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DW Afrimaxx November 13, 2022

A pause that we would rather want to forget, but shouldnt. Today were visiting the johannesburg, a holocaust and Genocide Center. With this unique exhibition aims will ask to remember and reflect using our co, with tree and music. And according to doing our thought, today we bring view our design and don, african to each in their own right have shaped and changed the world we live in for the best that we travel to nigeria, were a team of creators, a finding new and exciting ways to give traditional cloth a make over. Oh, from gone i to diesel dorf and a mission and star later this shift belize. Any cook can create magic in the kitchen on one condition. In nairobi, we follow the road to success with this artist by literally following the road. I am pamela time guy, and youre watching f re max. Ah, ah, rafa yell limb kin coined the term genocide, a combination of the greek word generals, meaning tribe or race and the latin word side, meaning the killing genocide is specifically applied for the killing and targeting of a specific group of people. But before we talk to him to do the duly who be taking us through this space, shake, it was Courtney Paul whos breaking down boundaries. Weve heard don don, to me is both an emotional and a very practical thing. On one side, its my job to wear and living. But on the other hand, its the thing that keeps me saying its a thing that allows me to be creative to be myself. Because of the challenge myself. Internationally recognized dancer choreographer n d j. Courtney. Paul talent is only matched by her passion. Rising early every morning. Its surprising how much quote may gifts done. This is the day was Courtney Paul. I moved to janice, i guess 21 coming from durban. Very small community, ive known my partner for over 10 years. We just took another step. We got engaged a couple months ago. Just bought a new house. Im like in the happiest space i probably ever been. Its great. I got into dancing around 11 or 12 years old by chance. I had been a gymnast. I played soccer at the kickboxing for many years. So i finally found like something that was a combination of all the skill sets together. And we just saw guys doing like all these cooler things. The girls are they in the skirt and i was like, what about the back look like bio . Nope. Emerging the back loop. And thats why its stacked back. I. I genuinely believe that i was, im put you had to take the easy way out and if i can kick a door open and i need to do that, i lost my dad early on, so i saw my mother transition to that, but i grew up so happy that i didnt even realize off the time we were struggling. You know, my family has managed to make sure that we have everything we have to hold and up and go to that. And then my biggest supporters, they dont understand what i do. You know, i was competing last week, theyre like, we dont get it, but we know youre gonna kill it. Like youre the best one that like they, they just whole heartedly support me. Many Strong Female influences in my life from a standpoint of like, dont give up if you want something, go for it. But in the industry, i think i think im supposed to be that influence like any athlete exercise and makes up a good chunk of courtneys day. Especially now that youve been representing south africa at the olympics for break down. We have some various stops throughout the year, 2 and points to qualify for the olympics. Last year was our 1st run. I came 1st on the, on the continent out of the female. So im on my way to a need for the whole game. Many of the other countries have facilities in place have uniforms, have coaches, have assistant coaches, have programs, and we kind of just lagging along and doing everything we can, you know, in terms of way i train, i train a train alone most of the time to pay for my own venues, my own nutritionist to my own videos. I cant even say i need support with this because i dont know what that looks like. It never been in this position. So again, im just doing everything that i can. And as anita rises, i try to see how i can kind of fill that void. Courtneys day is tough, tight and fold of precision. But as she knows her role in South African breakdowns, she wants to make sure everything works out going running. Im going to actual dance training, im going to the gymnasium to get some flips in. Its trying to get your body to like the strongest physical form and kind of just hope you know, for the best after that the follow up can breaking fin, and its changing the mill versus female in terms of numbers here. Its growing. For the 1st time we just had a female dinner time, african final, you know, we previously, it was to go that the timing or Something Like that. You know, so, but i think the thing is definitely coming along, but we have a very far way to go as the day think. Put ne, its still not gotten as nominee for deja of the year. Shes also annette. J treat to regional high in the south African Music industry. I think ive mentioned runs out into so many different elements, surely based on the fact that i get bored easily. And i also think that he has about a talent for something in a field trip or something. I shouldnt lead the fact that im something else. Stop me from doing that thing. I need to be able to mock every little bit of talent i have. Ah, the bigger part of my career is actually outside of breaking. I only started competing again, like 2 years ago, but as a deejay, as a choreographer, this is where my career flourishes. Its not the same as anything else. To be honest like this, something that comes with di during being able to get on stage the know that go to your body. The moment you get the 1st button, things suddenly like appears, you know its, its really like it without any local success, school you for her to emulate her career path on put ne, setting the south African Standard for how a breakdown set approaches with the in africa and she thing that bar incredibly high, being a female in the space, it gets tricky. The system wasnt set up for me in any way. So you constantly forcing your foot through a door when it wasnt made with you in mind. But i think the harder you pushed through it, you able to see that actually better than a lot of the guys i shouldnt be waiting for permission for somebody to open a door for may also tell me its okay to be there. I mean to be okay with who to day im exploring the johannesburg holocaust and Genocide Center the same to features genocides of the hero and mama from 1904. To 19 o 7. The ammonia genocide from 1915 to 1923 and the holocaust got lost at 12 years from 1933 to 1945 and the one that genocide of 1990. 4 dizzy thanks for meeting with us and obviously taking us through a really significant part of our history. Now, the exhibition was broken up into different roles. The victims, perpetrators, by standards rescue as resistors and others. Why is it broken down into these different roles . You know, in every situation in every event, there are different roles. Theres, so theres always a perpetrator and theres others, a victim. But then there are 2 very important roles. Thats the bystander, and the ob, stand up, most situations can be entered. If bystanders choose to take a strong action and become ob sanders, so we encourage our youth, we encourage our visitors to try without bring their lives in danger. However, you care to be an upstanding, whatever situation you find yourself in. So this is actually the 1st room of the exhibition and it introduces the word itself, genocide. When this genocide was perpetrated between 19 or 419 or 7, the word itself, genocide did not exist. So interestingly, it was perpetrated by germany, and its the 1st recorded genocide. Its, its, its not known as much because of that fact that number one, there was no word genocide. And also their recognition had not yet happened that this was so rough. Im them kim, who actually coined the word genocide and was very much inspired by the fact that this was in a way, ignored. And again, another genocide happened to the minion christians or during world war one. And again, he was inspired by this because people were not really speaking about this. And so he thought its very important to have a word for a crime in order for there to be a Legal Framework to punish the crime. Before we move on to the genocide on the african continent during the 20th century, it is time to move over to a kenyan artist who is an activist in his part of the world. He is the godfather of canyon graffiti portraying from us africans like the Long Distance runa elliot could kill gay or practise. Remember the 1st democratic elected Prime Minister of the republic of congo. Gimme called monthly, was st activist because he makes art for change. Ah, kevin and sandy vicky a monkeys is one of kenyas best known graffiti artist, courier planning over 20 years. Going through the artists bank live is known for painting only in the good spaces. I started find nuts for my 3 there. We used to go out and do graph to gigs, and this was more, in fact full because its in the streets and theres more audio done when you have it in a gallery where no dance might be not as much as it is in the streets bank lifting floor, so as you get traction can spread his message to the world. He uses his put up socially conscious pieces that make people think. I use it as a voice as well. I use it as a tool just to communicate, to just to bring a dialogue to the wild or anyone else who wants to view this piece of walk and probably get inspires or not of it. So its important for me because i can inspire people with its his work hes at home in the streets of night will be as it is in europe, west africa and australia, piece of clerical bama before the us election in 2008, made him known for white, for another piece, a table attacked in the west Shopping Mall will be until september to 1000, with a total of 71. 00 depth bank steve axis was created as a response to the horrific events. Banksley viewed his convert to keith at leaving p by incorporating drainage as the fall of naval base cuts at the recall of the westgate attack. Yes, so this is the wailing souls. This was an initial picture. She was a young lady who probably lost someone in the malls and do are taking a picture of her ios is going to place a lot. I used to work with gets a lot because made my walk was there. I couldnt remember on a saturday where when the terrorist that happens, it really affected me that i wanted to do something about it. Some of the people who died in the talk of people who i knew person on the place that i printed with gets it was, you know, in distress. Even though they wanted to be west, get remembered forever. Hes art has gone due to construction work or not if when you painting on the. Busy wall, you dont have the expedition that this piece with the a long time because most of them are not your walls. So we just come onto this war and just put our magic there. Regardless of the fact that bank doesnt only says, i feel like this really quick artist continues to come in to him. Social issues with his aim to celebrate kenya, and impact will not shut society view of the world, but also the meaning of the ball, st. Touch for you in different ways of putin in, in, in a way that its, it here someone just by looking at a piece of artwork, lithium artist is creating fe like no pieces. So canyons and global art lovers to enjoy. But you have to travel here tonight will be really appreciative art and maybe thats how bad sleeping had to be. Ah, thank slaves wick, isnt revolutionary act and shows us that we all have a role to play and where we left with the systematic attack on the tootsie people built up over a number of years. What is that role that the media played here . So the media was used as a propaganda tool, so the government actually created a special Radio Station called radio r t l m. And so they wouldnt actually name the names of tootsie who would be targeted for murder. And they would encourage people to kill tutti and call to see cockroaches and the enemy of the state through the radio, through the media. So these are the stereotypical use of what a to to would look like, who to, with, you know, nothing just happens. This others a process. There are the steps to a genocide or mass murder. So it starts with stereotypes. So what stereotypes do we believe about the other and who is the other . So each of us have prejudices that we have to deal with. So try and be conscious of your stereotypes and your prejudices and who you regard as and other. Whats happening in this picture . So here with United Nations, so do noted nations was actually there in rwanda. But because of external forces, they really couldnt do anything, even though the soldiers were there, but because of the superiors and the decisions of the superiors. The soldiers themselves could not do anything romeo to an air. Who was the commander, the chief commander of the force, the United Nations force are in. Rwanda reported this to his superiors and said, listen, i think theres going to be a genocide developing in the winder. So there were meetings that were held, but decisions were never taken until it was too late. Before we move on to the last part of the permanent exhibition, lets take a look at the art and inventions that were created in nigeria. The way that they can create this from start to finish. For me is still something that i find such a beautiful process was amused, flat sandals, and let the hand bags. Thats what i could do it. How come what is known for . How does accredo change the wasteful fashion industry into a sustainable and economically viable business . It all starts with the fabric. This collection was mostly osh. Ok, and leather. So you can see its the, its the woven design. And then this is idea where we can experiment with printing. We have a bag war here that has not been released jabber. This is one of our new collection thesis, where weve worked with our own pots and, and we have done that. Its like a backseat style way. Use what its like resist dying. The sheep kudos brand has created a niche market by selling these beautiful innovative, locally, may choose and hand bags to the global luxury audience. I started out in australia, i was born and raised in sydney, australia and grew up there for most of my life. I then decided to relocate to lagos, nigeria in 2017, to explore the craftsmanship scene here to explore the artisan scene here. Shake things up a little bit, make life a little bit more exciting. And he, we are. Weve landed with our workshop. Weve got an amazing team of artisans and staff that we work with to create Something Special and show it to the world sustainable am slow fashion. I sure taking my julia and the world by storm with designers creatively using material that is not use in other markets by re shaping and rethinking their artistic lens. By using these materials, we love using remnant leather as well in our production of our shoes and our best to remnant leather is a lot of the off cuts that have been sent over to nigeria or africa that dont. Im no longer needed in countries such as italy, for whatever reason. These are some of our leather pieces, some of it weve, some of that we cant use for shoes or bags depending on how thick it is. It takes a special kind of creative to push design into such a complete space. But thats not all that could who has branded her range of assessors. And shes asked time to see how she makes this happen. This is one of our little production rooms, and this is our head of production is to savior who works here with a smaller team. He looks after all the production, all the orders coming in. He designates them to where they need to go. So here is working on cutting some leather lining. This is local, nigerian leather. This is what we use on lining the shoes. So this is very, very light and its nice to be able to, to use leather that actually comes from niger because we have some of the best leather in the world. Unfortunately, we send a lot of our leather out for processing and then we buy it back. But if we had more ability to process our and leather, wed be able to produce a lot more colors. A lot better quality leather. So you can see, he actually creates his own info, all of our shoes. You can see they all have this nor, and everywhere else, like i said, they using machinery to actually cut each of these into very specific shape using patterns. But al, guys here use a scissors, they then buffet, they violet outside with a filing machine, and then all the rest is in the shoe and such magic. This one is one of my favorites. Its also one that hasnt been released yet. But you can see weve used oddison to been so amazing in the technique that theyve used with the leather. This again is local leather, remnant leather. And weve combined that with a direct fabric for that detailing as well. I think its important to use what you have on ground because sometimes trying to bring things into africa. It can be really difficult. We really wanted to focus on how can we help, you know, keep this business alive . How can we help keep this traditional practice alive . Because if it is here, we have nothing really to show for our in our Fabric Industries such a beautiful part of we are. If we lose that, it will be such a shame. So we will like, even if we can keep 2 or 3 families employed for me, that is something im so happy with that design as such as i do are changing the narrative of fashion by buying with intention was making a sustainable fashion statement with your style. I could always leading the way for the Global Market to follow small changes and how of kudos approached her business has a great impact in her community. And her country at large. Ah, the one is a very the just country. So the perpetrators using the radio said, if you go to church, we promise you, nothing will happen. So like thousands of people went through churches and then once they were there, the doors were closed and then people were killed in the churches. And so that these, those were taken from those 2 particular churches, they were basically tricked into going into search because you think its such a safe haven for people to go to thank you to, to z from making time for us to visit this exhibition today. I have learned a lot and i hope more youth to visit and learn more about our history. As i take some time to reflect on all that ive seen in the garden of reflection. Lets travel to thisll go where antony, so pong, who has moved from his native, gonna to bring us his special brand of Dining Experience to the world. Ah, dining at antony sar. Punks. Restaurant. Is a feast for the senses. Ah, his galatian style. Octopus. With south american oaks on his route, and cape relief is

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