned out to be the most for them in college . and they are great but i think you should be. hungry over young people young men and women supporting the people who are most mean commissioning that whole movement and by people i mean i've been abducted by the government many have been modified detention others have been. you know totally gridley the feeling that in rape and other. things too many not tell others about has been castrated saida been have i went home and sources say that the most the operation the mo the resistance that people are not turned up to be more resistant and more assertive in mining for better right in mining for their

election victory but most important it might mean for freedom what you're telling us is really horrific what is happening to the people of uganda and you say that you will keep pressing on and keep resisting now let's take a look at the whole of africa we reached out to our people on facebook and asked them what the political situation is like in their country so let me just take a look at one comment here that we have from frank eelam he is from ghana and frank says it is time to let our politicians know that we gave them the power to serve the nation and not to lose our money and live posh lives while voters are drinking dirty water and schooling under trees and then he says they use of africa. i have to wake up now you're also a relatively young politician what do you say about this some fortunate that in many parts of africa in particular in uganda being in a position of. power how the position of government government has been reduced to

tears on the ground i mean enrichment which must stop and which will stop and that will only stop when the young people who've. become general and you've done that in fact if you're not actually rise up to the location and. they are not only by me but practice well you say that the young people of africa have to rise up but do you have any tips on how they can really get involved in politics because we heard in the debate that many say that they are fraid of actually being harassed it is to . this harassment when the young people of africa rise up and demand for what's right for the death and demand for accountability it is dangerous but it's still been most dangerous to people saying it's not then just beside. the young people of africa that damned if they rise up and them no dumbed down so

either way there's only one option for the people of the young people of up to rise up to the occasion for what's next while you are running that marathon i mean the election results have been announced during with 70 has again been announced the president of your country are you going to run for president again so we know that if it does don't just go by quick overseeing that we look at history it's so our low our low it time are now much to the people of libya but for the people of but with the pipe that we the people of done to overcome bashir for the people of egypt to overcome hosni mubarak and many other places in the wild so we look at these examples and know that just like we are told by government. seems impossible until it's done so this seems to be seems impossible in the eyes of the

pessimists but in the eyes of our look to me like me i see that we have to move in but again we need to have even had to get to the problem. all right but we wind thank you so much for that optimistic message and thank you for joining us today. thank you for having me. we now will be away from politics to religion what do you know about voodoo well known as someone from east africa i have to admit i only know it from nigeria movies that we used to watch when i was a kid and i don't have a clear idea of what it is exactly i reporter travel to binion to find out more about and about how binion's you are involved in this ancient religion. these a so-called revenants in their theory people believe that they are their ancestors who came back in a different form they role is to materialize the presence of the dead in the consciousness of the living every year on the 10th of january hundreds of followers

come to an end to celebrate what is known as traditional day or very day during ritual dances and processions of believers make contact with the many. sacrificing animals is also a part of the festival. has been a follow up to do since childhood today he is a high level nun that you can speak and commune with the spirits in this case the god again. removed by you when we sacrifice the sheep. chickens and the master him. to thank him for everything he has done for us. and a lot of other things for human life we want to thank him and ask him to keep protecting . what we did just now we do every year but there's a good bit of it in the 2nd. the name is known as the cradle of the religion has no means of followers wide open is the only country where it is

considered an official state religion even in the fashion. city of in the south of the country is said to be the birthplace of in colonial times and wheedle is one of the most active trading ports in. the atlantic slave trade the slaves brought their belief to the americas and the caribbean beginning the spread of their faith around the world today the so-called door of no return to commemorate those who were enslaved and many penalties and now practice in criticism combining christian or muslim beliefs with traditional religions prudence is also a french teacher at a private school in later today he's asking his students what they think of the. rapper here how. my 1st encounter with very day was a little frustrating because i never saw anything like it before.

so the very 1st time i saw it i ran away very fast so it wasn't easy but at least i had here to watch away. from colonial forces of the state and cutlasses them long brand of voodoo as head of the stick sorcery prudence and his friends believe in christianity the most widespread religion in the country can easily come since. i am a full or. stop me from being with my friends given. like me to mail as an evangelist. evangelist on. to get out there to get more now from what i saw from. neither christianity no islam have managed to extinguish food from going in compared to other countries in west africa religions co-exist well here but it's hard to say if this is despite or not because of it. we'll say in west africa for our next report. in ghana we meet the singer we yeah

she left behind a successful career in the capital accra and moved back to her whole village of phones not exactly a korea but was an important step forward she wants to give back to her community. these kids in will can now want to follow in the footsteps of nowhere. to close medical artists who have to show up his career in accra call home village of food 700 kilometers north of the capital. in a modest studio we are not used to making music and developing musical talent overrule children i want to know cannot grasp but that's a point where i felt like i needed to come back home and share with the young ones because the new. nickname the lion is we have a lot has performed internationally and has been called the young engine because he just one of the latest songs is a tribute to the can i am music legend. the cover of the old classic or your idea

has become an online hit with a music video depicting rule like. it's a song that you keep reminding us as human beings that you know life is a journey and whenever you get to it fine but never say never. the mover and shaker you don't need to see sally language but then different mental music in here got off to a tough start. to the heart somebody telling me with my crazy ass that i look i look like i'm saying this i'm african telling me that and then not or not for some weeks to make myself look that feminine and not pretty that we can appreciate me so that said that they haven't told me i was too dark i should like them up at naturist. funny prejudices and preaching pride in oneself has become more yellow signature it's already shaping for young understudy so i wouldn't have got this.

what she just did their house and how to run it on to the other. side's mentoring young people we are used as an influence in my to convince me to fight harmful outing to cultural practices my community is no more not at fault a lot of this activity like you reject i'm with lish in. force marriages because the message has gotten to them and the chiefs and elders are all against it now. the lion this encourages other music stars to help build up a strong local music industry and most importantly it's about self pride and being true to oneself. by. thanks for the inspiration and that powerful message we well we're getting to the end after they go with thank you so much for watching as usual i want to hear your

opinion about today's reports or about stories and topics that you think we should covers to and many e-mail me get in touch on facebook and don't forget to subscribe to our brand new instagram channel my name is liz show and i'll leave you with this june from way yalom see you next time a by. the minute. bob. diamond you. can buy me. now. to talk. to.

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