when nelson mandela came to power in 1904 sudden malenko who left somalia for the rainbow nation to escape hunger and he's a really good dude and your life is a shopkeeper in johannesburg today everything is going on october 30th 2018 and angry mob stormed his shop in the home and bandits to the ground money to escape but his girlfriend died in the flames. literally you know and i was. see i don't have. anything in anymore. i lost my girlfriend arlo's dollars i lost my can deny was everything. sue was telling myself that it made back. but. you tricked me to take me out so i decided no don't go to. so some violent. incident was just one of the $139.00 documented shop lutyens in south africa in 2018 motivated by ins in a for every month in townships like white city but african born foreigners are victims of violent hate crimes many locals think they are responsible for low wages and job losses. we need as an a for the gang who often target foreign owned stores its leader calls himself the deference to him foreigners are not just easy targets he holds them for responsible for his own misery.

we have a hand over his neighbors malenko has restored his old shop he hopes he will be able to restock soon but those responsible for the death of his partner still have not been found the police did not want to investigate the matter of a foreigner he still feels the culprits might return at any time. it's great that he has some good neighbors to support it reminds us that there are still good side to humanity xenophobia is a serious issue that needs to be addressed in south africa especially as a long way to go in dealing with it to get to the heart of the issue we sent our reporter money to alexandra it's township of johannesburg known for frequent outburst of balance against foreigners he spoke with residents and migrants alike the problem of xenophobia. the 77 percent is back on the road once more and this week we are in johannesburg south africa specifically the township of alexandra and it's here that we've witnessed some of the west skirmishes related to zyna phobia it's not a problem exclusive to south africa but why is it that it seems to be flaring up quite often here well i

one of these artists according to the museum director is malenko macusi who's exhibition addresses the notion of resistance. so i think we're asking why are matters why it's necessary but i think what we're really asking is how can we change society and how can we how can art be instrumental in doing that that's the real question. busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy bedford seeks to give a bigger platform to works produced by non white artists. busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy african-american artists like how much of their own history has gone into creating modern america busy busy busy busy busy busy busy busy. i realize that some things. and i experience as a person doesn't have to do with me it has to do with history it has to do with the culture of america so if somebody sees me and they hate me or they feel like i don't deserve to shop in a store where they feel like i don't deserve to stay in their hotel it has nothing to do with me it has to do with the culture american put american culture that they were brought up and. busy busy busy b