Hoping that trump will lose will mean some of them sharing in a u. S. President and his administration. At the michael jr is the name youre welcome to the program now this for treats of dont know where we need traditional you outfit hangs in an upscale restaurant in lagos e. T. S. Show of support for the u. S. President rights but just like in the states chums bid for reelection divides views on the continent so will it be trump or his democratic challenger joe biden weve taken our comrades to the streets across africa from uganda to south africa i would love to see the democrats win but they were the most like. To go to and inspiring to with the minorities as policy all over the. Please dont you have easy is really really not. A good president when it comes to. How to handle people and how we treat. People even the you hate account weve been doing that from the us next week theres no doubt about that. I think that joe biden was too soft for the 200 team down to earth i mean he goes down to people he puts himself. On tries to. You know solve the fog. Calculator not like fire and done all the. Couple should be. Good in 1000 as a change their game plan for my thinking is. Joe biden is going to win thank you guys to me now they making it look like it doesnt. Want to do we should be an example. And if. Im expected to do this in the bag. Some interesting mixed reactions that now africas largest economy and most populous country nigeria has had overall a Good Relationship with a u. S. President who he was one of very few african heads of state to be invited to the white house i was back in 2018 but that gesture did not stop the u. S. From placing a travel ban on nigerians. For failing to meet u. S. Security information sharing standouts but for some that has no. Saying here is how the media lamoriello makes ends meet. She also gives money to cures. More young has a degree in business administration. But here in nigeria jobs for young people even those with a good education. Thats why she applied for a visa to work in the United States in february. So there. Is even more these. Different. People we see that is not in nigeria. A precondition was rejected after the u. S. Suspended immigration from nigeria on january 30th. Thats why more young wants to see u. S. President voted out. Shes praying reveals a freeze on nigerians will be defeated next year. When i believe that this would be not for me to be in that we. Dreams of life abroad nigerian. On the us. Has a green card but he and hes from me decided to come back to nigeria he says racial tensions have surged and that trump. Not want to be in the u. S. That doesnt stop writing critically about the visa for his 4 nigerians. In the u. S. Nigeria has given you know to the United States a number of ph d. Holders we contribute a lot to the economy we pay taxes we pay Social Security a 1000000 ideas are paid to this which is great you dont have to spend it because when they grow they come back and live in nigeria so when you get the excuse from government you know. From people who are contributing to the u. S. Society you begin to wonder what exactly is it has been said. Hopes that if trump is voted out the u. S. Will open its due to feel nigerians again and to become more welcoming for those like if you make it to us who is. Joining me now is that. I was winning political cartoonist satirist and a political commentator based in nairobi hello patrick its great to have you youve written a lot about the u. S. Elections in relation to africa one of them is titled the black face election looms what are you driving at. Well thanks fast forward thanks for having me on the point im trying to drive there has been. Kind of what an african election is and theres been lots of comparisons of whats happening in the u. S. With. Perceive elections in africa. And the violent. Was done i actually offered a lections in many african countries not all of them pretty good elections really. Really. Actions. Much better than the us does it so the u. S. Electoral nuff one i think its a critique of an african one which is where the black face comes. Ok so so in doing so what are some of the major issues happening in the u. S. Youre trying to address them. I think in the us for us from what i see it the us house for a long time being one of the loud has proponents all 3. Of them democracy in general and preaching to africa for very long time about how we should improve our system and actually helping in many cases among the countries to improve that but it seems as it was preaching what it was drinking wine. The us been a little reform on its own system and it moved to work. On terrorism was donald trump how did it can exist and what we see. In. Within its elections you know when you look at it you wonder you know why is it that you were teaching us about democracy but not practicing it at home you know why why did you does about how to hold a free critical election but not practicing this at home so in a sense this is the us coming up victim of its own hubris it needs to go back home and start looking at its own systems you know whether it is about being a uniform way of people registering to vote some of the things thats been insisting should be happening you know having one Electoral Commission who has the the whole exercise and they are in the us they do not have this you know so they really need to sit back and look at their own systems and walk around how they need them. Now you mentioned earlier. President trump in this case have been autocratic while being president and you expect africans to maybe stay away theres still some support on the continent for trump though they want him to win and why is that the case you think. Well i think within the continent there is lots all of the board in countries like kenya and nigeria where you go a really powerful religious group specially the right wing. Eventually coal in china is really active there and i think that again that you from the u. S. You know where. Is one of the biggest sporting blocs supporting what can the u. S. Lead from democratic countries in africa. All this lots to learn how to run elections Credible Elections none what to do when it comes to preserving the peace and how to carry out an election time when you have crisis i think african countries over the last 50 years have done a lot of work on the. Electoral system the democratic systems they have learnt how to contain executive you know. Big of a gun. Is pretty much lost on you know you he still have a view here and there in the main but it was 20 years ago so theres lots that africa has learned doing the focus that the u. S. Can learn from ok patrick i was when in political cartoonist satirist im for lets go commentator in nairobi thank you for your time. Now lets get a quick round up of some election related stories happening on the continent on monday we extensively covered the contested Election Results in tanzania now theres been an update police in tanzania have released the main opposition candidate. Who they had arrested for allegedly planning illegal demonstrations several position politicians remain in custody accused as the ruling party of reagan in the last months of general election president john magaw fully intended to. Ugandan police have arrested opposition president ial hopeful just hours after he registered date of the night he was the pop star 10 politician of planning rallies disrupt public something he did not. Mean to unseat ugandas long time president during his they believe in next years election. President Alassane Ouattara has been reelected. By your position. Winning 94 percent of the vote but it was a see it was illegal to contest because it broke rules on 10 limits. And we believe it for today for more stories go to do w dot com slash africa or check out facebook to its up to you just you can also get in touch with me directly on twitter as we watch how the u. S. Elections play out take a look at the. Gone viral on social media and how some children from nigeria acting out how they see trump on to late its by for now. 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The sound of silence is filling concert halls here in germany well tell you why top musicians for staging silent protests amid the governments new walked out thats coming up here on arts and culture and later on the show leading architects have a go at designing for dogs. The dogs think about it. First though a new documentary on one of the most ambitious climate projects to date a campaign to plant a wall of trees right across africa the trees are meant to stop the spread of the Sahara Desert creating more stability for People Living on its edges american director jared pisgah documents the project in the great green wall a film thats also a musical journey across africa. Africa a continent of diversity with the youngest population on the planet. The scene of conflicts and crises brought on by Climate Change. 60000000 people are expected. By 25th. What else can you do. Then try to find a better life. Madeon news ition an activist you know much just takes the view on an epic journey through africa. My region thats been heavily affected by Climate Change through music not just hopes to promote the great green room project. Tree planting campaign that aims to. 1000 kilometer long green belts of forest and greenery across the continent of africa. The goal is to stop. The film is a musical road movie with more just singing about the subject closest to hearts the line that china was pretty. Good at that only i have read now my. Senegal this. The great green with the most progress across 150 kilometers 12000000 trees have been planted creating. A more just journey is nigeria here it changes made to countries conflicts ever more acute. Like chant a source of livelihood for millions has shrunk by almost 90 percent the Terror Organization and. Its rise in part to social unrest brought about by Climate Change. People ask themselves what do i have left should i join an armed group go to the city try to reach europe. The great green wall project is about creating a viable future for over 1000000000. 00 Young Africans if it doesnt succeed there will be more migration so far only 15 percent of the green wall is completed consonance fate hangs in the balance. My colleague Melissa Holroyd is here to tell us more this is such a humongous project isnt it yeah its epic and if its completed it would be the largest living structure on the planet it would be 3 times the size of the great barrier. Yet they had to be completed by 2030 they started in 2007 where the halfway there. Now lets talk a little bit about you know my job. In person in this film with her shes really a powerhouse shes not just a singer as she knows shes done a whole lot of things shes also a model shes been on the cat waltz of paris and around the world shes been on fire shes got 3 best selling albums and what she does the documentary is broken up into chapters and in each chapter she meets with local musicians and they collaborate and they put together they put together songs to create an album to raise money for me great great will so theres a chapter about each of these countries along what will be the great green wall this is also just a huge film project and you know my job is one of the big names involved there are some other big names i believe to have a map from and on the red this is also nominated brazilian director he did city of gold and also as you mentioned jared piece scott hes done a number of eco documentaries in the past is it with one chomsky and he says that he was motivated to put together the documentary because he felt that the people that are suffering the most in the world from Climate Change have contributed the least to Climate Change so hes the justice yeah real sense of justice and also he says that its a real story of hope and result and of course he wants to get more of the wall actually built so the documentary uses the great green wool more as sort of a metaphor rather than sort of a literal story i mean its all its also really being built but as a metaphor as to how these Different Countries a dealing with Climate Change and each of these chapters deals with a different problem thats being addressed there are some very positive stories one of them is a fee opiah is the chapter on a theo p. A letter we have to remember in the 1980s youre probably too young to remember but there was there were terrible terrible famines and ethiopia that saw hundreds of thousands of people die so then every greening of of the place has really had some very very positive effects were out you know with the whole right thanks so much for coming on the show. Culture makers here in germany say the government is silencing the arts with its new coronavirus rules musicians around the country posted silent protest videos against germanys new partial lockdown on monday night that included the hamburg philharmonic and conductor cant youre not going to well this week germanys shut down concert halls theaters museums and cinemas till at least the end of the month while allowing Retail Stores and other businesses to stay up and running. In the jungles of southern mexico the luck and done people are one of the countrys most isolated indigenous groups without contact to the outside world they preserved their enjoyment mayan culture for centuries and recent years thats starting to change and one of the outsiders theyve let in is austrian photographer. Mine hes been visiting them for over a decade now documenting their traditions before they disappear. The maya a lost civilization that practiced astronomy and mathematics time was sacred and made him and sacrifice his tribute to the gods. Martin engelman travel to Central America for the 1st time in 2008 in a small village in the rain forest of southern mexico he encountered the left hand on descendants of the mayans whose ancestors fled to the forests from spanish conquered anthropologist alice powers and nearly often travels with a woman. She lives with the lack on gone 6 months a year and speaks their language the entrance of the cave the court back. From dawns believe this is where the souls of the deceased are purified on the way back from the underworld to about 700 mine condones have survived to this day. The culture can still be found will cease to exist in a very few years and for me as a photographer this is a painful realisation but i cant stop it and i had to accept that of. This new. Has arrived in the village of know how there is now electricity telephones streets there are only a few old people left the last guardians of the groups cultural heritage. And women also met the last shaman mouthpiece of the gods don antonio. Born and in the fame of the mayan and dawns everything in life has a meaning of the everything lives everything is animated no matter whether a small blade of grass or tree everything. Has a soul has a spirit and you can also communicate with everything that is what the maya believe i believe that if we go through nature with this attitude there is no more good and bad but you can see everywhere how valuable creation is be valued for the ship. In the writing forest everything sayings the maya say everything has a voice. Museums and galleries in england are going back into lockdown this thursday but before that happens we managed to get a tour of the architecture for dogs show in london weve got a 4 legged friends to go sniff it out. In london sure shes a female shiba inu inspects the architecture for a doctor exhibition of creative furnishings for mans best friend. The pieces of the creations of internationally renowned designers and architects. Massive car is a london based architect who has gone to the dogs. Interested in giving the brief to create architecture for dogs instead of humans and its not about making houses now of course pacific in the prefer it was about trying to express yourself at the scale of the dog and so whats really interesting about it the creative tools are to get sharp and thats the bit where to start to see things from a different perspective and see how the dog sees the world. The concept for the exhibition came from japanese designer kenya howrah from 2012 it went on saw around the world only now arriving in your a. Massive contact with this design i see you its intended for dogs with black coats. The idea is that its the dog is able to camouflage itself amongst a kind of black background is made from sheeps wool the whole thing has a smell of delicious smell the dog which attracts it initially and the shape you can see starts on the ground and lifts upwards in this curved arc the idea is that kind of resembles the way the dog discovers the world around it maybe the way it sees is by smelling the ground and slowly looks up to discover whats surface in front of it. For sure theres plenty to discover. But its about more than seeing and sniffing its more than an exhibition its really a. Global project whereby people can interact by downloading versions of the pieces which are exhibited and make them themselves we upload them and they are then shared via social media. Market share just for adults sounds fucking but sure she seems to approve. Cars to get a new dog. Definitely a lot easier than filming a report with cats well thats it for this edition of arts and culture for more stories about designing music film and art those of us any time online or id w dot com slash culture by for now. After 6 match days theyre on top again. By wins in cologne putting it at the top of the table. After 6 match days. Empty handed. Loses an hour. No point. In 90 minutes on d w. How does a virus sp