Creativity is as good as gold, and thats exactly what we bring you on todays show. We travel to what is known today as gonna where much of the ashanti goes. Collections comes from to see how a modern artist is creating art in her own unique way to find out how congolese born you, of vel. My longer has brought his International Casino training and made it local in his adopted city of keegan. Busy and later in berlin, we visited calvin jones, whose music exploded onto the scene, taking even him by surprise. I am pamela. I am tenga, and youre watching a 3 megs a. To day im at the javin, you fi, all santa to bring you a bit of gold history. Within these walls is the collection that showcases 350. 00 items from the 19th to early 20th century. These items mostly from west africa, give us insight until the art of the goldsmiths of the region. It is a rare glimpse into the wealth of african art history and culture before colonial room. But before we delve deeper into this incredible collection, join us as we visit a new breed of hair stylist, reclaiming the much contested conversation about african hair. I really consider myself to be no ordinary stylist. I, the physical need disappears. I really just disappear and creation takes over and i pulled and when i then step back to look at discrete, sometimes im also amazed. African hair has always been a subject matter that everyone has an opinion about, sparking debates on topics around identity and conforming to white beauty. Ideals does the way in which African Women were there. He really send out a specific message as black people would like expressing ourselves in different ways. We like rearing our hand different ways, the type of beauty that was marketed to us as black women was more of a western standard. So it was, i can know goal zone for me to even try to cut my hair and see what my natural hair looked like. But the day advanced. Oh my goodness. I was like, im never, ever going back again. I like changing my love quite often and having my natural for being top hay is here, but more difficult to maintain. For myself, its very easy to be creative with your wig. You could die it, whatever color you want. Whereas theres a lot to consider when you have to put such chemicals on your own natural. Hear me semi duma is a hair stylist, said your friends for hers. This is more than a craft today. Mimi isnt got the hong township johannesburg, collaborating with other creatives, while forging their own part in their respects of industries and building their professional portfolios. For me, me, these huge showcase her talent, Opening Doors for her craft and uncovering her out of this world imagination in the here space. I label myself as a natural hair stylist, not disregarding anything else that doesnt fall under the umbrella of natural. And yes, we can play around with braids and we eggs and weeds, but understanding that you are not though wig, when that wig comes, all you still need to be confident with the he that comes out of your skull. The can think of a tissue is an essence, a collaboration between creative. This is a collaboration between our designers and Makeup Artist myself as a hair stylist and our photographer. We, i had just celebrating cassie lifestyle when our photographer was like we gonna have 2 very strong male models and well have 2 females out of that. Weve never really seen male figures with like, you know, elaborate, structured head pieces. And i was like, i feel like this is my opportunity to take that chance and bless a king, you know, with his crowd my fear to director from high school actually advised that i look into studying hatred thing. Its him who was like smiley face to call ms. Maley. Im not saying that youre not good in performing art. But this is something that just lights up every time we have a thea to play. Because you still interested in styling all these characters. I dont come from a family thats wealthy when you get to me a trick, get you metric and thats it. And find yourself a job so you can help them resolve the siblings or kids that are growing up funding. So when i went back and i was like, i really do, he, my mom was like, why are you leaving performing oz. A thing that has taken you to places and spaces. I remember i just come back from germany on the whole as us. Why, why would you leave that to want to be busy with have, for the longest of time the, just like he hopes to hold the shes busy with her home. Now we can see that its my life. Apart from styling models for tv and photo. Shes made me runs her own hair studio from home, and shes full of tips and wisdom, unmaking. So ones natural hair stays flourishing. And so were prepping the have we never, ever handler drive . Because we break it some water and just do some finger de tangling. Before we can get started i feel like a plays a very significant role, especially with a spirituality. And i dont want to just record it and say african spirituality, spirituality as a whole, within our african, the rates of when theres a funeral. Here plays a significant role way the family may shed off. They have in morning there are women that are not allowed to show if they have to the community and only specific people are made to see their hair. You cover up. So i believe every time i touch someones hair, im touching more than the strength that i see. I am definitely inspired by our african ancient hairstyles because it kinda gives me a chance to re mix it the way i see. And how it plays out in my head, and then no wrong or right when that happens, then only a few for weeks. And thats what actually makes a here to show you create a shaking of what design art and beauty is all about. A new list and gonna is bringing her bright view all the world in the streets of cra. Lets check this out. Ive been able to find in the culture that i have implemented in my work, the northern passions that influence my work so much. And then the one to most of my work also ive been able to then the love, the supports and the unity of the northern people. And i represent this whole merging my work to realize that my work is always really brightly colored and very happy. Ah, i decided to and trying to art because its something that has always been in me. My mom was refreshing and his mom had by the was m u l is on my dads side to come from a long line of xylophone producers, which is also acting class in every so subconsciously i grew up in the presence of these things and when it goes to the point, way. I have 2 in 5, i need to push, i just knew that was something that i was supposed to do. My switch from having a career in cultural science. So i wasnt so smooth in the beginning, but also my career to close my family and everybody has been very, very supportive. My mom in the initial stages couldnt swap a head around exactly what i wanted to do, the assessments. He was something that has so much, but it got to a point. She realized that she had to support because there was no way i was backing down from human artist. I made up my mind, and i mean its ah, coming out the need for herself asked to go me willis in a cry when a bang uncles work is seen in many commercial buildings throughout the city. This self thought artist who made it and record her has the maiden name for herself in the hush mill dominated, ive seen since she started working as the new list in 2015 when they come 2nd quarter science. And they are kind of similar and not similar of the same time because on the field we practice things like cope for teaching, land rotation. And thats as a skill. Like when it comes to corporate teaching, you have to know how to arrange your cups on the field for like a maximum youd, when it comes to i implement the same tactic. I have to prepare for the week. I have to make sure i know how i went through teach, my colors will teach they patterns in the work. So in a way for me its similar ah, my work now. Patches mean the own philosophies like times. Hes merely t freedom. How to be yourself and be true to yourself and either move out most of these. I try very much to incorporate things i have learned from my culture, into my wake, to educate people on how to find them. Ah, as a mere list, who has the ability to transform any factional space into a feast while the senses when a bang also paints on canvases . Ah, i do so my congress pieces, but for now i see commission for only poor chiefs. I have put a hold on selling any of my actual pieces because im working on an art series right now, which i would hopefully exhibit before the end of the year. This as c means im working on. Im with take everybody on the trip into my mind to show you how i view things that are meant to be normal in the society. When a band continues to push the limits as her Creative Work brings excitement to one of our class biggest outdoor spaces. Ah, what we begun to bill is that youve been saying so we had a couple of explanations in mind. I said what you want to do for the alba space and in the, in the space. So we reach out to me about an own, contains of how we can transform the, our touch base, make it more artistic, can make it more stylish. And after the wake, everybody was like, wow, this work is beautiful. And we think that as a business contributed to the present that we build here, it has contributed to im beings here. And weve had a couple of people coming in, wanted to book the police for musical coincides for dinner, simply because of the morale that we have on the wall. As someone who has to say its a big the series have been live my to. So for us on arches is has served as a source of inspiration for talented girls who are like me and wants to be like me. They see that theres no limit to what they can do. They see the possibilities and living your truth and being who you want to me without having any negative repercussions. Ah, we know banks are no matter on which canvas is the celebration of african patterns and colors. Shes shaking up the obscene and gamma and breaking rules as she goes her awe. Today were visiting the gold of africa exhibition and with me is lisa tor mccollugh, wholl be taking us through part of our history. Thank you for making time to show us this really fascinating part of our history being so long ago. How did the process of gold costing and creation happen . Well, we always see humanity begin in africa, right. And everybody migrated to the rest of the world. So, so they sit in practice that, that comes from and was just from this continent, suspicion that on smell to you know, from, from iron age way iron was small to, to make 2 d folks that were in this continent. Head out. The scientific content culbertson unit, and ways of really transforming metals. 2 items that are of greatest beauty. Ah, how do we tell the history of gold so deep and control the sea for future generation . They are moments of reference you the sadness about the gold in the ownership of it. So it was owned by a european family and how you just collected august. They still needs to be research into it because we received the story. Coloration is from the perspective of the buyer who bought this gold and the gold was kept use or africa inside of it as a very important player in the co colonial excursions. Basically we are, we where and i think in a way of still a soft lending sport for atrocities that had been the question. This gold was housed in south africa, but it comes from elsewhere. So it was part of the colonial kind of stealing a 4 legged bit away because there is no record of 2 people like we for the transaction. And all these types of gold pieces still produce in the world today. Yes. And no, and i think that there been put years to possibly as a form of re connection, but you still find it artistic spaces that does some artists what me to go back and reference this, but also get translated into the friend kind of a medium to no longer maybe making a gold artifact, but those are symbol of symbolic. A statics are embedded in, in our, the patterns of, of our dress black for example, beautiful dress. If you look at it and you reference some of the patterns with objects, you begin to see the certain level of reference. So theres been kind of translation translating this crops person ship in 2 different materials and formats. Thank you, mr. Mcculla for showing as to this wonderful part of our history. Do a val my long as restaurant in kigali is a must visit where he is known for the fusion of fine dining and african. Cuz the he shows us why and how he created his signature dish homeland under the law. Under the law test. Test this with congolese, born to a film a longer is a familiar face on the co gully quizzing scene. After working in 3 different michelle in restaurants in germany, he returned to africa to create dining experiences. Marrying his distinctly african ruth with his european kitchen experience and training the result, a delightful fusion. Delectable new flavors and paste and stations to day he has invited us to spend the day with him. I was born in cornwall. I grew up in germany and i was so i live in france in france and kelly and i keep getting for music choice on people to see why people should be doing the whole man. If you get it is for miss roll that to i came back, like on the continent now. So we start the 1st version to run. Shifting africa is a platform to create the mission is like to connect ships in africa. And so in the just for out why do we do is like we share a connection with share information in different shifts and Different Countries. And so sometime we, we meet to talk about african ford. And we are in know, 45 countries in africa and ive seen america and i took 2 years, 2015 and 16 to travel iran. Rough forgot to learn more about African Cruise in the talking about 54. 00 countries. Mom. She was like diana sanmar, that why does to years to 12 in Different Countries in africa and also learn about african prison. I study study in germany and its like i spent more time in africa and even to jewels whatever, learning germany like picnic and do the english and set to use in africa. That why even our present quoted for fusion cuisine like is a bridge of different convenient africa, do feel called his signature dish homeland, a colony recreation that reflects his personal journey across africa and europe. What goes into it often changes depending on his location. Today, he makes it using various african mango varieties fish of a cato cream and an unusual but beautiful assortment of topping and seasoning homeland is like to fruits can have been, like most of people have like mingled 3 or 4 cattle liking for our menu today. We try to mix above mangling that for cattle and so we have. Ready fish and we have some cream of advocate and some able flowers to korea. So now we have, we have plenty to mingle domingo and with a little of the cream of a cato fetal lim on into honey. And so with a litter of mingo that domingo. Not you and so we have a some cucumber bernita special fruits. So and we ate the little for competence flower and now we have our fish. So the fish will marinated to be for like 3 hours before we should galle ginger onions and out. So on the top we have all some of for commerce is a sheer spices. So is peanut. Weve sell dry onions. And to finish in some of edible flowers to give the beauty so this dish recorded homeland is sound to get moving t some these as we visit calvin james invalid and find out more about his journey to success with his beads get right under your skin. Zimbabwe musician kelvin jones has achieved worldwide stardom. Now people recognize him on the street just like here in berlin. But that wasnt always the case. As a child, he felt like he didnt belong though that the times where i felt really like alone or skirt was actually it was moments at school. I was the only black kid in school like in the whole school. There was no other black kid and my english wasnt so good as it was a crazy difficult time. The 1st i think, 3 years or something. I that his real name is taneesha upon he. He was born in zimbabwe, in 1995, his family moved to a london suburb when he was 9. His new life was anything but easy, and he changed school several times. But this was also the time when he discovered music, as a way of expressing his emotions and fears youll be, ah, when i play music, i sort of understand the colors within the sound. I dont know how to explain that, but i understand thats way better than i do words. And i feel like i can express myself. This chord means more to me than any word that i could find. Cut those eyes around. So my, so was his 2014 the song call you home, coven jones, achieve something amateur musicians worldwide can only dream of a friend posted the song online and it went viral. Yeah. Reaching the ears of millions of people, i think will for ever be the craziest night of my life. It completely changed my life. And i couldnt. I couldnt take it in. You know, it was too big of moment to really understand my phone was non stop, just going crazy for about the whole week. He moved to berlin in 2016 since then. Hes released 2 albums with highly personal tracks. Like try a little less. You know that ah, nowadays the musician feels pretty settled in the german capital i. But when it comes to national identity, zimbabwe is the only country for kelvin jones. Thats where his roots are. His single carry you as an homage to his homeland. The video features his friends and family carriers the 1st time that i got zimbabwe into a song like i tried so many times and it was never organic, it never made sense. It was fake. And i had my guitar want and i was like not on suddenly dawn when your love is running low and the was something about this darling that felt really like i could hear these harmonies already. I was like, all this is got something very zimbabwe about it. So i chased it. Thanks to his music, kelvin jones is now able to feel at home wherever he is, to the delight of his fans around the world. Thats all we had time for to day gashes on d w dot com forward slash api max little nice time. Thanks for watching. Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, people who ah sheet music cant be destroyed. You can try, but its impossible. Ah, she performed for her life in else with fever, conductor. D and musicians living under the swastika, a film about the sound of power in 30 minutes on d. W. O. Again, they get all the harvesters are immigrants. Dolock is that everything you enjoy eating at home with your family, was harvested by people who are being exploited. Its done, i. D, s for free, and were going to need to, uh hm. Can we keep doing what were doing . And thats why your green revolution is absolutely necessary. Europe, revealed the future is being determined. 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