ah, the price a life traps between poverty and brutality. in 45 minutes on d w. a thought say what grade level it says dw news, africa coming up on the program. we all along the to return home. what of us separated from it by years or even centuries? not nigeria. we meet homecoming women rebuild in the community still wants driven from bifocal her. i mean, said 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 gonna about the u. s. also coming up in the program, we look at the some bar ramadan, nairobi where members of kenya, somali community, us celebrating the spice, the cost of living crisis. i still saving what yeah, family buckle 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 them. it came out to stream 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 pen on why you left in the 1st place. i 2 years ago. booker,

i'm insurgents, attacked and killed civilians in garron. i am in northern nigeria is born of state . survivors were forced to flee. the town was left in ruins until the local government, with support from agencies, rebuilt, and reopened it. now, 6 months after people returned were monopoly and in meet a rule in the unruly rebuild community. the you and flu in did of use of marco coy to find out more meat was man, he's the 1st baby to be born in the rebuild village. he is a 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 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 asking that in we are the women of this community. we're 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. below 2 is one of many women taken on a new role in the rebuilds village. this over by this one haven't returned back to the our community vs we men are now chatting because for a new life for themselves, their children are 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 am i donna, one a while. some of our women are, widows outweigh mccarthy, she got some others have husbands who are alive sick,

that they would. nobody 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 me in life would be difficult. you know, my get a one. why not? so we take charge here. now are you able to get, 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 with other 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 would if 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? we also advise our younger girls not to be lured by men. would take advantage of them with money for the somebody said them, but the locally half saw to 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 larry, 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. i everything comes from my business roughly. i am the husband that i am also the wife. my husband is old and can help much anymore. so i am the sole provider for all of us. but he, i came over in him a quote man that 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 re them here. the threats of violence has not disappeared. but there is hope for the future. ah, new hope for the future off in garland am from august, let's bring in leni on the sick. throughout dial out. she is u n. d v area

coordinator for bono and was directly involved in the project. hello lillian, welcome to the program. we just saw how been t and have sought to rebuild india. community women have traditionally played a strong role in northern nigeria, but what's new in garner 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. people also 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. trajectory 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 i heard and a lot of them because he had lost their husband's the primary care provider. they've been able to take 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 that. okay

. and the community we see now is rising from the us is often gone. i'm not a 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 both. there have been no attacks. and as i mentioned that people feel safe 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 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 and collaboration with does the government and the military, which includes the trench ah, around the community that there's a french 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 away with the community policing structures that have already been put in place at to the security of the community. ready and these fabulous nation 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. lillian sector are dollar you and d v or 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 other attorneys in accra. ah lennon 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 neighborhood 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 will be it job in the fashion industry to settle in ghana. she says her own experiences growing up in spite her decision to stay and hope children here are 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 hello fresh and business expertise, given them extra income for family upkeep. walk ins 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, and i'm bill 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 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, 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 of visits. and 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 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 menu of those who come to her for at

phase and relocating about the hot farts of life here. here you gotta 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 visiting some of the places from where africa was st out as slaves and 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 up to her, how to bring the dice for on board to begin financing projects and allow african related for patricia wilkins. moving to the continent has brought fulfillment which in the keats and yet opportunities grew. joining me now from a cra as d alo, summary c u of the 8 in crowd group, an author of the book, the smart guy repatriation guide. hello yellow, great to have you on the program. so you on america 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 where africa,

talking about africa learning about africa as a continent. i was the norm. so you know, my 1st time in africa was 1988. 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 in 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 and 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 challenging if that i feel like i may have seen more. busy and i hate to wear 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 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 and very polite and we'll 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

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 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 of being killed by a gun violence in washington d. c. 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. it's documents 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 gonna, one of the things that people is black people have rarely been to a place where everybody looks like them. just think about the fact a logical effect of being in a place where everybody looks like you just belong that alone. so i moved 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 say, connect with the confidence. i think it does something for us. i think it's very empower. you know, so ok, that's with me here specifically. ok. the summary feel of the in crowd group and author of the book is smart guy, re appropriation 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. told 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. ha worshippers thrown, there will be jimmy mosque there, 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 protest have shown how deep the frustration runs a position to relo. dinger called off the potus after

president william router promised, improve negatively 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 rudo told us he would lower the price of may's flour? 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 from marley's living here. acutely aware that there are relative spec, home places and bigger problems. some of them have only water to break their fast because the longest route on record to stored their crops, somalis here are sharing with little they have funding 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 in things keep them down. they, each town kids have become a global internet sensation. they use homemade props to recruit celebrity videos and have a huge following on social media. did of the news africa met up with a young stars on vacation in 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 there being a parody or veteran kenyon opposition, leader reloading. oh, that anything do i? i felt so happy watching myself and the other people watching me again 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 live on 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 was our content that made up of trending topics. that was 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, did talk to her how it stole started out as just good fun,

but to know that i knew for their daily lives. nothing. i'm so happy to be in this group since it helps me make money which i used to buy sanitary towels, since a lack of sanitary towers is very common in our area when i picked you. the knife made a lot of money, which i've used to pay school fees. the money help 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. hits toll has also given them a sense of bypass a group and i need 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 near that by thou i 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 jim's 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 alloy and what, what up, our vision is that people will come here to source talent. my only she that's if well, if you want to check out more while 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

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