Capital. And we travel to the alcove with a young gentleman a leading the fight against the news. Today without our program in the german field of course it is the hometown of thing up and drop on me for kinney she was there at a very young age and for a long time a kenyan born artist felt like a stranger an experience she now process in her music. To african to be german. To german to became. I can use you it was marked by a conflict between 2 very different cultures corrupt i was born in mombasa i grew up in the german city of cologne. Working mother feel good i was always dismissed by all those a lot but as a child i didnt really understand why you do x. Or self why though you always want to belong to just be part of the whole but you never would be for me is simply just accepted at some point that i didnt belong doesnt have the full. Search for a feeling of security and acceptance inspires many of his songs and the has pseudonymous. Experiences a snuffle german both in german and. Whos afraid of the black woman she defiantly asked in a song after the timer. Takes a stand against racism and put most selfconfidence because this is something she didnt get to experience growing up. I didnt have any role models i dont really have them today either until now the light skinned woman has represented the ideal version of beauty instead of the duck skin woman as a kid i was preoccupied with this idea because i never saw anyone like me anyway as inarguable in cologne i kin you takes part in youth work shes become a role model for our young are for german girls. I think there are black women here but theyre not well represented i dont see them as role models and. I would also say that layla is a role model about all shes taught me a lot whether its dancing or fighting for things in life or not giving up letting go of things that are necessary and the only. Cure for everything done since im a Good Daughter for be. But having discussions are also important. Should get. Out like to give young people self confidence and self love that they can show in front of everyone. Under take away the appeal of others. Because i think thats the biggest and in their quest to get. The 28 year old has now overcome her own fears. First. Lady. Ringback is probably african roots but shes also found a 2nd home in cologne. But. One can somehow leave between these walls in the diaspora but i really dont understand this i personally believe that one can be both and if youre in germany and i can be both kenyan and german why should i have to decide. Thats right why should we have to be able to identify with 2 different cultures is an amazing experience right. For our latest street debate we traveled to meet with africans and germans we ask them about how they find everyday life in germany do they feel welcome or do they still have to deal with Old Fashioned racism and prejudice. The 77 percent is now in berlin i know its strange for us to be in europe but weve been talking to a lot of Young Africans who are talking about the possibilities of living in the north and half and the question is is it worth the hype im going to be asking a couple of people here who actually live and work in germany im going to find out what their diaspora experience specifically as africans has been and i want to start with a personal friend her name is maureen we know he has more she knows everyone but shes been here for quite a while so when you moved to germany what were your expectations and the reality you know how they have means what you expect so what was that like. Well the idea was to come here study do some work and then go back home but then you realize have to expend so much time creating a foundation here you immediately want to be a part of representing the diaspora and the african experience here and now its become a bit like rebranding the african continent because like so many ideas that just no longer belong stiller really exists to whatevers happening right now so more his is just talking about the experience of being african and one of the biggest things for her is perceptions so i want to find out from you how was it like when you moved here people ask you if you have lions. I think the 2 sides of people that actually are beginning to understand that are. Well educated and theyre out of people that havent actually had the experience to actually meet even an african so my experience was that the very 1st a much of it was in finland though before coming to germany i met an old lady who does. I wanted to touch my head because it was something so strange ok let me speak to somebody whos been here a while claire more clips of whos actually part of the c. D. U. Which is the conservative Christian Party here in germany so youre sitting in parliament right now but 22 years youve had to build this reputation what was it like 22 years ago as an african just realized something the last lock in the society regarding the African Community. Being one of the 1st african to be nominated as a candidate in the state parliament in hamburg is a signal to the society that we are not just shermans from. Where there are people from africa descent also who are living here who are working who can be also into politics these be c. E. O. s dont and just put a spotlight on the positive aspect. Of the African Community i just want to open up the question to the rest of the people here because ive heard people talking about racism and im also curious if the racism is pointed because youre african would it be different if you were African American or if you will of indian descent i honestly think the racism is not message just pointed out that it is the small things that make it worse im sorry i dont want people to touch me its out of pity im sorry i dont people asking me if i go to school on a lie and if i dont know sit with a hyena and i have a joke with them or something that is not the case if you want to know about me come and approach me an open and honest manner and you can learn so we you know agreements that racism is part of the African Diaspora experience particularly in germany now i want to hear personal examples what has happened to you that made you think that wasnt right and i want to hear from you i actually have a slightly different take i am to make and i feel as though bias is a part of the Human Experience and racism is just one of the ways that people express bias when i moved her across my dad and i was like that i dont think i can stay because people keep on staring at me and he said assume theyre looking because they like what they see and so. He has a sense of conduct always laughing so i want to find out what exactly was thinking about. Why dont you think she is good to look out of course are you disagreeing with what shes saying that people dont necessarily look out of curiosity but rather because of a bias as she was explaining in my experience ive been here for almost 20 years now. To be kind of have not experienced racism. Its all depends on our mindset what you focus on you are truckin to yourself so to be candid i see the human being black white doesnt play any role to me i see the person as you are on the way you are right the way you do when you approach all of us thats how youre going to be received dont you think thats a little bit naive though because i mean i could carry myself as a queen but if people see me as trash you should be you should have selfconfidence ok oh yeah now i see. I actually got attacked by a whole group of people in finland a child lost my shoulder because of that just because the people thought i was a somalian who was just selling drugs and i tell you to work for nokia the police that came in 1st had a racial understanding that oh yes is this useless african who has triggered this whole conflict so the report was different he reported it and said it is a gang fight until nokia has responded and said this is our stuff he was actually on the work machine then the story changed because of course all this comes from one year and it also comes of ignorance ok so this conversation is not about racism so i just want to put a cap on that what happens when you have to prove yourself professionally when you decided that you wanted to become a politician that people take you seriously. I have to say. At the beginning it was difficult you have to prove yourself with a time and let people know that you are not just here as if you go bad you have something to offer to the society when we came here in this country myself included at the beginning we were thinking ok im going to spend 5 years 10 years or more make money go back to africa and do these and that we are still here unfortunately there are some people who didnt take the language seriously we discussed racism we had discussed our existence in this society but you can contact someone only if you speak his language so i think through that we can a little bit fight and make things work better for us at the beginning of this conversation i asked is it worth the hype so do you think that you will ever go back to ghana is it an option for you i tried it once and guess what i returned and im now of course in germany because here is home for me what we see is definitely when fear takes charge people become buyers and so for me what is important is that for us to take away that fear we need to prove we need to also integrate and we need to make sure that people feel comfortable with us i want to close this debate to the press and i opened it with maureen what are some of the things that she would like young people to experience when they visit not just europe but the general north and hemisphere. Well that would be great to be. To get to a place where we are unapologetic about who we are to get to a place where we can continue to contribute to the well being of society it would be great to have more allies to have these conversations with because africans are not the ones to have these conversations only with so it would be great to to graduate from this level of conversation that were still having most are prone to go back to yeah well at the beginning we asked what is the African Diaspora experience in germany the answers have been complicated nonbinary exhausting. Times refreshing and its a conversation that needs to keep happening thank you to my panelists who joined me here today place i call a 2nd home and from berlin we say shoes. Thank you. For speaking so openly to us if you would like to watch the longer version of that debate it can check out our you tube channel now its time for our next big topic for todays show fake news to give you an idea of the magnitude of the problem in the final stages of the 20th 16 u. S. Election the top 20 fake news reports had more shared clique and coalmines then the talk turned to reports from a reputable news outlet so what do we do with the truth getting lost somewhere among so called a tentative. A team of young journalists indeed our call will have fed out to expose fake news and topic from spreading. When some remove phony cut you some with these friends to talk about news fake news you get free time these freelance journalists can the internet for misinformation. Cause we have decided to fight against fake news and also verify the accuracy of statements given by authorities false information is sometimes used to manipulate the public so we decided that someone needs to fight back against it. To some remove from me and his team found as a network checking 218 any suspicious information the fine is published on their website as well as their treat on youtube accounts. African audiences cell phone exposed to fake news on habits right according to studies from the university of cape town on euston up to 50 percent of media consume us in Kenya Nigeria and south africas c. V. A. Exposed to fake news on a regular bases this situation isnt any different. Its difficult to know what to believe. Even for journalism students. Im lost when i use the internet i dont know whats true and whats false in a movie is so well known and its really dangerous because it always looks like real information whether it be mr levy killing the mccains he teaches them how to crosscheck information but if even journalism students find it difficult to detect fic news how hard easy for everyone else. Comic book on easy in the past we said if something is written in a book then its true. Everyone is convinced that if something is on the internet then its true when an intellectual in a village says information even if this information comes from a dubious us the fact that it is shared on whats up makes people believe it is true of both schools a fossil more like. Chicks work became even more important after it broke out in east india. Business then room was claiming that it was doesnt exist or that its being used as part of money making scheme has led to public mistrust and a wave of Violent Attacks several bullet ridden incentives having attacked. Foible no response coordinator our not a big deal its an unbearable situation for so for the most fitness can sometimes circulate with impressive speed compared with the right information in which we ask people to respect as a measure. For example if some or 1st seal you have to inform us on a dead person must not be touched but this is hard for people to accept to see their signature piece i set this up some phony and his team identify fake news about a blown out almost every day on social media usually on whats up on facebook. You know. It works alongside africa check an african White Initiative aiming to attack a fake news. Summary and his colleagues receive training and take nikolai systems from the up on african counterparts but these 2 walk along treated as a Group Receives no funding. And this is a challenge we often have to make several phone calls and send emails so we have expenses working without any financial backing its difficult 16 journalists that cross the country work with their dream is to make a living from the a work. Weve already seen how the spread of fake news can have farias consequences and it has nothing to do with freedom of expression which brings us to our next topic. Their right to freedom of expression unfortunately isnt upheld everywhere in africa in mozambique zambia or come around for example people risk high prison sentences a what if they speak up against the government but what is it like in other countries we ask our correspondent. Zimbabwe still is good amount of laws that criminalize is Free Expression recently the government introduced a tax on social media saying the emergence of democracy through your civil governments have been expressly used without looking over their sold us. Zimbabwe still as good amount of laws that criminalize is Free Expression particularly if one sees something that is a human does an insult to the state and the president and number of individuals and civic rights activists have been charged under these laws the internet is not in free space either and in 2019. Internet was shut down after protest interrupted again is fuel price increases. Ugandas constitution provides for freedom of speech but this freedom has limits recently the government introduced a tax on social media anyone who wants to use platforms like Facebook Twitter or whats up needs to pay a daily fee many see that they cannot afford these so use the numbers have reportedly dropped the president has been quoted saying that the reason need to limit online gossip critics now view this starts as a restriction on freedom of speech. For 22 years governments were suppressed and denied the right to express that. It was another former president s that memes could not speak freely given about the suspect in their lives what every chin up to the former president was forced out of office in 27 to know that guns are free to express their views on the streets and the media understand media are not homes without you noticed and the best thing about it the government in many instances listen to the people however there are some who argue that some governments ideas and fundamental rights by taking the law into their own hands and if nothing is done about it the country might be in jail do you support the view that gandhi and pops fatal wounds of other african countries being reckless with their freedom of speech let us know your thoughts on our Facebook Page d. W. Africa and now we come to one of my favorite parts of the show what is it like to leave in the only country on the continent that has its own unique alphabet a country that is a more than 7 years behind the gregorian calendar that most of the was using of you guessed the country yes well poppy all bags because were joining in your opinion finish on i guess as he takes as our own hes 80 i do. Enjoy. These a better. Sprawling capital listen carefully theres more to the sound of this city than this ramshackle blue cops scene a sound like again said im not coming to jazz musician is going to give us an inside look at his hometown. And you can learn about cinnamon america what you see behind is day to what it is the 1st modern what history in the old hotel in the lounge called just people used to play jazz music 7 days a week i once was lucky enough to play the on air vibe of jazz in this house of belief that many artists in the country this place has had a huge impact on just music. I think the look i guess for e. Q. Jazz has survived decades of political upheaval and more recently the burning down of its legendary headquarters that tied to the tail for years local and International Jazz aficionados mingled here to tunes made famous by jim jim lucius movie loken flowers and played by. The father of e. Q. Jazz percentage shot i guess its an inspirational place. Only god. Knows my music i often get ideas from what i observe. In the city is my inspiration to break my news. To the monk and if you might open work up in the morning and observe things in the city when im walking my music is a collection of these observations im never going to watch and. Theres certainly plenty to write about in a diesel babba from the Historical Monuments to new audition is like the lights real way. To green skyscrapers and coffeehouses of the school all the districts get the city on and off and on more dignity and yet many of its residents struggle to make ends meet in what is still one of africas poorest countries. Ahead of his jobs session tonight needs to visit should all medha another quarter of the city its a shock 1st paradise full to bursting with traditional clothes on savannahs well this musician wants to look his best after all. How is it its nice thank you for come back again. Ok thank you. So michele his head into tonights just concepts about his new purchases perhaps being decked out in the colors of the european flag green. Yellow and red will give him some last minute inspiration performing with well known ethiopian composers like a big guy. And his renowned band members easy privilege on the bill tonight is the song called. Which translates. My home. Tonight is doing what he laughs in the city he loves tomorrow hell be on the hunt for more inspiration at the style. I have visited the days and i can tell you that people are warm and welcoming the food is. And dont worry you wont how many problems that immigration so if you can you should visit sadly weve reached the end of another if you have any suggestions or feedback for us please write to us at 7 to 7 d. W. Dot co now before you go away heres a sneak peek although next program in the next show well be exploring zambias problem with overcrowded prisons and well also be introducing over brand new segment called rock pop you know posse shoot retro ray performs a wrap of all juvenile offenders in luganda. Thank you so much for tuning in but you know adriel before we go here is the beat over music for your ears cradle dont quite long in germany here is nice she lets her truck a push button a ticket for me was like going to. Be. 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