to these misconceptions about mental health that mental illnesses occurs. or, you know, it's a demon possession the 77 percent in 60 minutes. on d w. o, what people have to say matters to us. i am. that's why we listened to their stories. reporter every weekend on d w. ah, this is deal of the news africa coming up on the program. we all along the to return home about what of us separated from it by years or even centuries? north in nigeria we meet homecoming women, rebuild in the community still wants driven from bifocal. her robin sergeant

in ghana 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 at the samba rama down in nairobi, where members of kenya, somali community, us celebrating the spice, 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 mimicking artistry. a i am eddie micah junior and you are welcome to the program. it's a good feeling returning to a place called home, isn't it? especially the ending on why you left in the 1st place. i 2 years ago, booker,

i'm in surgeons attacked and killed civilians in garrett, i am in northern nigeria is born, a state survivors were forced to flee. the town was left in ruins until the local governments, with support from 8 agencies, rebuilt and reopened it. now, 6 months after people returned, when men are playing in major role in your newly rebuild community, the you and flew into the views of marco coin. to find out more. meet was man. he's the 1st baby to be born in the rebuild village. he is a sign of hope of the future that life here is returning to normal. but it's a new normal says his mother been to one where 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, when i think 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 they're 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, they are 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 with some of our women are widows out. we mccarthy, she's got some others have husbands who are alive sick that they would know me. she

was at yale. so some of our women farm more than the men do a little. but one man has more than 10 children, much, but he's so sick. he can't care for them busy. i'm a day with him and i don't will. i will if the women didn't help in life would be difficult, you know, might get a one. why not? so we take charge here now. yeah. what again, when can we help our husbands? like 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 told what is 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 tomorrow? we also advise our younger girls not to be lured by men. would take advantage of them with money, as somebody said them, but the locally half saw 2 is also taking on a new rule as head of her household and both of her little shop. she has 7 children

and a husband who is seek. it is working. she says, hey, will nobody come since i left 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 roughly. i am the husband that i am also the wife my husband is old and can't help much anymore. so i am the sole provider for all of us. 8 but he, i came over in am a co man at he won't get here in got an m children are going to school and every one has basic 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 ah, new hope for the future often, garron, i am from on this. let's bring in lenient,

sick throughout dial out. she's u n. d p area coordinator for bono and was directly involved in the projects. hello, lilian. welcome to the program, we just saw how been t and have sought to, ah, rebuild india community. one half traditionally played a strong role in northern nigeria. but what's new in, in garland m yes. full and i know previously the main need is where men that used to sit around and discuss and 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. also, and to be able to take back what the discussions that 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. child gentry to be able to help themselves and their children. so it sounds like the experience of fleeing and n 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 at the voices that being and the people are happy about that. okay,

the community we see now is rising from the us is often gone um that it was destroyed by bull. cool, hiram. how safe are people there now? currently, people are safe as safe as they can be. given the other issues in terms of the security within their beach and that is there have been no attacks . and as i mentioned, that people feel safe as the perception. so be 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 a community as well. it was able to show that then people that 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 approach around 6 kilometers where i've been able to put watch towers increase the presence of the military. but back police presence, so all those security to get a working with the community, police and structures that have already been put in place at the security of the community. and these population, 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 husband on lennon sit throughout our u. n. d p area coordinator for bona state. thank you very much for your time. thank you. still on the issue of returning home. let's go to ghana. but 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. our report isaac allergy spoke to some of the returnees 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 chess at this center in charco, a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of our cra. patricia wilkins is the founder of the center, raised in queens new york. 20 years ago, she treated her wool pete 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 here are mission has been consistent, matters 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, wake has enabled kicks, especially girls access digital skills to empower them for the future. and women from the local community also benefit from hello fresh and business expertise, given them extra income for family upkeep. wilkins initiative is just one of several african american investments in gannon. there are black americans in this country that have been here for 50 years, that i'm built, bakeries, slide baked, 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 a history of americans that have come back to what we believe is i'm on the land

and come back and invest it, turn on. so free, uncommon, 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'm contacted all the time, but 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 if there's something to be said for belonging and here we belong. we just bland and like anybody else, you know and i'm sorry. but she has to one, many of those who come to her for advice and relocating about the heart farts of

life here. here you got to have money, so i tell everybody when you're coming here, make sure you have a set of source of income to sustain yourself 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 it's year of retained campaign in 2019 many more members of the diaspora have made the any of reconnection visits in some of the places from where africa was st. out a sleeves annually see the country must build on the success of the campaign to attract more people. now some countries have taken it further, like if you appear diaspora and bonds for financing huge projects and so on. so

those are things probably gonna need to look at to happen, how to bring the diaspora on board to begin financing projects and allow african related for patricia wilkins. moving to the continent has brought fulfillment which into keats and yet opportunities grew. joining me now from a cra as d alo, summary c u of the 8 in crowd group and author of the book be smart guy repatriation guide. hello yellow, great to have you on the program. so you are an american and traced you ancestry to the full on the people of modern day nigeria and the i take a people of golf ball but you most the live in gonna bring down your journey of finding yourself for us. well, it's a continual journey, so i'm still finding myself, if you would say ok, but i'll say that, you know,

i grew up in a household were africa, talking about africa, learning about africa as a continent. i 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, you know, traditional west african dance, drum and cultural arts. and i found myself in ghana in 2014 for the 1st time. so i like to say that god is 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 the word failure, but more failure stories than success stories. and i think that has to do with cultural orientation. right. gonna is a place that very proud of its culture. 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 is not as simple as just oh, you know, going through 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 still developing with regards to its process. so if you're not from me

or 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 one is probably wandering now. why what an american citizen leave his country to settling god 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 a 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 of 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 gone to one of the things that people is black. people have rarely been to a place where everybody looks like them. and just think about the fact a logical effect of being in a place where everybody looks like you just belong 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 travel 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 aligned 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 confidence. 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 summary feel of the in crowd group and also the book is smart gone. i read preparation guide. thank you. i for this year, the holy month of ramadan coincides with their 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. mula report from nairobi. ah, worshippers thrown, there will be jimmy mosque. they are celebrating the holy month of ramadan. though the past 12 months have been challenging for many muslims, mazda or malicious ramadan is difficult. food has 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 in your deliver. 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 mayflower make life easier? a target that was only to get votes from us gala quote, a little girl thought of. so when riley tells us to go up to protest, i like we do it on because we relied to about bully 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 and bigger problems. some of them have only water to break their fast because the longest route on record to stored their crops, somalis,

we're 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 are 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 their 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 homemade props to recruit celebry to videos and have a huge following on social media. did up the news, africa met up with a young stars on location and nairobi. relics, marina reports from the hood. oh, meet the head so kids cannot internet sensation. the group made

a name for themselves by mimicking the while around the peer. they're doing a parody or veteran kenyon opposition? leader, re latina? oh, that anything do out i shall 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 on the legal in pennsylvania, we usually check what content we put out there within the them of 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 with 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 to me or not. it walked her. how it stole started out as just good fun. but no the i knew

for their daily lives. nothing. 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 yolk knife made a lot of money, which i've used to pay school fees. the money help me allotted, 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. hitched old has also given them a sense of bypass a group, and i need to think 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 there's only 2 tandem has not been shot of challenges near by dollars. sometimes you find kids have come to at and they've not even had a meal atom. they start with morale law, but slowly that energy goes down. wish. yeah.

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

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