77 percent. Sure. This is what we tackle the important issues affecting the lives of africas youth. When you come, laura, and its my pleasure to have you here. This weeks episode is all about the power of music. Down below is us fellow at this time use against policy as full in flight. That julian legislative tweeting dropped dual p square. Tell the 50 foot just startled and revisit the engine safety vip in the sahara to the let me take you over to the dumb via with wrapping legend and political icons to that is talks to fellow musicians about what makes music so powerful. The various musicians gave us the perspective on the importance of people and politics and the how it empowers the youth and god bins in general, present love everybody. My name is kind of a rap why and human rights activist from the gap here west africa as gambia from a context has been given, include a few years of dictatorship under the idea of damaging yeah, damage we do restrictive autism, media, and people from speaking up in general, our disposal increased major risk of being arrested for kit or face in excel such as i did. And today were going to go around and see what the cost of part is off when it comes to hip hop rap music. And its affiliation with politics. If you already, lets go the thinking, well, let him look for inviting us. Whats your take on hip hop and politics mean and flat politics . Is the bod, backbone of people always say, wow, i always say that and thats, thats very interesting. Because in the you see that a lot of the office feel like they should not be associated because one is probably bad for the image or its not perceived well by the people what kind of work. But it takes it all work, but it takes what are your thoughts . So what is your right . When you have to Say Something that goes out to the people, you dont look into the eyes. He just skipped and hit nothing. Youre going to say. So what did they like it on . Thats a proof that somebody like me speaks it out of control when i hit fax, so im not a type of person that does kind of different things. The thanks a lot of time to be easy as somebody who has been different people. Whats, whats going on, the topic of hip hop being affiliated with politics, the music, and always the news to the expression decent. And a great political activism. Lifting the likes of money dont let on and all that. And when it comes to going to. Busy the light of case with 400 bucks on the phone for boxing. Get it done by you professor that we come in. Hopefully i can do the same to even try to get in to reconnect but then, but then i think im gonna be in dont really understand that concept, both of the artist speaking out for them and i think most diamonds, know people that work on the government and all that, so when you speak out against me, they took a personal thing. Sometimes i feel like i just know going out the door. I know, but theres not a lot that is a problem. That ticket personally, no. Going to think like youre used to listen to them. When that is not that youre speaking for them. Think it is our responsibility to always speak out for the people even if they dont want to. Even if they dont want you to do that for them yet, and i think its our responsibilities to do so. Yeah, were hey, in the beautiful states of cooling around to send the gambia forest area. And thank you so much for inviting us. Let me know what your thoughts on this particular topic. I dont say its like a bad thing, being a musician at the same time doing politic music. Because for me, im like politic and music goes to get me. As we musicians, we have the voice. They give us the voice to just spit out and once you know that local conditions can then yeah, so for us, we are here for the population here for the voice less. And we a here for the use and so empower people. Im supposed to be as an artist that does a lot of social songs and destiny, and the advocacy for the empowerment of women in the gambia. Like whats havent been to tell them just politically that to see has been handling what to do. Its another journal fight and another journal because youve been a woman in the mission people, i mean like okay, kind of be under just dump a womans place is in the kitchen house, having the kids and taking care of your husband and stuff like that. But clean the mission and being a woman, i think is more powerful than anything since that were in so called democracy. Do you really believe that that can change with women like you could have the confidence to speak up without no fear . Of course, of course it can change a lot because we, we escape. Yeah, to spit out some people waste cant say what is in their hearts. Lets just do everything pick funding and try. So just come together. So, so whats the say . So wasnt a to thank you for happy, really, really appreciate it. Thank you. It is now some people may be afraid to speak out, but this show is where we young people speak out with old fia all favor. And were about to meet you and have a young person doing exactly set to music set of goals. Roxanne has a new kid on the block, easy, crazy, has broken through and is leading the charge of women. Rough as in west africa. Take a look. Its a hot night and saw the coastal town use in a goal is capital dot com and wrap up the crazy is putting up the stage. Its been a long road to this breakthrough for one of senegal spew female rapids. Somebody never had the courage to become a rep as a woman. The stereotype was that female rep is where women who dressed like men, what genes that smoked, blah, blah, blah. We were marginalized in that easy, easy, crazy, has been on the senate goals, rap scene for 10 years, and rap is a passion to work and life music and everything to me. I gave up everything for navigate, easy, easy crazies, 1st album, explore self confidence and equality incentive goals. Male dominated rep, seen my 1st lyric is a smoke. You and all your m. C sounding. Basically when i arrive, i take no prisoners, a play for keeps and my own destiny of the throne. Everyone. So youve seen the past due to music, runs deep in her family, easy, crazy, remembers how she started writing lyrics and wrapping with her brother on that. We use boxes and bottles to lay down beats. After that, i wanted to wrap my brother to see that the the name, but my dad could not accept it. He let my brother app because he was a boy to see just for sale. Despite the misgivings easy, kept to pass it and off the school wrapping became her career. But the move took its toll. Her marriage for the part when her in laws couldnt accept her profession. And the trappings that came with it to see the family was very religious and it just wasnt a great fit with my music career. It wasnt just my in laws member is of my own family, objected to the music like this. Every wasteful super easy crazies bars and rhymes, also tackled environmental pollution and politics. Partly because senegalese rapids see themselves as the voice of the masses. This includes singing the local languages like 1 of july or monday and get to whenever theres a problem, people ask where the option to suppose to sing about the big issues so that everyone knows about them. Not every senegalese went to school, and so dont necessarily speak french. Oh, news and world events are covered in french and many are left uninformed to go to a more useful, powerful festival. The easy, crazy has found her place and sent a goals. Music scene in the respect of appears, and shes here to stay mila, who will not be in today. We female raptors are not treated as an audit inefficient because they are more of us. So i think the next generation will be even more at home and the reps you in and i so a so i landed on again, bang hobby may been, they loudly simpler. Dont mind them. Well put a 5 squan village as they walked, so that the young generation can run. Im talking about peace, square the heat makers from nigeria that and for the young people, all of africa with heats like shop my money. The popes does, whos falls many, many young people move over the bottom floor. This cars but brought together many couples. I mean, these men made the young men less shy because they know the lines by hot v. P square is on the 77 percent. We met them to do and he put dual on the tool in germany. They tell us how important it is to be vocal when it comes to politics and the country. The tool also speak about how music plays a role in empowering the you know, them into the stage the theyve been back together for a while now and, but today we have them here on dw, the 77 percent. So hi guys. How are you doing . Good, thank you. I fairly sizeable with a home. Are you guys doing now guys elections just over a major . Yeah, you were so full calls about young the germans and getting their voice to id and making use of the way it was so important for you. Um, personally for me i will tell you guys a to um the contrast im going to do a lot and being part of the people i grew up to 90 and the so 5 to 9 june system. And so how you just little background as not telling us of like, what are your kids going to buy . The kids are going to fund the same thing, was to tell you now if it is going to difficult everybody and you dont want to leave, and im sure thats what dad and this ends on the code jack by step. I mean, its just and what it just wants to leave because a bond Health Condition and the whole system is not due to the economy is bad and allowed to separate into contra. So everybody else wants to drive as who we are the ones that trouble us and according to what we see, we knew what the country is like. And im not saying this politicians dont travel, undergo seat, well saw how thats what it called them using pull. But as a way and reasonable, but as we point, thats what when it, by election comes, its all about bringing the money to buy involved to buy people. So were not trying to imagine the people not doing a loop. You guys actually missing a lot. It doesnt losing a lot. We needed to to change when you some, but something new. I think that let me just say without them the old system. Mm hm. So let me tell you the reason why were, weve become variable africa to as on the african mostly, and you still attended the government is not supported is the biggest thing in the world right now. For pete or the big thing and june became known as which our music of coal, but the government that the image of our publication backups, our government know before when we travel up, we travel around the world with tony. When people see us before you actually we have you what you from africa for an office, for a while now im proud to sit and enjoy the best person to think about. Im sure if you, if you count top 15 musicians in africa, they have insurance for that. We have to be vocal. Ive tried to put you in good music, but something is wrong. Theres nobody there like all the same. But theres about going to some, because some people might not like it, but we have to speak me. Now when was pick the outside world, the listen . Well, this guys a good look at a do. But theres a look at it. How is that the industry have done better than the government buckle . Yes. Oh good. Is that . I mean the, to pull back i, we will pick it a little bit out of poverty somewhere like me. I dont know how many stops i have. I know im an entourage, you put the 100 stuff down to the state. 100. They get paid from me. I didnt make money from the government and thats only endorsed. I dont even want the government. The guys want me to put the balance. I believe its going to ruin it. Yeah. So we have to do volk, we have mean yourself us. It will look at it or say, listen, if we dont speak now, my kids are going to ask me a question dead. See this big then . So what did you do . So now with that thing that my son has got all my stuff thats going to ask me. So we have done that im, im, were proud to, to be among those. Were reaching out to names and history to these guys. Well, vocal irrespective of hi tones up now. Um the griffin to one said music must a we can people to do. The duty is which is, is it, do you agree with . Thats think under present because the future of what does operate america to is like everything from us. St. Deposit is what is happening today. Right now. Still in phil equity, was it for us to record and wed speck in the d. U. We only 16. 00 to 2. 00 a few when he died. How did it influence you with his music but also with his activities . It okay, i will say, oh, i know him better. Well, go to risk but, but i wasnt in fun. So hes music probably shouldnt listen into it like 10 years ago. Not when i was like 1670. So i said in the seventys because i, thats what i said, i get it in life and what is happening in the water for the traveling out . I realize that which i took the suit on june, so we should and this country what is going on . Why will not be, will george will not been good the, you know, good health system. I know that. So i sort of listening to them. I know that he has been speaking different platforms, but well, maybe people neglected. So im sure. Thats why i say our kids are going to ask us questions. What do we do . So we dont actually that, you know, music wilka the last, its more major. Yeah. But youve been full house of representatives to me and maybe some days would we see any of you running for office or maybe president that you dont want i, i was there to say for me, personality sometimes people need to understand is not because, you know, popular di did you want to jump into . Are you doing . Yeah, you can do that just because i think politics. How do you do you . How is dotie you heart . A lot of people who are disappointed, dont know people. People can never be satisfied. And it may be, i dont know before not i think its out of my system because im moving at, i wish was says, you just woke up one day and say, you know what, the country with sony, how to fix it. Yeah. You know, that goes to thats what im expecting. Goes out is campaigning, pregnancies, these and that, and like, what does that mean . And you would just, one is change. Just give a life would be the meant. You dont just be, were just the dont imagine the security does. The security does everything, but didnt i hear somebodys door was cold and i so think be on and its been called next 3 days the free the business. Okay. They put it as a part of the money back really. And it was meant for room. Someone was move for the roots on the route. They didnt do it. Have to put that towards it up. It should be dripping. Joe, i think going to probably about 2 months sizing is been like more like the visit policy stay. It could have been in existence. Right . No one is, no one has to be held accountable. Say you did this, your costs. So what to do is does it party that to defend major pack today, and im sorry to be mutual one which im product is to good proxy before you commit to crime the country about enjoying this particular this party is a little in party. So be okay. Yeah, theres been a thats what actually happened. Yeah, thats what does it happen . So this period, what we say, they used to say uh we, uh, 4 people know who im treating the new part to coordinate, but by the name it used to live up up to 7 different. I would say no name. It says service this, this patsy came to that just for pretend to know room. Okay, the mind is running for president. Press the, so show me the president. Look at what is happening though. So wed love it for the fact that weve, cuz like i said today, shit, my just i say i was among this river. We, we are a monk for the poor people. Listen enough is enough. Is getting done a way of doing it to the, from the nigerian stands we head over to west africas legendary city. Kimball to the city was rocked by jihad is violence in 2012 novel. The city visited for centuries buys callers and travelers is reawakening and young people are right in the middle of this awakening. As i said, i my name is ibrahim johan, done. Im a slam artist and poet. My stage name is i be the poet. Were in to book to where i was born and grew up. Come with my invite you to discover to book to the mysterious city timber to as one of africas oldest cities and has the legendary place and the imagination of travelers worldwide. For centuries, timble to has been the destination programs scholars travelers and traders. Crossing this, a hard visit from Humble Beginnings as a trading post in the 12th century. It is known to locals as a city of 333. 00 scenes today. Some 35000 people called to move to home. Abraham shows us the mosque seem very bare. One of the cities, many eye clinic buildings the here we are at the great jink are a band mosque. Its an important symbol of islam built between 132513375 conquer mussa. On his return from his pilgrimage to mecca, when he came back with a great architect, we paid in gold every year. We come here to plot the place to prevent degradation, and we have done this for generations. Its for conserving our heritage. Set up. Some local tourist still visiting back to but International Tourism is almost nonexistent. Due to security concerns in 2012 jihad is occupied to move to for several months buildings and was a liams which on the unesco protection were destroyed. It was a traumatizing time for the residents. Abraham brings us to the Famous Library with tens of thousands of valuable manuscripts where it moves for safe keeping. Just before the extreme us to control the, we call the store outcome gumble. Its found only in tim book 2 and came from human. Each part of this declaration has a meaning. This is the work of a family manuscript library, which is unfortunate the empty because during the crisis of 2012 to 2013, all manuscripts was secretly taken to buy my coat to protect them. Mix we wanted to argue please tim, back to his most famous land lock, a holy grail for his lab mix scholars over the century. Here we are and the son, cory moss, the 1st university in africa, south of this, a hara, they used to be 25000 students from all over the world. Here. Its classified as a world cultural heritage. Psych by unesco. This is where we celebrate the birth of the prophet. Muhammad office gaping the price of midday heat, the locals recess in the evening. And today, there is a big event for the 1st time since the 2012 crisis, a camel raise has taken place, intend back to. Its not just a competition. The race is a symbol of Building Social cohesion between the communities around tim, back to the cool evening breeze brings a potties skia to the annual fixture often, but the live together festival. Here in the shadow of the cities flame of Peace Monument to our rec and some high people meet 2 dogs and before music in cultural exchange. But of course, the party gets really going. As a night falls, we molly, an artist, gather to show the countrys famous music tenant. From david, please. To slam poetry performed by abraham hung diamond. What are the generics . Uh now we are at the live together festival. Its a party that brings together the festival goers of molly for peace and social cohesion. And that tool brings this makes show to an end. Now in the woods of the famous port dr. Maya angelou. Everything in the universe has a roofing, everything, dances. 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