And critical people what defines afrikaans i think. We need to champion in one sound. And we explore the angolan capital wanda we see the bankers who clearly. But fast let me ask you a question who gets to decide how africa and its history is put treat up until this point in time most history books on africa have been reluctant from a Western Point of view for children especially there are very few books which sell the story of all continent from our own perspective but d tangs finally changing south african his story i know my longer tees it has taken matters into her own hands and published how on african history book for keep. Well. Lets read. But today shes. So happy because. Im a little girl wow. With a book with. Some of the frickin history in the hopes to prepare. It for the future by teaching her the history of my people. Based on my own experience as an african that. The one thing that africans value that has and cut them through centuries of pain is knowing where they are and where they come from. The University Professor discovered that african history books written for kids almost exclusively focused on egypt she wanted to paint a broader picture about the continent past she wants to cover everything from ancient history to more contemporary independence movements and when africans are clear about the history and about where they come from and the origins and the different mythologies we do way better as kids in school we do way better as students at university and we do. Far better in the world in terms of being innovators when we know our history. No longer also realized that there were no history books that children in africa could really identify around or just she was determined to prove the. Industry to her friend. To develop a comic book for children in african history just trying to represent visually. Elements of african history so that kids can. Kind of get a feel for it through the visual side but not in a way that. Helps African People know my longest approach is simple she shows kids and young adults a different perspective on african history the subject of slavery for example is looked at from a much broader perspective and doesnt just focus on africa shows that humans have been cruel to one another everywhere throughout history. This is an Important Message in a country like south africa where traces of its colonial past be found everywhere. Now melinda stresses that this alternative perspective was sorely missing up until now given the schools but now the girls like those in the fun and the losers can grease cool props and products i once in a moment african. Because it is my crowd that no one in this book embraces african history and culture plus it comes to issues ranging from the rise of mission civilizations country to slavery colonialism struggles for independence unfitness africans. And its really mean spin and it teaches people about cultures yes i feel joy because we dont have books like this. Does have books and no millennium thats confident the effort to pay off the popularity of father is to rise and perhaps one day how walk when you have become compulsory in schools across africa. If that report got you curious to know all about some of the most famous personalities across africas history you can also check out the ws online multimedia project if we can. That leads me to next big question what are the roots of identity. Our reporter edith khemlani went to our home city nairobi to find out and she is joined by a special guest b n i. A member of one of africas most popular boy buns. Ive heard it said before afro pop after a future is in even it seems that recently there is i might even go as far as call it an obsession of africans to attach their identity to the works that they do and im wondering why why is african identity so important who better to answer this question for me than some Young Africans and one of them actually named his album very audacious title live and die in africa so were going to start with you be an african story is our story told by us as told by us because with the hold on so if d. W. Is a source lets put ourselves lets put ourselves on the line here d. W. Is providing the platform d. W. Certainly not african but this is the african story told by us we are the ones who are telling you what we are about ok so the african story is the story of africans as told by the people of africa tete a tetes resign 11 musician who has as no no not a total shock he has asked another question who is. Thats my question is with us because. I know a great group but how many how many generations is it take to be defined as africa is what i want to know. Ok does anyone have an answer to that question how many generations does it take for you to be defined as african assuming that your background or what we call your Indigenous Roots are not african any answer any takers i dont think its enough for you to see yourself as an african the African People the community that youre in has to see you as an african you get it has to be a 2 way thing and sundress is a very philosophical so to be is to be perceived to be african is to be perceived and i can just insert myself into africa and feel african oh my god i feel african no it has to be you. Half the people who you found there do they see you as africa doesnt have to take generations i think we had people who have lead in kenya me deeper 10 years right now end they see themselves as afaik ends its actually how you can pry to how you see yourself how you respect the culture how you respect their cage and one makes you feel you off because if it it doesnt have to be skin tala seems that we have very sensitive about the ownership of this identity so when other people lay claim to a it we get a little edgy about it why weve so sensitive about oh identity because of colonialism and in having to deal with imperialism we are extra touchy about the the subject of off he can a dentist we have completely embraced sort of dispositions when he comes to how we choose to govern ourselves up but somebody might hear you say veteran say well you are influenced by the whist youre here in scene of west and ideas were having this conversation in english well we having this conversation me in the english raid so yeah i its it as a thats the think i dont actually believe that didnt 29. 00 teen and mean the centuries to come the day would still be this thing called african identity because of globalization essentially but this idea african is it me is one that ruled be depleted in the years to cop you dont agree that and i got a read on argue that i think its in because of the the influence and the pressure in the context of globalization thats the precise reason why people who dont to their identity her if if theres a force thats thats homogenizing everyone making of run the see you then what makes you unique becomes that much more important but it feels that oh wow tetes who is really not to how long your mind on bomb isnt really if you know you not have money bonnie clears you know what i find it funny the none of us a talked about how the fact that african i dont see is also been tight to our struggle we have not have a conversation about privilege weve not had a composition about this our skin troll lets have it and the fact that our skin tone in all its melanie to forms has been the subject of prejudice has been the subject of slavery for 100 plus years and that that also contributes to what we consider ourselves to be there think its that they will always have a passion attached to our identity no but that bad or pressure and those outside forces the same way that a diamond is formed by outside pressures kind of get over something. That is has played a role in shaping what we have so we are very very sensitive about holding on to it because so much has been taken from us that were like ok what do we have all right we have our skin tone ok we have our sense of rhythm ok we. Got. A pound did you know you know so we have all these things that we happen to celebrate and were happy to adorn but when i look people wear them on them in a way as though theyre celebrating its we call it appropriation of misappropriation there is a line a line these drawn when gucci for example would be says to going to say getting good and then. You know presentation of the and then go oh my god mazing but no africans actually the most people who do it is of the formal fabric and im going to benefit from it that some. Touching is just found so much as feet if you shine it seems ok ok ok ok look. You guys heard recently that when i went out i was trying to hear the q. And its like you know its been. A monkey for your benefit or being the israeli phrase for lion king which means no worries in africa which is very revealing and it shows that where we need to step up legally as africans is we kind of need to be able to get a heavier presence in terms of trademarking in terms of cooperating in terms of seeing what we have in the things that we have potential exports or whatever the only reason i say that is because someone else is going to do it so what did she says about. Africans having a more kind of like legal and copyright presence or strategy is good but i also think that the people who are stealing should stop stealing right so if you have a house which has valuable things in it and someone comes and breaks in and things your stuff is right. Who did the wrong thing was it wrong for you to have things in your house or was it the thief who shouldnt have come to steal the right the reason why africans dont copyright everything is because it doesnt occur to us that these things are. But i just want to ask you guys that question one more time why is african identity so important africa has been the site of upon theft up on it and that sense of loss has been part of our history for centuries really and its in this moment of globalization couple late stage capitalism is when its becoming more intense right and so the reason why were looking to what makes us different is because thats how for us to become human our human has been identified with not africa right that that in the category of human black does not exist african does not exist in order for you to be human you have to be white or white adjacent right and so we are here expanding the category of human to include africa while that was that was that was that that hit me right here and thats a great place to wrap up this conversation and i suppose we can all agree that its very complex and im not entirely sure we fully answer that question but i think one thing we can agree on is that african identity is important because it affirms that we were and like christine the background said it affirms that we still are thank you so much for tuning in that was so exciting im actually a little exhausted just from all the thinking thanks for joining us. 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