This guy marty is. Nigeria was only. The first leg of our african journey takes us by bus from lagos in nigeria to the car in senegal its a traveling art show the mobile museum is a project thats crossing borders. Its been a while since lagos a seen a vehicle like this this Old School Bus has been converted into immobile museum to roll through west africa. Bouncing like a fast moving camel it heads Cross Country picking up selected artists along the way. The artists residence on wheels is a new experience for the only known african known it before its what we spend a lot of time in the parts on the road and of course is not easy to work on anything inside the bus but we talk and realize the plans we work out at the next stops like here in miami but it makes the stops and you have to have some by street a little miltons thats it from lagos to dakar the aging bus is traveling five thousand kilometers through seven countries over bumpy roads. Across the desert during the stops the local youngsters about art by jumping from cynical specializes in whats made within that trick paint it gives signals when its touch. And i have no idea where we are right now but thats not important you just have to set up an environment where you can be creative ive always dreamt of working with african artists in africa and what its a unique opportunity to get to know my own continent. In ghana the bus passengers mingle with local artists and meet verbena ili come fiancee in a transgender performance he transcends boundaries as a veiled woman documenting the process all the while i deal with the bodies and deal with immigration bill seats where migration aswell. Just bus traveling for one project on a county and also crossing this out to. The species from the front before that im going to go through a pretty strong idea of. The baskets increasingly cantankerous much of the day is spent with repairs including a whole new engine on top of that crossing borders in west africa involves waiting on an epic scale no baksheesh no entry artistry at both turns the experience into an emotional performance. Everyone gets what he wants from you. Because you want to. I dont there will not allow you to go on until you give them something. Whatever you have is what you have to give you cannot give what you dont. So you give you give you gave i did or did you have nothing to give. Yourself. Three a long weeks and many adversities later they reached where the artists take up residence with a german painter here they can turn the impressions they collected on their journey into works of art for the entire culture instable. Were here in. And this is the process of working on our own art really gets underway in this business and also. Is africas foremost art festival every artist whos anybody in africa comes here the main exhibit. You know or deal to courthouse is a place of great significance a place of life and death decisions people were sentenced to death here. Peoples births were declared here i mean this is the memory of this country. When i open the gates i had piles of documents of legal documents there for me they summarize the entire life of senegal sense and dependence. Philosophical and political questions dominate the data. Slenderly our glass sand pile is titled wasted time not only because whole gives a flying tribute to the heroes of the resistance against the german colonial rulers but within a call my own memory about all mysteries so its very important that our voices isnt multiplied and that were all able to give our own stories. Tells one of the stories of how female phoenix owner of the concrete of the twenty eight team ducked out we wanted to tackle the wall africa rising with oregon if the continent does rise it has africa who have to choose in which. Image imagine most employees neon mirrors and surveillance cameras to shift viewers into the focus they digitally monitored and at the same time reveal it to speak mean artist personifies the new pass african artist taking place at the new Technology Wise on the continent is a leap frog a lot of us of the art of the show here a branch or a new generation of africans who are more interested on the future in the past and i guess the alternate approach from the us is freedom to be oneself with enough or to encounter without having to demonstrate the forms of her to duck up venue for all over the city one of the awful occasions is the senate all go to institute the artist bus is given a resoundingly welcome and i fear walking the swell that was africa highly concentrated into three or four weeks they were everywhere weve been over thousands of kilometers with left the mark of our art something was left everywhere. In the company algol as travel photos have been turned into silk screen collages. Gray eyed bo has set up his. Installation in the bronx. And by john is hybrid on performs an interactive canvases. Glimpses into a treasure trove of experiences with them obama new z. M. And all the obstacles he came on the way. What happens when africas creative talents head to europe we check out a major showcase of music and culture the africa festival inverts book. It may be hot in crowded at europes oldest and biggest africa festival but the concerts are sold out. Nearly one hundred thousand visitors have come to experience africa up close and personal and maybe take home a souvenir. Art can be a way to help people to help themselves this crossover fashion is made in senegal. These one Dollar Glasses are made and sold right in the booth its a project run by an ngo the festival informs the public about initiatives like these and about controversial issues such as female circumcision. Africa is very much in the media spotlight right now german president. Makes an appearance in his words cork. India from senegal says the attention is long overdue he served as host and storyteller at the festival for eighteen years now. Coming. From africa you cant talk enough about africa good investment even africans of earned a place in the spotlight but weve earned it. Africa was exploited for so long and nobody here ever cared about it and now at long last i think the time. Com and and the so by. The motto of the festivals thirtieth anniversary is afro deutsch or afro german marianna and her band are here from paris the singer songwriters family comes from several african and European Countries so she finds the time afro german a bit limited. Our budget is at the front there are people who call themselves after a pianist and that place is europe and africa is a level that i see is far more correct then there are after opponents and thats thats a concept that designates people of the African Diaspora who feel at home in the various major cities of the world it means people who are at home in new york and or in lagos and that reflects a certain reality she gets on a day at the tate. Festival itself is a reflection of that reality. Or a comes from ivory coast twenty years ago she fled to marsay to escape the civil war in her country she won a grammy in two thousand and nine and has been in demand internationally ever since. Her performance can be described as african tradition meets urban cool. Her daughter is with her on this tour for her theres no question about combining kids and a career. To get here up the African Women carry this image of the pole flooring and inside them up again its all business strong women its all for that they do many things that one says that they will could raise their children at the same time. But not just African Women all women of european women have their strengths as. Well i want to show the strength that women have. Aside from the shows in music contacts are also important. That. Afro german presenter beric reflects on her experiences. The question of her own roots long preoccupied her. Untimely washes of german parts of me the food and how do i fit them all together in. These a biography is that make up a life of the examination of various topics divisive topics maybe but all the more exciting questions. On a con. Divisive topic of the refugee debate takes a back seat here here in fruits board its the African Spirit that occupy center stage like every year at the festival. From europe back to africa. Is a powerful voice for social justice in mali her latest album is simply breathtaking. Wants to carry on mollys rich Musical Heritage her songs are smooth a blend of folk and modern sounds and theyre taking the music world by storm theyre also political like her new release centro before means i have a something to see i have something to say when they say. They were present african a new generation i was presenting africa moving. I represent after going to china so. That the tearing me deals with my greeting and losing a home and losing loved ones a fate suffered by many africans. Then and then being. Thought to herself left mali as a young woman to escape an arranged marriage the movie molly blues follows her journey back its a touching documentary showing how music can lend a voice to freedom. In her home village to broke a taboo by singing about female genital mutilation. To. Me im trying to do to fight the for the Positive Side to change the montel u. T. Of my generation because every single generation needs a somebody to any song to to take a part of the things we have to to be able to talk about i was touring. Mali is wracked by social tensions corruption and terrorism but that often obscures its deep rooted cultural traditions. People dont know one who knows africa is a room went to africa one sees life then you can see i have seen them have that in people havent been eating their food the smell. The two bridges wells and continents shes convinced that music can have healing powers i think this new africa can try to reach a people through the middle keys or through our our music you know its our job on mali has created its own style of blues back to the awara says blues is what happens if you stop crying in stocks. Instead. The nigerian metropolis is one of the worlds Fastest Growing urban centers. Its a city thats booming and so is it. Where. This guy marty she is just. Only. The nikkei art gallery houses thousands of works its a treasury of contemporary nigerian art madame nikkei as the founder is known is a landmark of the lagos art scene she opened her first gallery fifty years ago. When they get it. Is going to be because this is the biggest. India all in fifty four countries right now i mean. Legos is a city of both tremendous promise and extreme wealth and poverty exist side by side the city of twenty million is growing faster than any other urban center in africa its plagued with corruption and mismanagement but blessed with entrepreneurial spirit and creativity those contrasts are mirrored in its art same. Page you alex he says works featured at the first nigerian pavilion at the venice be an alley she openly addresses social issues such as child marriage. Here her figures are covered with pain relief pills so this this work is called the. Unconscious struggle i need. The narrative for the. Child bride. And how certain cultures think. Its ok so sometimes i wonder why no one is looking no one is near them and they have to check themselves will be be inflected their actions or introspective about what they do i always wonder what they. Think. Since two grown men i mean you to go. The page you are saying has many projects going on it shes working with a foundation to train connect and empower Young Artists she wants to revive the dying art of pottery but she doesnt expect help from politicians they disappointed the people too often. Do is amazing clear bodies in nigeria the shocking thing is that we import every ceramic ware. From tiles to use to just bring everything in from china right it just doesnt make you cannot make sense. In a country where where we talk about creating jobs. I we can make the pleats from i think. Also hopes to bring about change through his art his studio is on the outskirts of town away from the noise and exploding ramps in central asia. So much so here they love the kills off of the city is so inspiring yes find what you can get inspired by to kill its value where you can see your studio in some way that is you know kind of a very camp for you to actually do the production of your walk. The unplanned growth of cities is one of his central themes. I was amazed by. The concentrated in the city at the same time the way. This you know probably you know you know its so amazing so that is what this summer its all about to actually know the way citizen or public plan in nigeria. The kind of kind of development kind of the one that we have that is more like. The Uncontrolled Development and chaos of the city also inspire Sam Abell Han the painter is known for his celebration of colors with broad brush strokes he fragments his motifs to create fascinating picture puzzles. When i started didnt even i tried to on the same time make you feel. Happy looking at somebody once told me that my paintings. Able to see very nice things involving us youre looking at very sad. Optimism and productivity not frustration and stagnation that seems to be the model of many contemporary artists in lagos their work is attracting more and more interest on the domestic art market. Started getting into it when i started. Looking in on reading about how things are not tastes doing well it will be Country Grown up being see too much of this but i want to comment on sundays and you can also if you see very young people if you think the poor man variance coming to appreciate what you want to buy just to appreciate the expression of ideas from appreciating the work start to start by. Theres legos have the potential to become africas hottest are. The growing demand in the nikkei our gallery suggests that it does. Look. Now to the german city of frankfurt to an exhibition by william country edge that cuts to the chase of an encounter with the celebrated South African artist. Time doesnt heal all wounds no one knows that better than wm chen tridge his work grapples with topics like the scars of colonialism and apartheid peoples vain attempt to evade their fate and time. The refusal of time with his installation of the documentary and twenty twelve now its at the heart of his show in frankfurt levy house museum placed right in the midst of classical european sculpture. Im certainly an author of true lives and works in the south africa. And my work is very much shaped by the particular conditions in which it is made the condition of johannesburg as a very young city and how it works about being not in the arts center not in new york and not in berlin and not in london but being six thousand miles away with the question of europes relationship to its colonial legacy is very present every day. And one of the things about showing the work i suppose like this in europe is to bring those questions into this country since the nineteen eighties reimplanted riches work has dealt with the trauma of apartheid. It started with his early animated charcoal drawing early on he realized the system that gave him so many privileges was deeply flawed one decisive influence was his parents human rights lawyer in his early theatre what can trigger tack to the a party system. And told me. Not so god that by letting go none of us does nobody that will land there doubt us who bomb on joe biden and noble who are not. He also went on to stage operas such as iran bags what which addressed the colonial conflicts during the first world war. Optimistic to think of art changing the world or to think that it sets the agenda for political discussions occasionally at that but much more important to the artwork by making connections both between people and people look at the same work and suddenly understand the existence of other people by the common viewing of the view of the piece of art as a social activity that is not only you who sing with but other people are also seeing and by the confirmation. It gives to us of who we are. Can trace his family had fled and he semitic pogroms in europe and he felt the in congruity of growing up as a privileged white in south africa. The christian effects of european colonialism and also with the in the miniature black box on display in the lead becomes it addresses the first genocide of the Twentieth Century the massacre of the herrero people by the germans in one thousand no four at that time. Fun leave the family who lived here may have sat in their parlor and read about it in the news paper. Have been both the. The most admirable and strongest human traits that have gone together with and being committed to not the same of but connected to questions of ever of greed of. Acquisition. Kindred says drawing is equivalent to thinking for him many of his works are born as charcoal drawings even his films which he embarks on without storyboards no wonder then that a coffeepot follows in the footsteps of french animation pioneer shahs millionaire to fly to the moon and he himself appears as trotsky in ost sentimental machine an installation first shown in istanbul on. One team a chief in the work is the megaphone signifying the power of propaganda its all the more relevant at a time when william can treat views europe with great concern and. Need. Income different you say from outside of europe that europe as a totality has become the fortress where you have a sense for hundreds of years europe made it through up from the colonies and now its suddenly decides will close all the gates weve got the money and lift it up with anybody else try to get any anything back and people think its an act of generosity to allow some few migrants into the country rather than understanding its a simple act of justice. We encounter it reminds europe that what it might consider foreign is actually an important part of its own history. Thats it for this edition of the arts twenty one. Celebrating the art and artists of africa join us again next week. Until then bye bye and elfie juicing. The. Movie. In their view the stars deliver performances of harvests. Ferguson was joe louis freeh. And a video girl one of todays best jazz boys. In. The box from norway. Concert part of the fifteen. Her first day of school in the jungle. First clueless of his. Band doris crane the moment arrives to. Join the ring etain on her journey back to freedom. In our interactive documentary. Tour on the radio ten returns home on t w dot com tangs. We make up oh but we watch as a prophecy that found out that if i think we ought to seven seven percent of. The want to shape the continents future shifts to be part of it and growing up in youngsters of testing share their stories their dreams and their challenges. Of a seventy seven percent to thirty dummies platform for africa charting. Anxiously waiting waiting for a lifeline to syria. Good morning where are you why arent you answering it to every call brings them closer together. But it hurts because they feel powerless to help. They worry about the ones they flip to behind. Im trying to be strong but deep down im broken. The war continues to haunt those who fled from syria. And. Im trying to reach them but nobody yet since. The war on my phone our two part documentary starts december eighth on t w. 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