i am in europe, northern most count please. ah, 3 times why very much alive. d. w, travel, you'll go to the city in germany, europe, and new recognizes where exactly learned a lot of culture, history. d, w, travel extremely worth a visit. ah, hello there and welcome. it's time for another edition of the 77 percent. sure. where we tackle the important issues affecting the lives of africa's youth. my name is wanda camara and as always it is such a pleasure to have you here. coming up on the

shore, we meet award winning namibian thing. i top shirley. what we're will experience flash on like you never seen before, and the design of behind it is we put us ah, and finally will toward the west african desert hub, naomi in jeff with rapport black killer. it is an exciting shore. so let's get in the running with pat off by meeting monica pioneers, aka top sherry. what, where is she is one of nami, b as music also has a journalist by profession, an actress, an artist, by passion, this eclectic singer, exist outside of any box pushed on to ha, ah, hello 7th in for centers. this is your goth,

jenny. what was all the way from them of the currently in the heart of then took and i'm about to show you around then took city. so please follow me. let me show you around on the monica pin is also known as the top cherry is a rising star. no, maybe as music seen, the 31 year old has collected pretty much all the nominations, namibia has to offer album of the year. best new come up, best collaboration, best female artist. but what does top jerry, what, what mean such a what. 8 5 what means the number one goal like job means on top of the game? number one, nobody can come on top of that and the what, what just came because people would always say, what are you doing? what are you about? what's next? what? so i added that, what was the music varies from john sold to afro pop to rap to gospel. but top jerry herself refuses to box in her music. i don't like to

put a john ra tag on my music because i think my music, i just wake up and when i go to the studio, it depends what i'm filling. if i feel rock that day, i can do a rock and roll song. you know, so yeah, i do music that people love because people love me and i love people doing what she loves, while wearing many shoes, a journalist by profession, an actress, and right to buy passion. but tough. jerry has certainly found her calling music despite being one of them, maybe as top artist, top cherry, and mingled with the crowd like here in the single quarters market encountered. tour. i've got every show the next morning. yeah, because this, this is perfect for the next guy. when did you have to have the 5 children to give you

bringing in her mother tongue or she bumble isn't owed to heritage and culture being a maybe in itself is a source of inspiration for top cherry, particularly namibian, and then every day hustle motivator. so this is the heart of god to, to listen to super that people that came from the north. they came from the house. we came from canada. they came from their homes to the city, basically to come make a living. listen at a time, i tell stories from people here, her cannon, i'm on die and i. * and i and our god died, i'm in, i'm on die and i and our god die goes in. but. * bad back with dell, good della. could japan out? the whole bill? why she long i she's glad that she thought that a lot was she don't mccomb was she got why, phil. meaning leg don't think about the situation that you are in to day. doesn't determine your to morrow. all you have to do is post to day, so that your tomorrow is better. her dreams are valid. what you want to be,

what to one to become. you can become the right mindset. so that's where you stud heavier mind, right? ah, and who do we have in the studio tops area? well, oh mine it is so good to really meet you. i'm glad to be here. i did are on a p as well counter germany. how is it it's over the weather? oh, so call. it's all called, but i love it. i love it so much. tuck, cherry, and hayes. now listen, you are an award winning musician. yes, enemy be arise. you have one word to pull nama as that is the namibian music award? yes. could you have imagined yourself 10 years ago at this point? i wouldn't be laying if i say no. because i know since at, since i can remember since i was a little gone my,

my confidence was always on the 100. you know, my, my, the people at home with always in a can, you will be less. can you let you know, since i was a little girl, i was singing in church, literally before me in church, on the alta, in am before me. you know, so i like people around me knew that yes, this child right here is going to be something sunday. you know, you've always wanted to be a star with. wanted to be as and then somehow your journey drove you to journalism . yeah. right. how did that happen then? well, our, our industry and fortunately namibia it's, it's not that easy. you don't just allied to go paid and then you will be and i want to read you right? know like there's channels, you know, that channels i became a journalist and entertainment general as though i met a lot of artists because i used to write about them. you know, so in that process i made friends, he, in the, and, you know, there was this tim or morality, a label. when we went to the not to should come in color, i would be at the back of the bus with my iphone and at the scene in

a be singing and do and would come to me. i would say, do not. you can thing you are doing is, is, is a group of a thing in group. okay. yeah, yeah. and said, you know, you can seeing you in a black. yeah. i know, i know it, but you know that you can't do it. you know, to be a musician, just want to understand. yeah. on this bass trip you went in the capacious capacity of an entertainment journalist. i went as a journalist is i was a journalist, i used to work in that office and he said, there's a role for a little girl with niche it. i'll hear that follow that the place and that can, it just gives you. and i said, tell me when and where, and i'm a be on that bus and i was on that bus. and now you have been launching a rabbit bananas and millions of he's a new tube. if you don't know what i'm talking about and please on the 77 percent, we are in the know. so please go on your job to go to music la. yeah. so you went from journalism to entertainment journalism is to being asked her, but also you are actually changing lives through your activism. yeah,

telephone. little bit more about that in my head. i always know there's a little girl is a little boy out there some way who wakes up every day and just wishes someone could walk up to it and give her a hug for no reason. you know, because that, like i always tell people like i understand, money's important, food isn't for that. but just making some someone feel like you are appreciated. you are important. you know, so i go, i visit schools in a college sanitary pads in, i'm a, be a like, it's really a, it's a pandemic. i must say little girls as young as n as 11 is pregnant, you know, and it's most of the time is the by choice. you know, so i visit schools and i talked to those girls about this things. you know, i tell them the importance of education, why it's important to stay in school. so yeah, lake it's, it's things that come from within me. i want us to quickly take a break. but just before the break, i want to ask you, in which language do you dream i indefinitely in the sequence. hm. in on my mother,

in your mother tongue. yes. because like i express myself so much better, like even when a pre, when i talk to god and come to him in the right you'll be go me. this is middle. bob says as a basic united way, my mother them because i believe he understands a way i think i dream definitely english by young. we are still hanging out with duck jerry, what we're. c in the studio and, you know, speaking of language being a unifying factor, i mean, now media is one country that has several languages spoken in the country, right? and undoubtedly, it is a land of beauty, but it is also home to one of the world's most unequal societies, with a huge gap between the reach and the poor. what will it take to unite the country? oh, no, via a land of vast open spaces. bless with good climate rich in its natural resources and a relatively good standard of living. but it also has

a lot of problems. i would know that is my home country, namibia is one of the world's most unequal societies. the gap between the rich and poor is staggering. years of colonialism then that party privilege to the white minority population and since namibia became a democracy in 1990, there is still a long way to go relief in the world that, that has created the systems that make sure that they will protect the house. that that's the reality of all of the fact that we have to look at the future. we have to look at building something. we have to look at developing. we have to grow as a nation, but it doesn't stop there. high unemployment, especially among the youth, has been worse and by the coven 19 pandemic. and there is also a significant power in balance in the namibian society between men and women, and gender please violent is shockingly high. we live in an, in a society where, pardon me, are very much pervasive. are dynamics that also make those choices on behalf of other people and therefore also remove the agency of especially adolescent girls,

young woman and gender nonconforming people. and traditionally, you are taught to not sort of really refuse when a men approaches you because this means older than you are. in other words, our country needs a whole lot of uniting and across many lines. but there are many youth who are trying to change that and i am so lucky to have in the studio 2 of the youths wishing for an a me be as unity through their acts. i am talking about top, shall we and that i. * thank you very my, it is amazing that you made the time to join us in the studio. i love having you. i want to ask to talk a little bit about that. a report that we just watch for my colleague or carry talking about unity in the country right in your country. maybe i sat with you on the top sherry, would you say that namibia is on the right road in terms of coming together?

we, we are headed into a direction, years, but we are still so far. we are really, really so flood because the, the necessary people that we need to be on the forefront to hold our hands and say, okay, i get what you guys are doing. let's do this, those, those people, we don't have unfortunate which people with like the main people, like, i mean our li does our, our people in corporate, the people that have, like you just said the hurts. you know, in order for, for us to also have the have nots into the conversation. you know, bad people, i had the conversations and meetings for those people, but then a part of the meeting, ah, the law, i, them, i forget about to ease. i feel that music can do so much good. and when we, when i started my career, people looked at me like, what is this guys doing, somethings with the actual, the namibian flag. because that's where i was born. you know, i took it and i,

wherever i performed on stage, going international. i have that flag with michelle. so like talk to the said we on the right way is just give us you the chance to change and make africa. paradise for everybody. yeah, i have, i have to just put this 2 points very succinctly, 1st of all, invite the youth to the table a. secondly, use that add to change that whirl and unite people. now you have a song coil and a deer journey is it has only adoni didn't it is only yes. when i listen to this song i this journey, is this part of relating across the continent? yeah. go had yeah, what is having some history to this phone? ah, now is this, is this something that happens every day is can tell you like guys back home. it is under spring kings every day to make a heart you know, then i your head gets broken now lightly that now you also gonna thing about, i don't know, i'm more like the guy who makes love song. i really appreciate the woman. yeah. and

on to these play are things was i think it is time for women. it's, it's your time now you are to in the show and one guy represented. but i think, yes, we must show so much more love and respect because especially also the african women are the backbone of africa. they hold and that's the respect we need to show them. i love this and indeed you have a song that you slightly mentioned about you have what together i am, you know, what with the power i what you, you to, to actually working together. i got a, a call from at bridge. as i said, jo, is this got me in as a the ones a song and i'm legs are playing when me. and then when me, i'm so busy right now by i hung up and i went about my dates. i think the producer called him as a guy that go, doesn't believe me, saw her is the mom. i get a call in and like, okay, for a number and a gallo. jo,

this is mag all here. you ask people on me. that was, it was really big. wow. now i have to ask you, why do you think your song, which is why when we united. right, why do you think it's so important right now? and i think it's important, especially where, where i come from, you know, because especially in the arts, you know, everybody's trying to do their own thing. everybody is so, so concentrated on their own being that you don't even when i let someone else in, you know, but when we did that song we is showing that it can be done. you know, we can work together any can be a bomb and we can make it work. listen for 77 percent has got it. what you're asking? well, the coolest people from now media in those studio. now let's head over to south africa to meet how again, all my shallow, aka, how much interesting name, right. but the background is even more fascinating. machine uses, the cow is

a fact symbol of expression and the most read how culture is changing. the title of my work is one to 3 block myself. it comes from a game, hide and seek, basically leads to play when lead maternal grandmother's house. my name is called car mass, i'm a sculptor primarily, but a multi discipline coal, much as a deep fascination for the coal. and it's not just in her limbs. the contemporary artist from for africa limpopo province was raised in the city of 20, is known for her distinctive sculptures called much truthful religion, culture and identity in her act. as a member of the petty people, she married more than a traditional art through the symbolic him of this acrid call. my name is actually call her law much about my c low birth given name. my mom used to call me call call when i was younger, so the call part kind of stuck to me when i was all that decided i'm going to go in with the call. what stands out for me is just how prominent that is within our

practices within the slaughters family gatherings, bringing people together and the most significant being the how the call is the bridge between the ancestral plain and old co, much you, the synthetic leather, was to create a sculptures combining the various fabrics, either nor to an upbringing in stark contrast to the coal, which is a common feature for south africa, but the rural landscape plus uses authentic materials means no coals hummed in the making of her. i have been working as an artist for probably just under 10 years now. i think it started off as a longing to be more connected to the culture. so i pulled from very nostalgic objects that i would see from my grandmother's house and things that reminded me of home. and it says, reminding me of my culture as well. in the beginning it was because i felt that i was removed from a so space. so being a go that grew up in the suburbs,

it felt as if i couldn't use a drill cowhide because i'm maybe not as connected to cancer as my cousins who lived in the homeland ever by exclusively using the black and white color palate call, much aims to elevate block from its perception as a negative color to take its rightful place. as an a formative color piece is a reach in african history. and each one tells a story. recently her more than an contemporary creations of caught the attention of the international market. my work as well as my physical appearance or aesthetic both tie in together in being its own version of the culture that is still there, but just inspired by culture but also there within itself. most african cultures expressed their beliefs through their ut. this has played a significant role in shipping the collective cultural history of the world. now

it's called much as time to take the spotlight on the international art stage. always staying true to her petty roots. holy cow, amazing cultural preservation there from how much our next port is tied to cultural preservation in a more than we, singer and designer will tower is leading the fashion revolution in congo. have brandley put a swagger, takes cues from africa, philly, to raise them. and congo is last, hip, flash and subculture, no 2 of her creations are alike and how unique fashion also acts as a mirror to hand music. but what african tradition inspires her? ah, if we go further early bukasa, i'm on my brand if coldly put a swagger because my brand is based on the loin cloth, i am a 100 percent of for feature is tied liberal to handling gala means loincloth and

swagger. means fashion. i don't within for, for why do i see my creations are usually made of knowing close wilkinson orbit that there are more, well, it connects me to my continent and really supports my african identity, or a mo, mo, negotiate you up with the bar at last. there were stage outfits because i am a singer fulton humor. i said to myself, i want to make something that no one else will wear and then displayed in a museum i loudly booker ferguson, premier paul li, put us walker was born. i also make this clear in the spirit of rebellion on this premium for what was through or i didn't want to be boxed in and was psychologically ready for people to reject my ideas. more. i humor go

here. i consider myself and i for features designer. if we're talking about africa, then it's africa, which ultimately inspires me. philip quickly must bear with me now. oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, just swagger is one for the wild. i hope to take it as far as possible and become a showcase for africa. while our open reprint will, i think, i will probably come by and europe if what's best, maybe don't be afraid of obstacles. don't be afraid of difficulties a moment because there's no shortage of the law for barbara, but need to have faith in what you do. that's super important level performance on that is you may publish all imager la fontose or people that are blocked off

the put a swagger is definitely a feat for the young, afro feature is stick youth now from the congo we fly over 20 shares capital near me which rises like an oasis out of the sahara. the city on the banks of burton, jerry vert knows how to trade eats and throw a party. and we have the pleasure of following one of the country's biggest wrapper . but akina, who is taking us out to see the site so out of control. well alex, from every one a martina bowen, allah, i'm from leisure, and this is the beautiful city of miami, where i grew up. i'm very happy to welcome you to my city in the army. thank once on that radical these years capital near me. it was the sahara, but there is no denying the fit of lush greens like none other than west africa.

the biggest river flows through it and 15th, the city of over $1000000.00 is in some of the year. we are a pleasure river. it's our pride in beauty. it fits the city and give the charm. not my lot me both a make of west african and for heron, heritage, fulani, grandma houser, and 2 or 8 people live here to his roots. burkina writes his lyrics in both hauser and samar, with an average age of just 15. near is the wild youngest country and the youth of near may city market. well, they devil an extra inference, kenneth decreed you don't quite old grandma. so we are our grandma shared their biggest market in the heart of near me. it's terrible math ship any pocket. you know, this is my favorite because you can find everything you want here. home for kutrovitch bulk of it automatically after leaving his hands and follows behind it's time for

a snack. the local speciality committee sunday. drive me legally. she is symbolical familiar in the army and you can always find it here in muslim countries. it's what crispy me job and that miraculous friends are still on his tail later on the swing by the international festival of african fashion, a melting pot of missouri and culture. i mean i know some of all my family we are here to fema where i have the honor performing and we have 5 minutes on stage and it's gonna be like nothing else fucking from pop. what mm. ah, a waste of like lights and the crowds. bertina takes us to the deals just outside the city. it's time to wind down our michelle,

them for dear friends. we are here with mama, my guitarist the only engine that might use since we come here to get inspired surrounded by the beauty of nature and peace. and the beautiful view of miami is in yes, we are here in the army, and this is also your home issue. all was we're waiting for you and you all is welcome. thank you charles, out ra loud, but i key math. thank you so much. i hope you enjoyed that 12 near me. i think one of my favorite highlights was clichy and in fact, our very generous guess is and top cherry. what were brought on something similar to the clichy, which is dried meat with salt and spices known as bill talk. it now maybe at today's show was all about highlighting and celebrating african culture, music musicians and full. and i want to know what else is happening in your country

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