, from africa town.written on it quite a bit. and the book that hurston wrote about africa town and lewis was never published during her lifetime. it was published a few years ago. it was essentially the transcript of her interviews with lewis also known as cosulo. >> host: professor kaplan, i'm going to ask you the same question i asked professor patterson. why do you think "their eyes were watching god" was included in the library of congress is list of books that shaped america? >> caller: well i think it would have been extraordinary if it had not been included. let me just say that from the start. it's a remarkable book. it had an enormous influence during its day. hurston's literary reputation is a study in change. she was very, very well known in her day. she was a book-of-the-month club writer and in many ways the toni morrison of her day. and it wasn't until the 1940s and 50s that her literary reputation starts to really fall away on tell by the time of her death as professor patterson notes in

, from africa town.written on it quite a bit. and the book that hurston wrote about africa town and lewis was never published during her lifetime. it was published a few years ago. it was essentially the transcript of her interviews with lewis also known as cosulo. >> host: professor kaplan, i'm going to ask you the same question i asked professor patterson. why do you think "their eyes were watching god" was included in the library of congress is list of books that shaped america? >> caller: well i think it would have been extraordinary if it had not been included. let me just say that from the start. it's a remarkable book. it had an enormous influence during its day. hurston's literary reputation is a study in change. she was very, very well known in her day. she was a book-of-the-month club writer and in many ways the toni morrison of her day. and it wasn't until the 1940s and 50shat her literary reputation starts to really fall away on tell by the time of her death as professor patterson notes in 19

africa. the cape town fortress and the city's heritage museum located here. white irish and the local black goat people and malays flows in the veins of the guardian. with him, firstly, we deliberately stood in the opposite direction. now they are museums, and under apartheid, of course, shameful signs only for whites only for non-whites. secondly, they spilled a pencil into her hair, and if the pencil fell freely through straight curls, then the girl was considered white, and if it got stuck in curls. yes , then the other one was considered colored, it was decided at the top, so to speak , they played god, and the other one was deprived of rights, for example, the right to live in cities, the right to live in cities, the right to occupy certain positions, but more importantly, nuclear energy corporations. still active today is the center of the south african i am going to introduce you to the history of how it began. please do me a favor. this started during the second world war, immediately after it. the nuclear program had many stages and... that they are

oh, still a head on al jazeera, 3 wildfire spread near south africa's cape town, 55. is it struggling to bring them under? control the the hello the electric to south east asia, and as the monsoon intensifies across the region, so does the heavy rain. you can see it pulling into the malay peninsula with heavy, fully expected places like qual impact as well as moving areas of sumatra and indonesia. on sunday we are expecting flooding from that heavy rain. by the time we get to monday, it's still lingering around for malaysia, some of that rain as well. edging edging into eastern areas of indo china for likes of vietnam on more rain pumping into the philippines to keep moving to areas. on monday, those we had done under rain is the story for eastern areas of australia, a bit of a drenching coming in for christmas here to the se, showers and storms intensifying for new south wales. pushing up into queensland as we go into some data sets to rumble that way. further east i'm pushed on for the south west and when the conditions cooling things down on monday. but the west an

africa. the historic town center isn't far from the port. the old whitewash townsend have their own unique chart. that effect is on the cost of the for cost of light. it's a magnet for kite and wind surfers here where the mediterranean meets the atlantic . when conditions are ideal, i've always wanted to learn to search and where better to do it than here. i'm meeting christine, so i called sky from germany. she runs a serve school in 35. hello. apparently this is a place to learn windsurfing holding on windsurfing too much super great my right. you're absolutely right. right. and have you ever when sir, before? no, today is an ideal day because there isn't too much weight on line today. we have poignant a size, which means 7th, the wind coming in from the slip, and it's not very strong really in the days which is the grading or less than the course for beginners. and so i'm for beginners. exactly. and then it'll get stronger towards the afternoon and then we'll have a good thermal wind and that's a bit better for the professionals. last is

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africa's pro palestinian stance. we have contacted marin jensen, he is the executive member of the palestine solidarity campaign in cape town south africa. thanks lot for your time sir today. it's a pleasure, thanks for having. me we also have with us today azhar sakul, the executive member of the palestine solidarity alliance youth league. thanks lot for your time. thank you very much for having me. the south african government has made its position clear in expressing support for palestinians armed the ongoing genocidal war waged by the israeli regime in gaza. so let's start off with mr. azhar there. now what's the main factor behind. south africa's consistent support for palestinians. for many south africans, looking at the history of south africa where we as south africans have exp. experience the apart and had freedom from apart it and we live in a democracy at the moment, many south africans can draw parallels between occupied palestine and south africa during apart, and for that reason there's been an outpore of support from south africans for the palestinian cause and the freedom of palestinians. very similarly, our

want to walk by spreading the cape town in south africa . was 5 flights of struggling to bring them under control the the hello great to see the so the intense rain in southern india has petered out. all of the weather alerts have been dropped here. and now we're just dealing with fog in small to where the northwest and the northeast and further northwest indian state of punjab. second, highest level alerts issued for fog. so you know it's going to be bad on saturday. reduced visibility to be sure. 3 areas that we're watching here, this patch of what weather over the northern philippines lose on island, southern vietnam. and the 3rd this what, whether pulling in to the late peninsula, all of this is being boosted by the monsoons. so that means those rain fall, the mountains will be even higher temperatures, slowly starting to come up across, trying to look at it. shanghai 4 degrees, young joe. we got you in for 5 on saturday and still dealing with snow storm conditions for that west coast of japan. some spots here could be buried in the 50 c

and in south africa, the small town of ladysmith is still reeling from the flash floods that hit on christmasthe water destroyed 1400 homes and killed 21 people. the death toll is expected to rise as the search continues throughout the weekend. and a passing of note, british actor tom wilkinson died in his u.k. home today. he is best known for films like "the full monty," "michael clayton," and "the best exotic marigold hotel." wilkinson's career spanned film, tv and theatre, earning him two oscar nominations and six bafta nominations. tom wilkinson was 75 years old. still to come on pbs news weekend, a look a back at the epic year in music, and the story of a former police officer rescuing abused and unwanted hoes. ♪ >> this is pbs news weekend, from weta studios in washington, home of the pbs newshour, weeknights on pbs. ♪ lisa: in iowa, a federal judge has temporarily blocked key parts of a law, due to go into effect monday, that would ban books from school libraries if they depicted a quote, "sex act." the law, signed by republican governor kim reynolds, also bars teachers from discussing

and well find spread near cape town in south africa with firefighters struggling to bring them under control more not to stay with us the as the war. and you pray, rages on some young russians are refusing to take up on 101 east meets those fleeting to neighboring cousins on a just here's from my elders here on the go. and the tonight out is there is only mobile app. is that the, this is where we dissect allies from out is there is a mobile app available in your favorites apps to just set for it and typed on a new app from out to 0 new at you think is it um, it's the world slow down we stand for as homes with kids of global nichols reserves . indonesia is foyce to leave the global, the battery industry. we are definitely manage our abundant resources and play a role in solar energy. harnessing offerings, 75 percent of global carbon credits essential, committed to environmental protection, enhancing investment climate, digital licensing, your better tomorrow the the welcome back to watching out. just a quick reminder, lots of stories here to sell the un security council as a dump, the

nelson mandela and palestine, we are honored today to have, the grandson nelson mandela in cape town south africa, thank you for joining us today sir." you are most welcome and thank you for the invitation. we're also delighted to be joined by alvin b, south africa's deputy minister of international relations and cooperation. thank you sir for having. thank you very much for the invitation, mr. mubarak. now let's start off with the mandla mandela. mandela famously stated that we not too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of palestinians. now uh, can you tell us "the main factor behind this found statement that continues to impact millions across the world, particularly at this time when the israeli apart regime is perpetrating genocidal war against palestinians in gaza, when we consider why prefays his statement with the words, we know too well, it is because our commitment the palestinian struggle is not incidental or..." eleration, but rather proceeds from a principal position, that position is too fold, this internationalism is a core principle of our struggle as the ancs,

south africa escape town firefighters a strongly to bring them under control the news, [000:00:00;00] the the, [000:00:00;00] the as not. take a look at some of the days having use in south africa. hundreds of fi fi to is are battling multiple blazes. mia? cape town. high winds, driving the fires and authorities, i've ordered evacuation of homes in the past. the 5, somebody to me that has the details. the wisdom tapes, 7 peninsula is blanketed in smoke as 3 major fires. but the largest started on tuesday within $300.00 firefighters and civil a croft, including drones, was the valence of being deployed. and thursday night strong winds caused a blaze to spread from simon's down into neighboring scarborough. under another cya broke out along the main highway. the joint team managed to slide between ourselves certificate the risk with the systems from, from the provincial disaster management. and so it is a coordinated if it's at any given time. and we've had, we've had up to 250 uh, firefighters on the file with multiple tankers. and at times it is so used up to $680.00 couplers with spo

a short break here, and i'll just say about when we come back, while fi is right near cape town in south africa with firefighters struggling to bring them out of control might not stay with the frank assessments to the problem is that is there is allowed to be outside that and so to international that's a be the is the fact that is it and has declared war on okay. parts people who informed opinions the medical infrastructure of an entire society has been completely destroy the people who will feel that destruction 1st and most be the women and children inside story on al jazeera. what constitutes extent, so we can talk your see i want you to start with just the fact runs through what happened as independent. we won't be, we want the education i want to we don't have to leave them in different countries in the policy. um, it's meant to get 50 percent representation and accountability and benefit no $1000.00 service this placement and you're saying you don't have any reports for that. i should just trust the community off to the side, the cool that used to produce outstanding gentleness and elder

some of the days of the news in south africa. hundreds of 5 fighters on baffling multiple places. near cape town. high winds are driving the fires and all foreigners. they have voted the evacuation of homes in the palm of the plains. under 0, it's gonna be the middle of as the wisdom tapes, 7 peninsula is blanketed in smoke as 3 major fires. but the largest started on tuesday within $300.00 firefighters and civil a croft, including drones, was the valence of being deployed thursday night. strong winds caused the blaze displayed from simon's down into neighboring scarborough, and another fire broke out along the main highway. the joint team managed to find out between ourselves certificate the risk you with the systems comparably provincial disaster management. and so it is a coordinates, if it's at any given time. and we believe that we've had up to $250.00 uh, firefighters on the file with multiple tankers. and at times it is so used up to 680 cups with spots of things to actually bomb some of the fine lines. especially yesterday we, we had such strips that 2 weeks evacuation orders we issued f

she's in cape town, south africa, and stuff via from the n d and collective and envisioned as lead activist organization is joining us from los angeles. thank you both so much for being part of the show. certainly i'd like to start with you the amount of solidarity with the palestinian cause across borders and across the political spectrum is quite unprecedented. can you tell us about your case, your country? how has israel's war affected you and the work that you do with the p. c in south africa? and so i want to say for most of the african perspective, it's been so encouraging to see people massively mobilize and come out in their swarms to the streets. so um, since they are since the beginning of the genocide on october 7th, we've seen a massive groundswell of support so much in fact that we don't have the capacity to help organize this as a p s. c. and almost every single week, there's another demonstration, another protest, another ticket in solidarity with palestine. and so i think that this is some of the biggest mass mobilization that we've seen since our own and to update movements

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and this was the scene in cape town, south africa with supporters of several political parties including the governing amc, rallied in support of palestine that also demanding an end to the fighting and thousands march through bus loan and to express their support without us to indians, spain is among several european countries calling for a last in humanitarian, c spy, and the conflict the that certain some of them use now and ukrainian also are these have released footage of what they say is a rushing drone attack on a hospital in the headstone region. the adults who was injured and the hospital unit damaged moscow has denied to targeting ukrainian civilian infrastructure. ukraine's air force says it's shut down so see out of 31 you russian drones across 11 regions on saturday. meanwhile, ukraine is accused of hitting an oil reservoir in russian control done yet. it's the 3rd oil storage facility, fit in the region this week, most of the risk is being under some form of russian control since 2014. but you crate in troops continue to hold positions in surrounding areas. so do you ins? m

and this was the scene in cape town, south africa, where supporters of several political parties including the governing amc, rallied in support of palestine that also demanding an end to the fighting and thousands march through bus loan and to express their support without us to indians, spain is among several european countries calling for a last in humanitarian c 5.

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and this was the scene in cape town, south africa with supporters of several political parties, including the governing amc, raleigh for palestine. the also demanded and enter the fine gonzalez'. i'm thousands, march through barcelona, to express their support for palestinians, spain, as among several european countries calling for lost and commanded harry and ceased fine to end the conflict. keep on taking the street in order to push our governments to push politicians to end complicity with this really a pos item was a must because is really is committing against the policy and people. and specifically, in the spanish state, we're seeing that the spanish government is being one of the voices as being more christian personnel about israel, mother and masika against the policy and people. let's turn to some other world news now and a funeral prior to being held in kuwait for a need, a shake now off, along with also by who died of the age of 86 on saturday. the burial ceremony was restricted to close family check. now of government for the past 3 years, a 3 year old conference, jake michel

well, this was the scene in cape town, south africa. we're supporters of civil political parties including the governing amc, really in support of palestine. federal so demanding an into the 5000. so some us to pass along to to express the support for the palestinian resistance spine is among citron, european countries cooling for a loss and committed charity in 65 to in the conflict. keep on taking the street in order to push all governments to push politicians to end complicity with this really a pos item with a must because is really is committing against the policy and people. and specifically in the spanish state, we're seeing that the spanish government is being one of the voices as being more christian personnel about israel, mother and masika against the policy and people. us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, is arriving in the gulf region on sunday to discuss the formation of a maritime force in order to prevent further attacks by who it defies as early as washington said, one of its 4 ships in the red sea showdown, 14 drones

this was the scene in cape town, south africa with supporters of civil political parties and including the governing amc related and support of palestine that also demanding an inch to the fighting. thousands also, mice through bus alone to to express their support for the palestinian resistance spine. as among several european countries cooling for a long sting humanitarians, the spot in the conflict. keep on taking the street in order to push a government's to push politicians to end complicity with this really a pos item with a must because is really is committing against the policy and people. and specifically in the spanish state, we're seeing that the spanish government is being one of the voices. so it's being more creative about israel, mother and masika against the policy. and people in the united states is one of its 4 ships. and the red sea has shut down 14 drones launched from gym. and earlier that you kind of also reported its navy heading just have to speak to the tech drawn in the same area that humans 55 this site. they launched an attack on the ribs. the results of the

and geo politics from cape town, south africa with joins by law. the brotherhood who was a full month's south african ambassador and member of parliament and nelson mandela's administration ad here in dough. ha, is somebody home as associate professor at northwestern university in castle? he specializes in social movements, the state and security, and the r. well, the won't welcome to you will send me, let's start with you. um, how significant is this you in general assembly vote, and it's highly unlikely to lead to a binding resolution in the security council anytime soon. is it, i mean, is it the best that you and can do a more relevant says this vote to someone suffering under the constant bombardment in gaza. the, i mean the, the on 100. it's great that you've seen a shift of 20 countries in the last months, but of course that's not uh, you know, a quick enough and of course it's wonderful to see that the us has now isolated. i think that's the 1st step is that it's isolated and we hope that the next resolution that comes out, you will see a ch

africans no longer vote serial rama post the amc leader and president of south africa is on the campaign trail in the town of a car lane where he keeps repeating that his party successes outweigh any shortcomings on every issue. from the mass construction of social housing, to free education and health care. but on this day, the president isn't willing to answer any questions. instead, he sends the local and c leader to meet the press and i think we've done a, you know, quite a lot. so the dictation variance is done very well in the head system and a validated for us it's up to, you know, is, is, does well develop, including in the tone shipping to point us to places like it is to supply overlays . but it is the old laptops, but as the amc celebrates its successes, rise themselves denounces the ramp and corruption and crime in the country and for the crowd at the rally. it has everything to do with the ruling party. and so when people go in, i think the agency is a company or so, and i find the point of doctors, which is this exchange of promise. nonetheless, and just as it has done for the last 30 years,

and president of south africa is on the campaign trail in the town of a car, only where he keeps repeating that his party successes outweigh any shortcomings on every issue from the math construction of social housing, to free education and health care. but on this day, the president isn't willing to answer any questions. instead, he sends the local and c leader to meet the press and i think we've done a, you know, quite a lot. so the issue is, is then better with the head system, the general validate. and for us it's up to, you know, is, is this was develop, including in the tone. she's going to put a say, a place is like, i see it is a supply overlay, but this is the issue of the road that talk but as the amc celebrates its successes, rise themselves denounces the ramp and corruption and crime in the country. and for the crowd at the rally, it has everything to do with the ruling party. i'm telling every accident or all the action of setting up your safe. you're next on d w. one small step for a robot vacuum. one giant leap for exploiting the ocean floor. but this time a research team wi