Hello im Christine Wonderwall comes to days of the news africa its good to have you along. The hope for a better life has ended in the Mediterranean Sea for thousands of african migrants trying to get to europe many of those who embark on the journey drowned because the vessels that carry them on not fit for the purpose before they even reach the waterways libya where people hope to set out from but for various reasons many dont make it out of the war torn country and remain stranded there now nigerians make up a sizeable number of those people and since 2017 a United NationsRepatriation Program has seen 14000 nigerians return home now off a story isnt it all stage where a support program aims to stop people from leaving again. Any situation this desperate 27 year old tyke is a trained butcher but he confines its up in 2017 us nigeria and wont up in the camp in libya he says that he quotes paranoid after 9 months he chose to be repatriated. When i was in libya are the most its myself im also glad it wasnt easy. Fast food you know if i stay in the desert for 4 days without eating i toasted my poetry. For a while more to thoughts you would need to use more good stuff for me being better off in ones home country its also what gloria thinks now her dream to become a rino in Fashion Design and europe vanished in the Libyan Desert she took to the road with 4 friends 3 died during the journey shes the only one who made it back. Just hard to believe that if i juggle life you go to heaven or you get to make him back is only human true god who come with you to us and he has no other than is normal she got a job through a Training Program hosted by a servant edo state an opportunity that evokes jealousy many young people think that return nice get preferential treatment is a priority for us to give returnees our young people could be could be potentially migrate to jobs and opportunities theyre interested in things that we would like to do a lot of things they would like to do we dont want them to sing gates we want them to be able to see potential for growth since 2017 nearly 14000 young nigerians returned from libya on the United Nations a volunteer Repatriation Program but only a small number benefit from reintegration schemes like those in edo state my 1st guest today is heading up if its to give returning Vocational Training weve just seen dairy in the reports and she joins me now from it was state welcome to day to every africa so if those states have it all status is the 1st and only if im not mistaken states in that period to be facilitating these programs why is it your local governments priority to reintegrate return knees. Early yes so the government of the state the girl are really the key that you mentioned again Human Trafficking and illegal immigration should be combated because we have some of the largest numbers of people by dissipating because of his passion for Youth Development and so that it was important theres a little bit for us to ensure that people are not migrating illegally now its important that we also. Help nice to get reintegrate rarely get back home so that you know gary traffic so we follow that when people go back home some people because of the stigma because they can get in a hole but you need to try to with the really all over again and thats how the State Government set of that and it was to combat this right so the idea is to stop people from trying to leave again how is that working are you successful youre doing that. Yes so in terms of the programs the Training Programs because ive been implemented by this and this is good for my agency weve got we have a couple 100000 inefficiencies and many of the marita knees what we found that the programs i watch my effective for the return these when they get to be in being groups with young people in the state so we could call it quits and show my grans because they would have been at risk of a faster pace and if they were looking for a engaged so we had a lot of success is because a lot of them start their businesses after they do question i ask you strain in so im going to get funding to study businesses in yes we have those well and printer ship programs because theyre still learning skills but this is assessed really has been high where we could return these with other young people and you know get them into jobs help them sort of come back when you know yeah ok but one more see if we know that thousands of nigerians are still in libya as we speak you have interacted engage executed databases with those who have returned just give us a sense of what kind of conditions those who are still in there might be nothing and. Then the really terrible conditions sort of them did report on their car back home with a lot of trauma because theyve been through torture so. Many of the. We have so many terrible injuries because of the concentration camps but its important to us wow we reintegrate do we need to ensure that moyo people are getting courts caught up in the problem or just such situations of the much of the legal migration and. Really question about expanding our work in job creation and Skills Development states. So there is a caretaker stage thank you thank you. Next story is on twitter where kenyans and nigerians are having a serious go at each other over Lupita Nyongo is latest role the kenyan actress will play the lead character in a 10 episode screen adaption of the novel Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is 2013 best seller follows a love story of 2 nigerian teenagers separated in their journeys to pursue an education in the west the girl goes to america and the boy goes to the u. K. And they both have to deal with being black abroad or find out why some nigerians think lupita wont live up to the character but 1st lets listen to Chimamanda Ngozi adichie talking to d. W. About how the book america changed her life. I think it freed me. I think because america is a book that i its a book i wanted to write and i didnt want to follow convention and in some ways i hadnt actually seen anything like it which is to say the story of immigrants from africa but who are not escaping war or poverty but simply want or who have dreams you know in the way that i think human beings have had for centuries that we sometimes wake up and we think we want to see whats there right because whats here is in the north and i wanted to tell that story because its a story i know thats the kind of immigration that im familiar with and its not to say that the other kinds of african stories are not important but simply to say that we can have a wider range of african stories that are told and so i wrote american. Not even sure that anybody would want to read it really because it can be. Kind of recognizable. For months for an immigrant story so facts of the controversy on twitter my colleagues get money in nairobi and in. Going to unpack that for us its good to see you ladies fresh ill start with you why dont i jerry and having a hard time accepting an oscar winning actress to play the lead character if you may know him via mary kom the series. Well this is clearly because if women knew even the series. First of all the book was written by a manger and so were trying to you know that crowd really and they believe that there are so many talented actresses in hollywood that could have been picked to play this role but this is really about many people having this ideology that africa is seen as a country and so. As long as its an African Group it has to be. People are trying to fight against ok so you know coming to you youve read the book you know if what do you think anyone playing this role needs to bring out and why do you think is right for the job. Well i guess because of the obvious reason she is the best person for the job shes an oscar winning actress after all and has a story like that of family and many other africans reads like it does in the book an african who is removed from her continent and has to battle with her identity when she finds herself in an alien place is this what you pretend to be thinking about if you ask laurie she might tell you that its that you go x. And she needs to be really worried about ok so talking about that evil accent even thats right many nigerians are worried about whether shell be able to pull it off so i guess you dont have to stand in for your girl right now and convince nigerians like flourish that lupita will nail the evil acts and give us your best shot at it. Just for the record i am not nigerian im not an actress i dont know how to do accents but florrie sri big you lets a girl do the pot should go to neighborhoods and shes african i personally dont think its a big deal but then again im not nigerian and it might be a different case if it was a kind of rule being cast. Ok if so i would judging that i would give you a straight up you are not getting a role in any dollywood film but im going to leave that to florida to do. Be the judge of that how did the the do with that hopeless in my opinion evil accent. Im not going to im going to try most to be too harsh because is not an artist that but if i were to cast it is for the roses definitely not get to me and i hope those are better than that computer as a great actress and i resell the test right well you know this could have all been sold to people cost as in bob. All right so thats flourished right in lagos and it can buy me in nairobi were looking forward to that america series will be interested to see how the pieces of troll girls thank you. And thats it for now from the news africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and Facebook Page which says what you think about the stories that we have again the stories that we should be covering im interested to know what should be the last. Evil acts and so today it will leave you with well glamorous pictures of the Award Winning kenyan actress snoopy 10 year old till next time i havent. I subscribe to do you know where your books are something more in the world than a book we may be captured from our. Books are known to. People hold on for d. W. I. On facebook and twitter to date and in touch and follow us. Not all think out of the gym well i guess sometimes i am but i stand up and with that the german thinks deep into the german culture of looking at the stereotypes the question but in years think the future of the country that i now not. Even seen the picture this grandma down to me its all about ok bob i might show join me for meet the gentleman from d. W. Post. I there and welcome to news from the world of arts and culture winners of this years premium impaired known as the nobel prize for the arts were announced on tuesday and theres a german in the mix so well hear more about bats and also featuring these stories. Good night stories for rebel girls 100 tales of extraordinary women is a bestseller in over 40 countries and one of its authors francesca joined me in the studio. And connecting afro futures an exhibition of museums for Decorative Arts is dedicated to the complex and versa tile world of african hair and Fashion Design. Well since 989. 00 the premium in pay on a has on an exceptional talents and Lifetime Achievement in the categories of painting sculpture architecture music and theater and film and initiative all of the japanese royal family the prize comes with a cash purse of 126000 euros and this year german violinist on his a few moto is among the 5 winners. Not the highlight of korea is announced winner of the prestigious premium in paris. In recognition