we test drive was probably the most luxurious, all electric se on the market. did you read? in 60 minutes on d, w, a. would people have to say matters to us. got it. mm. that's why we listen to their stories reporter every weekend on d w. this is d w. news africa coming up on the program. we all along the to return home. one of us separated from it by years or even centuries. the north in my area, we meet homecoming women rebuild in the community still wants driven from bifocal her. i mean, said in gone i to african americans are making

a difference to society. after settling in the country, we find out what challenges they face and why they chose, gone up about the u. s. also coming up in the program, we look out the samba rama down in nairobi, where members of kenya, somali community, us celebrating, despise the cost of living crisis. i still saving what yeah. family buckled on meets that each town kids can. yes. internet sensation, speaking truth to power. there's nothing they cannot do and no one is safe from the amendment came out to stream. with i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to program. it's a good feeling retaining to a place called home, isn't it? especially, depending on the where you left in the 1st place. i 2 years ago,

booker, i'm in surgeons attacked and killed civilians in garron. i am in northern nigeria is born a states. survivors were forced to flee. the town was left in ruins until the local government, with support from 8 agencies, rebuilt and reopened it. now, 6 months after people returned will monopoly in, in meet a rule in the our newly rebuild community. the u. n. flu in did amuse of marco coin to find out more meat was man, he's the 1st baby to be born in the rebuild village. he is the sign of hope of the future that live here is returning to normal. but it's a new normal says his mother been to one weird the women in the village are taking a far more active role than before. she's taking training on how to spot abuse and domestic violence. she's a member of the village, new human rights defender committee,

that is one asking that in we are the women of this community, were the ones in charge. and we defend each other chatting as i was born and raised in this community. and i married here to 14 years ago, i know the men and the women in this community who no, no, i'd be lying. if i were to say there someone who's problems, i don't know that he i know every one and the bill to is one of many women taken on a new role in the rebuilds village. this about why does all one haven't returned back to the our community. these we men are now chatting because for a new life for themselves, their children, a members of the community, they said they had the responsibility to do so while supporting one another through their work. and in moments like this, where my donna won a while, some of our women are widows out. we mccarthy, she got some others have husbands who are alive sick that they wouldn't know which

was at yale. so some of our women farm more than the men do a lot of women. but one man has more than 10 children, much, but he's so sick he can't care for them. was a, i'm a day we came and i don't remember if the women didn't help name life would be difficult in only get her one. why not? so we take charge here. now are you able to get, when can we help our husbands and farm different property as this year when the chicago and next me every week been to meet sweet? although we met a time to bond and share ideas. when i taught us the women or the community, me twice a week to get advice good as we decide on the work that needs to be done to move our community forward. maniac, how much we discuss our finances. what do we do to avoid being cash strapped? to we also advise our younger girls not to be lured by men that would take advantage of them with money. well, as somebody said them, but the locally i saw too is also taking on a new role as head of her household and boss of her little shop. she has 7 children

and a husband who is seek it is working. she says, oh well nobody come since i left the camp. i've been running my business and i'm happy. my business feeds my family. it pays my children's fees. even hospital bills when they're sick. everything comes from my business, but i am the husband that i am also the wife. my husband is old and can help much any more. so i am the sole provider for all of us. but yeah, tevo m a corman at he won't get here in got an m children are going to school and every one has busy amenities. more than 1000 people are finding a new rhythm here. the threats of violence has not disappeared. but there is hope for the future new hope for the future. often, garrett, i am from on this. let's bring in lenient, sick. throughout the out. she's

u. n. d p area coordinator for bonham and was directly involved in the project. hello, lilian, welcome to the program. we just saw how been t and have saw to, ah, rebuild india community. well and have traditionally pretty strong role in northern nigeria. but what's new in garner m yes, for and i know previously the main need is where men that used to sit around and discuss the chat the ways or how the community will be able to progress and move forward with the regional stabilization facility. and this application committee that has been set up to create more platform for voices were meant to be able to speak. they are also able to bring the voices of the women from within the community to that platform to add to the development of the community. people also to be able to take back what the, the discussion by the leaders within the community to the people to be able to help them move forward. and it's also given women opportunities in terms of livelihood

and set in the household income on a steady project. trajectory to be able to help themselves and their children. so it sounds like the experience of fleeing and then returning home has made the women of the community even stronger. how has not been received by the community. this has been very well received within the community. i remember when we initially went to do the needs assessment in terms of how we would be able to support the community to be able to establish itself back to what you choose to be. even the men then wanted us to ensure that the voices of the women are heard. and a lot of that because they had lost husband's the primary care provider, they've been able to pick up those rules to be able to support the community. and the people and the invoice is that being and the people are happy about this. okay,

the community we see now is rising from the ashes of nga and am not i was destroyed by bull. cool, hiram. how safe are people there? now? currently, people are safe as safe as they can be. ah, given the other issues in terms of the security within the region, that is both, there have been no attacks. and i had mentioned that people feel safe as the perception of the said 9 percent of dental se, but even it's been established close to a neighboring community. and from our discussions and some discussions together with the people within that community and the people in government community as well, it was able to show that then people that's neighboring community called martha. i feel safe in terms of the because of the move of the people within that community. we've been able to provide

a loan of security infrastructure around the community collaboration with the state government and the military, which includes the trench ah, around the community that there's a branch around 6 kilometers where i've been able to put watch towers increase the presence of the military but back police presence. so although security to get away with the community policing structures that have already been put in place at to the security of the community. and these fabulous patient it's ease and human rights defenders also provide information to the security forces and help to ensure that the security okay, a lot of work has been done millennium sector, abdullah, you and dp area coordinator for bona. steve, thank you very much for your time. thank you. still on the issue of returning home, let's go to ghana. the your return is an initiative that began in 2019 ghana has

been calling on africans in the diaspora to return home. hundreds of especially african americans have already relocated and our adding value to the, our communities and the economy. i report isaac allergy spoke to some other attorneys in accra, ah, learning to make your own moves. these kids are out of school. but instead of hanging around, they are picking up a life lessons playing chairs at this center in chaco, a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of a cra. patricia wilkins is the founder of the center, raised in queens new york. 20 years ago. she treated her will it job in the fashion industry to settle in ghana? she says her own experiences growing up in spread her decision to stay and hope children hear. our mission has been consistent and that is to alleviate poverty,

to provide access to education, empower women and children. and we do that to educational support on our work is very important because we're in a community where i'm school enrollment is very low school retention is also low. wilkins wig has enabled kids, especially girls access digital skills to empower them for the future. and women from the local community also benefit from her fresh and business expertise, given them extra income for family upkeep. walk ins, initiative is just one of several african american investments in ghana. and there are black americans in this country that have been here for 50 years that i'm built acreage, slide big shop classing, and has provided jobs and skills to people. there are people who are tor companies, they are people who own schools. so we have a long line of on the history of americans that have come back to what we believe

is on mother land and come back and invest it turned on. so free, uncle, man, it trained lawyer is among the new west african american reset. less in ghana, she's originally from mississippi and 1st came to ghana on holly d. she fell in love with a continent and then with a gun in to whom she is now married. tanya is like an ambassador for ghana. she hopes are the african americans visit and said, so here i am contacted all the time by people who have questions, who want to know what it's like will want to know. you know what the process is for getting a residency and things like that. so. but yes it is there something to be fed for belonging and here we belong. we just bland and like anybody else in our house. but she has to one many of those who come to her for her face,

relocating about the hard facts of life here. here you got to have money, so i tell everybody when you're coming here, make sure you have a steady source of income to sustain yourself. i because there are no safety nets, like what we're accustomed to in the where. so really that's why family is very important here and being connected to someone. so you know, that's how that is the social safety net. here is your family, your friends and family. at least $1500.00 african americans have moved to ghana since the country launched its year of written campaign in 2019 many more members of the diaspora have made the journey of reconnection visiting some of the places from west africa with st out a sleeves. analysts say the country must boot on the success of the campaign to attract more people. and some countries have taken it further, like if you appear diaspora and bonds for financing huge projects and so on. so

those are things. are we gonna need to look at to her, how to bring the diaspora on board to begin financing projects, et al, african related for patricia wilkins. moving to the continent has brought fulfillment which indicates and yet opportunities grow. journeymen are from a cra as d alo, summary c u of the 8 in crowd group, an author of the book be smart galler repatriation guide. hello yellow, great to have you on the program. so you are in america and traced your ancestry to the full on the people of modern day nigeria and the are take people off gabor but you most the live in gonna break down your journey of finding yourself for us? well, it's a continual journey. so i'm still finding myself, if you would say, but i would say that, you know, i grew up in a household or africa,

talking about africa. learning about africa as a continent. was the norm. so you know, my 1st time in africa was 988. i might be dating myself a bit. and i had travel to mostly francophone countries from learning traditional west african dance drama, cultural arts. and i found myself in ghana in 2014 for the phone. so i like to say that god of my spiritual home. but, but i'm a son of all african. okay, i mean from what i've read and no, you seem to have settled in pretty well in got a question though is does everyone manage to integrate as well as you've done? how many give up and returned to the u. s. for example? well, i don't have the statistics, right, and i don't have the numbers. i know one of the things that i've seen and i don't

necessarily have the data to back this up with somebody can challenge it, is that i feel like i may have seen more. busy and i hate to work failure, but more failure stories than success stories. and i think that has to do with cultural orientation. right. gonna is a place that is very proud of its culture that has a lot of different cultures and cultural norms here are into we into everything, into business, into everyday life. so it's like everybody here is very welcoming everybody here, very polite and will greet you. but once you move here, spend more time here, you'll find that it's not as simple as just oh, you know, going to the d m v, let's say about the washington d. c. to renew my life is like, you know, it's very much a place that is still developing with regard to its process. so if you're not from

here, if you don't, if you haven't had an appropriate cultural orientation. and if you haven't spent enough time, just kind of learning the lay of the land, i think you're going to have more challenging than the average person who may have spent time learning that that makes sense, right. ok, you know, with you talking about some of the general challenges that face when one is relocating it backs this question. you know one is probably wandering now. why? what an american citizen leave his country to settling down when the u. s. seems to be the ideal destination for many. so why did you leave i left for peace of mind. i left for better opportunity and i know i'm not, well, i can't say that i know, but i feel like i have a better chance for being killed by gun violence in washington dc. and i do in government. and that's not because i'm involved in things that are involving gun

violence is just a part of america. it's a part of what happens in america, and i feel like i'm likely to be harassed and have bodily injury by the police. while i'm here also think that there are industries and opportunities that people of african defense in it's document that historic, historically have been locked out of that are open to us here in ghana. of course the cost of living is lower. and one of the simple fact that people remark in these are people of high regard, whole bunch of superstars come to gonna, one of the things that people in black people have rarely been to a place where everybody looks like them. and just think about the fact illogical effect of being in a place where everybody looks like you just along that alone. so i'm old here for a number of reasons. i moved here because i felt like this is the place where i wanted to leave my legacy for my family. my children have been here. my wife travels back

and forth here with me. i also moved here because i saw various business opportunities that i thought may fit for me to come in. and for me specifically, i've align myself with my life mission. so i know right, that the reason why i'm here on earth is to help people of african to connect with the counselor. i think it does something for us. i think it's very empower, you know. so. busy ok, that's with me here specifically. ok. the alice summary seal of the in crowd group and also the book is smart guy, re appropriation guide. thank you. i for this year, the holy month of ramadan coincides where the cost of living crisis and a severe drought in east africa. in kenya, muslims make up 11 percent of the country's population, and many are struggling to find the food to break their daily fast in easily muslim

residence toll deed of you that this year they still pan gord for what little the have for the celebration. and for the family back home, andrew i c. k and maria mueller report from nairobi. ah, worshippers thrown near ruby's jemima's bare celebrating the holy month of ramadan . though the past 12 months have been challenging for many muslims. mazda, bravo, valley chess, ramadan is difficult. food is gotten so expensive, it's hard to feed the family. the cost of living is very high. the cost of food and fuel has sort. the price of the 25 kilogram back of rice has almost doubled in a year. rising inflation and youth unemployment drove many canyons on to the streets in recent weeks. widespread anti government protests have shown how deep the frustration runs a position to relo. dinger called off the potus after

president william router promised improvement from your delivery. they promised that people have heard before by lowering the cost of living was router's main campaign pledge. when he ran for office last year, who sort of le le rudo told us he would lower the price of may's flower. make life easier? a target that was only to get votes from us, gallagher to little girl. the 12th. so when riley tells us to go up to protest, i like we do it on because we relied to about to leave dungan, you lie to and left hungry. people tell us they've had to cut back drastically often only having one meal a day. while the daily struggle is overshadowing ramadan celebrations, families living here acutely aware that their relatives back home faces in bigger problems. some of them have only water to break their fast because the longest route and record the stored backdrops, somalis here are sharing what little they have sending it via this money transfer

service. no, i let our know so many of us have no meals to break the fast or to even begin the fast every day. as a muslim, you have to have these 2 important meals. so it's been very tough for them. they're saying here you cannot rely on the government. family and friends are the only real support network that many people have in tough times like these however hard life may be by kids in conyers whom i town are in to let him things keep them down. they, each town kids have become a global internet sensation. they use home made props to we create celebrity videos and have a huge following on social media. did up the news, africa met up with a young stars on vacation and nairobi. relics, marina reports from the hood. oh, mit the head. some kids cannot internet sensation, the group made

a name for themselves, may mimicking the wild around the peer. they do a parody or veteran kenyon opposition? leader re latina? oh, that was anything do i? i felt so happy watching myself and the other people watching me. if anyone that encouraged me not to give up, let me say they give up. they not only make fun of politicians, but try to find topics that appeal to a wider audience. to only like one pennsylvania, we usually check what content we put out there within the from a i'd say we mostly do family friendly topic on love. ideas usually come from me or from the kids point and that is our content is made up of trending topics, picking something that impressed me online, or something the kids saw on a tv program online and come and say they loved it. so we go for it. oh good me or not. it walked co, how it stole started out as just good fun,

but to know that i knew for their daily lives laughing. i'm so happy to be in this group since it helps me make money which i use to buy sanitary towels. since a lack of sanitary towers is very common in our area, when i picked yoko knife made a lot of money, which i've used to pay school fees, the money helped me a lot. it help my family to live, to pay rent. we use the money to buy food. every coin i made it's been put to good use for the group members. kids total has also given them a sense of bypass. it grew up in any keeping. thankfully, this group keeps me busy. then i avoid things like drug abuse or early pregnancy because i know if i wasn't busy, i might have gotten involved in these things. but the executive tandem has not been shot of challenges. neither by thou i sometimes you find kids have come to at and they've not even had a meal at home. they start with morale law, but slowly that energy goes down. wish. yeah.

ah. so head, so kids is not just that internet physician, but a group that has math at the, at all mimicking public figures, celebrities and other not up with figures in the society. they have dreams for here and beyond, for their future. in a while at that glen, i want to be an actor that on the i did the biggest out they knew vas future, you could have been this group has a bright future. my but good actors, actresses and engineers, all of them my lawyer knew what, what up our vision is that people will come here to source talent. my only she, that's as well. if you want to check out more law stories, go to d, w dot com slash africa, or visit us on facebook and twitter will leave you with pictures of the faithful in

cape town, who are blessed to break the i rama. done fast. see you next time i for now. ah, 3 ah ah, with

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