A chat. From nigeria to find out of comic republic that got 5 out of africa will be talking about that comic and creative Auction Industry in africa. And have a taste of the list just shocked me for me tonight because. Last but not least we. Now just like you i grew up watching batman superman and all those superheroes now that was cool but the only problem was they did not look like me so i couldnt really identify with them if you know what i mean but theres a new group of superheroes in town. And his team of young comic artists have created the universe of africans like you watch out gotham city. Is taking over. Because from city of west africa. Around 14000000 people live here but there are no superheroes to be found they live far away in america and they are quite. Wants to change this by making comics an africa hes fulfilling a child who i think was about 5 years ago my mum would buy me comic books and our troops every single one i completely ruined the comics yeah thats basically how i know. Ive put a piece of paper from make them ill put my pencil the no 0 1st day with a print of the back cover i get we could do in school just be true just. For. Guardian prime and all other nigerian superheroes approach to life here and become a public figure a kind of alternative africa model you know best in many ways under the watchful eye of today he has since moved to london with the hope that this superheroes from lagos will soon achieve an International Good to see. One of my major become a good ball because to push the african continent and the continent you know to the world. And to do that you need every structure much infrastructure that we can bring back home in nigeria you know london is. Going to was just right but what do people think of todays comic books back home. In the slums of makers at least just want to kiss thing if only they had superpowers just like the cocktails went see what you got see i was stunned did i know you didnt go to lose many of the gags dang it why didnt you change ill speak to you. If you were in lagos i would tell him to do so many ghost nigeria no. Free. To me they want. They were. So that we know. You. Even businesswoman isabella can identify with a superhero and. Not only white people could be superheroes but africans we do you know we we have you know you cant be. All powerful that she really. Didnt matter and believes public republic is successful because it closest i got. I strongly believe that people who approach women people forced to put before them for you know well and of mainstream comics public sees itself as an alternative we need to take control of the night and so the future is to come with the public to be a movie screen to be on t. V. Should we need to be on mobile phones to be in peoples homes and peoples homes eat you know we see our figure that makes us as a bridge between i prefer the world in general we can all be here i dont have to have superpowers to do good thats what outcome except. Some cool stuff here is the man behind the african superhero jim martin welcome to the sense of you know ok so you believe that nigeria and indeed africa should have its own supply why is that so important its necessary for any people or any tribe or any race to have heroes and icons that look like them people they can look up transpired. So. If someone says ok why cant we just stick to batman and superman is that a big deal you know theres always that thing about identification you know when when its familiar when you when you can see yourself in that thing then it becomes easy for you to believe in that they now enter speier to it so its necessary that people of color you know you see people of color or diversity no matter where you are being represented and for it to give you something to look up to now tell us about comic republic what exactly goes on that come to public as a group of individuals that have come together that basically to toe the africans to react to push the african narrative in the right light so that the world can see how awesome the continent is not just the negative stuff but the positive stuff as it was a good summary of all that the rest of us are somebody a very busy day yeah yeah yeah it is i mean we spend the whole day you know people think were just drawing but no we actually have the stories of a whole generation of people to convert we have loads to toe were always creating and its so much for but its fun thats into it as the most important having fun while working and now you did not really go to a school to learn all of this right now for young people watching us now what are we saying then is it ok to just have the talent and do with it or would we encourage them to go to school to add more value theres something i always say that should be somebody would go and build eventually trump anybody would just talent so i mean when i started we didnt have a lot of fiftys to look for but theres the internet these days theres Something Else it is the school of you to write so i would advise anybody you know about to get talent and then when you can make it a skill and that way you will always be on top see good of you to exist a subset just so you have moved to london writes. Why would you leave nigeria to go to london what really made you make that move the dream of chemical problem was to put africa. Stories on the map and to take africa to the world and unfortunately there isnt enough infrastructure in nigeria or Government Support force to be able to do that and ive taken here as far as i can in nigeria and then i move to london you know to be able to get the infrastructure there to be able to take me or big to where its supposed to be which is a global brand and as a go so far. I mean theres a for structure. Its doing well yeah well yeah we do talk in our problems that there are many other challenges facing their Creative Industry for instance in kenya and kwai from cameroon makes more money renting out is a good grandstand to the movies he makes why is that. Making movies where we dont make any money out of meat will happen is one that we have no support we have in north london i dont know if it is crazy if you think you are struck me especially when you are dot educated when you doubt physically or mentally able to do Something Else and then when the passion is what drives you when that enthusiasm is what drives you it becomes very difficult for some folks for a filmmaker in cumberland to want to do Something Else because you feel like filmmaking piece where you are. So so we had him clearly talking about some of the challenges talking about funding and of course like you rightly said infrastructure now how do you imagine Companies Like yours survive or go around these challenges ok so 1st things 1st i think if you provide what investors need you need to as a creative use this to their ankle boots process for africa we need to prove they can be a product south of that creative come out you know it be from the Creative Space and go into you know the commercial space and provide value for investors right we need to build the business and when its a business who Fund Investors and things when. One foster you know what one challenge that i have is it seems that across africa when when you tell someone hey i draw on a creative artist it seems people have this sort of negative perception about it how do we change these mindsets oh thats a very interesting question i think you know the change in mindset we need to start from within we need to do it ourselves to look more professional we need to issue so that we have the professional discipline right that we need to do our homework we need people to see that its not just a vocation its actually a business so my recommendation is for creatives to actually stats are trying to change your perception and the rest of the war before them and what goes into changing this perception is disappearing off snap let me think differently or how does is what i mean theres a saying that says if your room act like a room and. So if youre a business act like Business People you know everything 1st impressions the way you act the way you relate to the language the business theres a language to running a company the language of project management things like that so i think we should that i am pick up you know im to professional courses do things that have to do with business lend the trade learn the language and then will be able to change the perception so is it isnt that easy to start in the Creative Arts industry and in your case a comic and as easily attach a business to it or does one come before the other theres just so the young folks coming in and stand all this of course i mean whats business you are you selling something or youre trading something so out is that with the creative pot have a product right to make sure you actually have the creativity and the product and then when you have a productive you have touched the business that i see them im getting some some tips there now which says it says we know a lot of the challenges are you talk about funding infrastructure what major support should governments do because i know you normally say. Dont wait on the government due to individual like you rightly said that the creative artists should invest more in themselves and look at. Business part of it and move on but were really does a government have to pay in all this of the government has a huge rule to play for example if you make it easy for people who have proven themselves worthy in this sense easy access to funds so if a creative comes and they have a productive right and they have a Good Business plan as long as it look he has the possibility of being profitable you dont need for it to be profitable right it just needs to have the possibility and if that creative or business can prove that then the government should make it easy for them to get funds even if its a loan for them to pay back for them to be able to do this right and of course basic infrastructure if theres lights you know we dont have to spend so much money on power so i mean if they could do just those 2 and think there will be 2 funds for people who will prove themselves credit worthy and also providing Power Industry would change greatly so the new government should come on board and support to the Creative Arts industry im a superheros ill do my part ok now im going to give you the chance to talk to the 77 percent of africas youth watching right now because im sure most of you into the creative odyssey my own sister is a great artist i told you earlier whats the message for for those that really want to make a career or a life in this business i would throw some 7 percent that its in their hands they should take full control of the destiny is i mean we older people dont appreciate who we are what we do we need to prove ourselves and like Everything Else once youve proven yourself the world is your your playfield is just go for it go for it so it lets you buy you a name would you need a superhero what name did you have you might. Think about me. Which i dont know if im supposed to be happy about it or not but deal with this galaxy madmen. I mean i dont know but anyway thanks a lot jay thanks for having me lance a lot for me and im sure you guys have also lends a lot now if you want to see even more african superheroes theyve recently launched a new production of african roots social media week in check it out. Africa is futile stories. With small free. Peoples. By good spirits. But also tells for. Innovation. Complete. Culture. Or afrikaans. Im sure youre curious to know more and fun fact thats actually a coproduction webcomic republic so go subscribe to our you tube channel and discover more african history now for all the chocolate friends watching us right now did you know that almost 70 percent of the worlds cocoa beans come from only 4 west african countries thats i recall my own country gonna lie geria uncommon ivory coast and ghana alone cultivate more than half of the worlds cocoa but most of the farmers work under terrible conditions and get paid peanuts for your hard labor the Big Companies are taking all the profits overseas so form a bank or the man was from ivory coast wants to change this by producing these lists just truckloads in abita cocoa beans in mind when powell is greatest passion the 35 year old intern you have produces chocolate in a small factory in abidjan he selects only the best cocoa beans then crush them by hand as soon as the piece is small enough of the out glance together with cocoa butter until the must be consciously quick. This requires a great deal of care the mixture much space turned to long enough otherwise the chocolate tastes peter. What frustrates me about chocolate is its complexity the goose the tory architecture a complexity of the hour messed up must be added jock to a product with a beautiful alchemy view of a king below him. That accent in my new lens produces chocolate in ivory coast is very unusual. His country is the Worlds Largest sometimes of cocoa beans but after the harvest the beans are mostly shipped to europe and america where they offer. Father processed and made into chocolate but this didnt stop the former banker from going to his own chocolate factory. In 2015 at 1st his family didnt understand his decision. Because then for me they all thought it was crazy that i really shouldnt do it so there was a lot of sadness and disappointment they really werent happy in the bank to become. But today i have done everything that i can to make them proud and i dont regret it. Just a sprout you know. In total the production process takes between 2. 00 and 3. 00 days in order to set himself apart from the competition x. L. Emmanuelle focuses on chocolate. Employs around 10 people and works with a cooperative of local Cocoa Farmers but his vision is bigger than just creating jobs in his own country. Industry is based in the rural world but it is neglected its on the margins if i can do something that can really impact these African Women help them get out of poverty and be very satisfied. We have the right to get rich from chocolate. Produces around to 10000. 00 chocolate bars per month usually it helps with the packaging she has been working in the team for several years. We always make sure that the piece is well placed before starting work if theres a break we cant work if theres no power we cant work so we always make sure theres power. X. L. Emmanuelle sells his products in 10 african countries and also export them to europe the tablets cost. 4 year old however that he believes coca production in his country is in danger. If we dont look after it cooled disappear by 2015 this many experts agreed that this is because of deforestation as well as the price paid to Cocoa Farmers you the big retailers need to stop paying one year ok cool and truffles it is dishonorable they need to pay a little more of the market because us in the west must understand that they should buy good quality chocolate. But for x. L. Emmanuelle giving up its not optional he loves to surprise his customers with new creations and let them have a taste his latest experiment chocolate with dried insects. I love to show outright chocolate where dried insects but i bet its tasty and sustainable and we as consumers have the power to hold the big corporations so i count so good work actually manual but for me the best chocolate in the world will always be shockingly meeting. Now lets travel to the other side of the continents to talk about something totally different. Music. If one is 1st female saxophonist making it big in the middle that we need that Music Industry wasnt easy at all but star refused to give up and now me the name for herself take it away stella. My name is still last time than a month female sex of horns 2 2. But so much. Can lead to my life its given me so much coffee beans and its become part of me to become a part of. It all began with the story the 30 year old musician says that she did not find the saxophone but the instrument found her. First on a tro when i had this song playing when the friends fun tons of mean trove of beautiful saxophone so i asked what it was that of another friend of mine see before saxophone and thats when i got the desire to really learn these instrument but special instruments had to come by and have to be imported from outside the country when still couldnt find any in rhonda she us the uncle in the worst to send him one month later she received a trumpet she wrote again and finally got his saxophone but learning to play was another story there was a lot of techniques involved in bringing the right sound but i guess its a question that i had within me and carried me in so that. Sometimes even a simple thing like finding is paper becomes a major obstacle. This is one of my Biggest Challenges for me in the music show as big as this one you cant even find or read every day is one of the most accessories presents a phony steven gets was if something gets broken make who are the main. Its very challenging to find spare parts in this town. Besides this challenge still are too shabby also face prejudices when she started to play have faced. This was a man dominated industry that i just flew into unknowingly no one dared me for it so it was tough. In the beginning still i felt people did not trust his skills because shes a woman performances were cancelled or not paid correctly and its not a role model to look up to someone to get me into me working so these are the steps this is what youre going to face no i just kind of dove into it but even when she struggled to tell i didnt give up through her music she now wants to empower other women to work jobs the pink for men. I believe anything that a man can do we can do my dream that women will be embraced in the workplace and be trusted with responsibilities and though i have no barriers obviously a woman was created to bring children into the world to harveys may reject responsibilities but my belief is that will create an environment for empower women to come through easily without having to struggle. Stella who currently works in communications in the African Institute for myth medical sciences wants to reach Greater Heights with the music she plans to record a few songs in work full time in music 2. One of my dreams is to open a music school this school will mainly target little kids develop right to stick with a show where theyre stil