he is a professor of political economy at the university of detroit and a former minister of education and research in italy. giblin. abraham joins us from a buddha. he is a political scientist and senior fellow at the center for democracy and development in nigeria. and from johannesburg were joined by david manya. he is the director of the university of johanna spec center for africa, china studies and international relations and foreign policy expert. good to have your with us gentlemen, david, money i fuck and start with you. is this something that could be good for africa or indeed africa requires a massive injections of foreign investments, particularly in this digital space. given the fact that only 33 percent of africa is wired to the internet and for, for development to take place. i think that these more that is required. china is doing great. united states is pouring investments and use coming as a late comer. however, what matters is exactly what will you provide are tangibly living out all their interests and ideological approach to this. this is business and i. e has to t

here is what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. this country. fox 2 in detroit the universityettles a lawsuit brought by students seeking to change how the school protects the campus. committee sexual abuse. the school has recently been rocked by hundreds of sexual assault allegations. and this is a live look at chicago from our affiliate fox 32, a little rainy there, one of the big stories there, flocks of people heading to select gas stations, about 48, 50 of them across chicago and suburbs as a local businessman willie wilson don't united states $1 million worth of free gas for those struggling to afford the high prices. each car is allotted $50 worth of gas. kind of a good deal. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ the world is full of make or break moments. especially if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture, it's time to make your move to help reduce your risk of fracture with prolia®. only prolia® is proven to help strengthen and protect bones from fracture with 1 shot every 6 months. do

a study by the university of california irvine found it since 2009, one in for detroit properties have been foreclosed for non payment of taxes. we haven't seen this number bernadette a to any is one of the authors of that study. she now runs the property tax appeals project to help over jack's homeowners. she says half to 85 percent of detroit homes are overvalued by the city. the people get stuck with these illegally, inflated property taxes are those who are worse positioned to fight them to file an appeal. it's not just happening in detroit. a 2019 study found blacks and hispanics pay on average $10.00 to $13.00, present more in property tax nationally for homes of the same value. this is a national racial justice issue that our nation has not yet come to terms with. she tried to appeal barbara butler's taxes esmond, but the city dismissed the appeal on a technicality saying butler's husband is listed as the taxpayer of record, even though she has been making the payments since his death. well, i'm not, i'm not, i'm not gonna lose my house because it's very far. i'll find a way to

a study by the university of california irvine found it since 2009, one in for detroit properties have been foreclosed for non payment of taxes. we haven't seen this number bernadette a to a headache is one of the authors of that study. she now runs the property tax appeals project to help over jack's homeowners. she says half to 85 percent of detroit homes are overvalued by city. the people who get stuck with these illegally inflated property taxes are those who are worse positioned to fight them to file an appeal. it's not just happening in detroit. a 2019 study found blacks and hispanics pay on average $10.00 to $13.00, present more in property tax nationally for homes of the same value. this is a national racial justice issue that our nation has not yet come to terms with. she tried to appeal barbara butler's tax assessment, but the city dismissed the appeal on a technicality saying butler's husband is listed as the taxpayer of record, even though she has been making the payment since his deaf, where i'm not, i'm not gonna, i'm not gonna lose my house cuz it's very far, i'll find a

detroit free press suzanne e. smith is a professor of american history at george mason university and teaches african-american history 20th century cultural history of death in america american popular music and african american religious history. she is the author of dancing in the street motown and the cultural politics of detroit. now let's hear from kevin boyle and suzanne e smith. thank you for joining us today. let me begin today's simply by letting you know that professor smith wasn't able to join us the last minute there were complications that made it impossible for her to join us and i'm very sorry that she's not here at luck be sharing this afternoon with her, but i am honored to be sharing it with you. i just want to say how much i appreciate the national archives giving me the opportunity to talk with you today. and particularly. i want to thank susan clifton for putting together today's program. i want to start today by doing one of those things that i think you're not supposed to do when you talk about your book. i want to start with somebody else's book. an imparticular but i want to do is i want to s