for yumi, the village has become something of a second home.t's a beautiful corner of the country. it would be a shame in more ways than one if it didn't survive. host: many people in south africa regularly consult a sangoma a -- a traditiononal he. they make e use of naturural products, , many deriveded from trtrees and planants. their medicine is known as muti. the marketet for muti isis hu. t that's taking a heavy enviroentatal to. reporter: there are markets for traditional medicines all over south africa. this is where healers, or sangomas, stock up on muti, everything they need, from herbrbs, bark, and roots, to animalal parts believeved to e healing propoperties. mahlal'e'etsheni ka khkhumalo a sangoma. he buys his muti hehe. mahlal'etsheni: we use these herbs for different purposose, likeke for casting away spiris and sometimes bringing back good luck. actually speaking, i don't know wherere theses herbs are comig from and i don't have any idida how and where they are harvested. reportrter: in order to meethee huge dememand, medicinalal

yumi is used to such reservations but she remains resolute her latest idea involves fitting the fishing nets with underwater cameras so that the fisher folk will know if it's worth heading out to sea she is and remains an i.t. expert from the big city. i mean i think it's a good idea it's important to change with the times underwater camera needs maintenance but it means we won't make any unnecessary trips out to sea. and i'll be japan and number one fish a woman after you me of course. re me and you me have become friends here in this remote fishing village where women usually stick to very traditional roles. for you me the village has become something of a second home it's a beautiful corner of the country it would be ashame in more ways than one if it didn't survive. many people in south africa regularly consult a sangoma a traditional healer they make use of natural products many derived from trees and plants their medicine is known as the market is huge that's taking a heavy environmental toll. there are markets for traditional medicines all over south africa this is where healers

also with us is anne yumi kobori, who plays peggy maruyama. she has been featured in other productions including "hamlet," "othello," "the tempest," and many more. welcome to the show, thanks for being here. vinh: thank you so much for having us. robert: we rushed everybody to get them on. and yet, you're basically sold out. but that's really a good sign, right, about this kind of reception for this kind of a play. vinh: absolutely. robert: give us a--you know, for people who don't know about it, sort of an overview of this kind of play. i was talking a little bit earlier about, you know, the fact that it's history with a, you know, sort of a romantic fiction, but to me it tells an essential truth. vinh: right. so, "allegiance is inspired by george takei's family story about his experience in the internment camps during world war ii. and my character, sammy, is the younger version of george's character. and the story is told through his flashback. and so, we get to see the whole story and how the war and the internment camp experience tore the

a telephone yumi says he was one of those who got through he had his leg amputated after being shot during a protest in april but he keeps going back his family says he wants to die he's even written notes to be published after his death and i was a lost part of my body why should i live either let me out of gaza to get an artificial limb or i'll keep going to the border al-jazeera film with a toddler just after he was injured following him through surgery he was defiant then but his family soon noticed changes in his behavior his mother says he became demanding and prone to outbursts of temper at home but it's worse she says when he goes out i have a value because the men have a very eyes and i used to be a normal mother now i live in fear as soon as he leaves the house i start getting anxious i keep trying to convince him not to go to the border but he doesn't listen . gaza's health ministry says at least five thousand palestinians have been injured by israeli gunfire since the start of the protests in march sixty eight have had a leg amputated psychologist somee a waiter is helping to r

a telephone yumi says he was one of those who got through he had his leg amputated after being shot during a protest in april but he keeps going back his family says he wants to die he's even written notes to be published after his death and i was a lost part of my body why should i live either let me out of gaza to get an artificial limb or i'll keep going to the border al-jazeera filmed with a toilet just after he was injured following him through surgery he was defiant then but his family soon noticed changes in his behavior his mother says he became demanding and prone to outbursts of temper at home but it's worse she says when he goes out i have a value because the men have a very eyes and i used to be a normal mother now i live in fear as soon as he leaves the house i start getting anxious i keep trying to convince him not to go to the border but he doesn't listen gaza's health ministry says at least five thousand palestinians have been injured by israeli gunfire since the start of the protests in march sixty eight have had a leg amputated psychologist somee a waiter is helping to re