0:00:01 > 0:00:04# Every day when you're walkin' down the street
0:00:04 > 0:00:06# Everybody that you meet
0:00:06 > 0:00:10# Has an original point of view
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:00:12 > 0:00:17# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# And get along with each other
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat
0:00:24 > 0:00:26# Listen to the rhythm The rhythm of the street
0:00:26 > 0:00:28# Open up your eyes! Open up your ears!
0:00:28 > 0:00:32# Get together and make things better by working together
0:00:32 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart
0:00:37 > 0:00:41# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start
0:00:41 > 0:00:46- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day
0:00:46 > 0:00:51# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other
0:00:51 > 0:00:57- # What a wonderful kind of day- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day- HEY! #
0:00:57 > 0:00:58Hey, DW.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01- Hey!- Whoa!
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Oof!
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Hi, I'm DW.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15You probably know that already, but I bet you don't know where we are.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18There are cars, shops, signs...
0:01:18 > 0:01:21Could be a city anywhere, right?
0:01:21 > 0:01:24But it happens to be in Africa.
0:01:24 > 0:01:28We're in a city called Dakar in a country called Senegal.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32This is my friend, Shake, and this show is all about him.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36It's not entirely accurate.
0:01:36 > 0:01:39It's more about you and my cousin Brain.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Well, that's true, but you're in it.
0:01:41 > 0:01:44We should have a show just about you and me.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46We would call it Shake And DW.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50I like it, but how about DW And Shake?
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Anyway, tell it to Arthur, he's the show hog.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58We'll work on it. In the meantime, welcome to our story.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Here's my country, Senegal.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15And this is me a few months ago
0:02:15 > 0:02:18before I left for Elwood City.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24You'll see, you'll make plenty of new friends.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Do you think they'll have my favourite foods like poulet yassa
0:02:27 > 0:02:31and cous cous? Do they eat cous cous in America?
0:02:31 > 0:02:35And do they have movies? Do they celebrate birthdays?
0:02:35 > 0:02:38For my fifth birthday, can we go to the circus?
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Attention, boys and girls.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45Let's all give a big welcome to Shake, our new student.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- He comes all the way from... - I know, I know! He's from Africa
0:02:48 > 0:02:50and he's Brain's cousin.
0:02:50 > 0:02:55Arthur told me all about you. Here, I drew this for you.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58Thank you very much, but what is it?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02That's you and bunch of other kids getting on the hippo bus to school,
0:03:02 > 0:03:06which is inside a volcano, and those are lions hiding in the trees.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09Do you have crossing guards to protect you from the lions?
0:03:09 > 0:03:14I've never seen a lion in my life. Where did you learn this nonsense?
0:03:14 > 0:03:18Erm, movies and TV, I guess.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Well, it's completely wrong.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24I live in a city which is bigger than this one.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25DW, I'm sure you meant well,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29but you should learn about a place before you describe it.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Ha, you don't know anything about Africa!
0:03:34 > 0:03:36I guess not, but I'm going to learn!
0:03:36 > 0:03:39I'm going to learn about the whole country.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41It's not a country, it's a continent.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45There are actually 54 countries in Africa.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Wow! That's a lot to learn...
0:03:48 > 0:03:51but I'm going to do it, you just wait.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Africa's over here, dear.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10This is going to take forever!
0:04:10 > 0:04:12All these books are making my head spin
0:04:12 > 0:04:14and I don't even know how to read!
0:04:14 > 0:04:18It was hard for me to learn about Turkey when I was writing to Adil
0:04:18 > 0:04:21and that was just one country. Maybe you...
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Don't say it!- Don't say what?
0:04:23 > 0:04:26That it's too hard for me and I should just give up.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28That's what you were going to say, right?
0:04:28 > 0:04:31No. I was going to say you should get a little help from someone
0:04:31 > 0:04:33who knows more than we do.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Oh, sometimes you do have a few good ideas, Arthur Read.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41'Hello...'
0:04:41 > 0:04:43Learning something about all 54 countries
0:04:43 > 0:04:45is a tremendous amount of information.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48We could assemble it in the form of a graph.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Perhaps using a hierarchal approach. We'll need a cataloguing system
0:04:51 > 0:04:55to inventory our documents. Then we'll create a template upon which
0:04:55 > 0:04:57we can build our research model.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00It'll be as simple as learning your ABCs
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Oh, so you mean we'll make a song?
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- That's how I learnt my ABCs. - Erm, no, that's not what I meant.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12But that's a much better idea. Let's do it!
0:05:13 > 0:05:16# 54 things, 54
0:05:16 > 0:05:20# Things to see and to explore
0:05:20 > 0:05:23# In my Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa
0:05:23 > 0:05:27# In my Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa
0:05:27 > 0:05:31# The continent of Africa is deep and long and wide
0:05:31 > 0:05:35# With 54 countries to keep my song diversified
0:05:35 > 0:05:38# There's rhythmic beats, new things to eat and places you can go
0:05:38 > 0:05:42# And every day a different way that you can say hello
0:05:42 > 0:05:46# For instance meeng-gah-bou is howdy-do when visiting in Ghana
0:05:46 > 0:05:50# Dumela ma is how you say "Hello" inside Botswana
0:05:50 > 0:05:53# The Muslims greet the folks they meet with Salaam-Alaikum
0:05:53 > 0:05:57# In Gambia, Morocco and Sudan's hometown cartoon
0:05:57 > 0:06:01# In my Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa
0:06:01 > 0:06:05# In my Africa, see this when you go
0:06:05 > 0:06:08# Burundi's got the deepest lake and then the highest peak
0:06:08 > 0:06:12# Jet set from Tanzania just next door to Mozambique
0:06:12 > 0:06:16# And carving through the continent there flows the mighty Nile
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- # Pass Uganda, Eritrea and look out - A crocodile
0:06:20 > 0:06:24# Namibia's wild skeleton coast is littered with wrecked ships
0:06:24 > 0:06:28# And Cote d'Ivoire has chocolate fields - I love my chocolate chips
0:06:28 > 0:06:31# Victoria Falls in Zambia - it makes a mighty sound
0:06:31 > 0:06:34# Zimbabwe shares the falls as well There's lots to go around
0:06:34 > 0:06:38# In my Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa
0:06:38 > 0:06:40# In my Africa
0:06:40 > 0:06:43# Life is all a glow... #
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Did you two just write that song?
0:06:46 > 0:06:47It's amazing!
0:06:47 > 0:06:52I'll tell you what's amazing - the smell coming from that basket!
0:06:52 > 0:06:55It's poulet yassa - spicy lemon chicken.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59My mom thought you might like to try some Senegalese home cooking.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Your mom was right. Let's eat!
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Hey, maybe we should have a food section in our song.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13Oh, definitely. There are so many delicious dishes to try from Africa.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Poulet yassa is just a tail of the iceberg.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19You mean the tip of the iceberg? Tell me a few of them.
0:07:19 > 0:07:24# In my Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa
0:07:24 > 0:07:28# In my Africa There's lots of food they grow
0:07:28 > 0:07:32# The Comoros has the Selacamp The prehistoric fish
0:07:32 > 0:07:34# In Congo they eat Wamba stew
0:07:34 > 0:07:36# That stew's my favourite dish
0:07:36 > 0:07:39# In Sao Tome and Principe they like their food with spice
0:07:39 > 0:07:43# The fish in Mauritius is hot and delicious, it's really very nice
0:07:43 > 0:07:47# Sahara in Algeria's a hot and Arab land
0:07:47 > 0:07:51# Vacation in the Seychelles and relax upon the sand
0:07:51 > 0:07:54# The Madagascar aye aye taps on trees to find its lunch
0:07:54 > 0:07:56# If you like rice then you'll love Mauritania
0:07:56 > 0:07:58# They munch rice a bunch
0:07:58 > 0:08:02# Farmers out in Kenya they raise cattle, goats and hens
0:08:02 > 0:08:06# And Burkina Faso's called the land of upright men
0:08:06 > 0:08:10# The cotton from Benin is in the clothes we wear to school
0:08:10 > 0:08:13# There's 40 words for camel in Somalia - pretty cool
0:08:13 > 0:08:15# Hey! Bembeya Jazz comes from Guinea
0:08:15 > 0:08:18# Baobab trees are stout, not skinny
0:08:18 > 0:08:19# Ethiopians eat teff not potato
0:08:19 > 0:08:22# Equatorial Guinea's quite near the equator
0:08:22 > 0:08:24# In South Africa Two Peace Prize winners
0:08:24 > 0:08:26# In Togo they eat fufu for dinner
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- # Senegal's got a pink lake - Mali's got the blue man
0:08:28 > 0:08:30# The folks in Nigeria spice food with cumin
0:08:30 > 0:08:33# They do, it makes a tasty stew. #
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Ha-ha! All right, good job!
0:08:40 > 0:08:43Do you think we're ready to be pop stars?
0:08:43 > 0:08:46I don't know about that, but we could try singing it for the class.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Kids, we have a special treat today.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54DW is going to sing a song she wrote about Africa.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56SHE GULPS
0:08:56 > 0:08:59'Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.'
0:08:59 > 0:09:02I can't wait for the part about the hippo bus.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06Or the part where DW turns red because she embarrasses herself.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08THEY GIGGLE
0:09:08 > 0:09:12She's not going to embarrass anyone. Not with me singing it with her.
0:09:14 > 0:09:19Thanks for helping me and I'm sorry I made that silly drawing.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23I'm glad you made it. If you hadn't we'd never be pop starts.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Shake, we're not pop stars.
0:09:26 > 0:09:32Not yet, DW. A week ago you knew nothing about Africa,
0:09:32 > 0:09:33now look at you.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34DRUMS BEAT
0:09:34 > 0:09:37# 54 things, 54
0:09:38 > 0:09:40# Things to see and to explore
0:09:40 > 0:09:44# In my Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa
0:09:44 > 0:09:49# In my Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa
0:09:49 > 0:09:52# The world's biggest frog is found inside of Cameroon
0:09:52 > 0:09:56# In Chad the long fish yawn and wake up when it rains in June
0:09:56 > 0:10:00# Gorillas in Rwanda have a hooting sort of speech
0:10:00 > 0:10:03# Go to Gabon to see an elephant walk on the beech
0:10:03 > 0:10:07# Angola's full of dino bones Museum in the ground
0:10:07 > 0:10:11# Libya's got those Roman ruins The coolest ruins around
0:10:11 > 0:10:15# And Egypt has the pyramids the sphinx and King Tut's tomb
0:10:15 > 0:10:18# Malawi's got a town called Livingstonia, I presume
0:10:18 > 0:10:22# In my Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa
0:10:22 > 0:10:26# In my Africa, joy and beauty flow
0:10:26 > 0:10:30# Tunisia's know for a gorgeous gate and Swaziland makes glass
0:10:30 > 0:10:33# From old recycled bottles that the boys and girls amass
0:10:33 > 0:10:37# Lesotho folks don't go outside without their fancy hats
0:10:37 > 0:10:41# The artists in Sierra Leone weave really pretty mats
0:10:41 > 0:10:45# The tunes they play in Niger, hey They're vital and alive
0:10:45 > 0:10:49# The hip co of Liberia That style's going to thrive
0:10:49 > 0:10:52# Cape Verde's got morna, man I dig that swinging beat
0:10:52 > 0:10:56# Guinea-Bissau goombay just makes me want to stamp my feet
0:10:56 > 0:10:59# In my Africa, whoa, whoa, whoa
0:10:59 > 0:11:03# In my Africa It's almost time to go
0:11:03 > 0:11:07# My Africa's an ageless land I'm glad that you could see
0:11:07 > 0:11:11# Its continent's so full of life You're all my family
0:11:11 > 0:11:15# And now we leave this loving place Its heartfelt family ties
0:11:15 > 0:11:18# A warm embrace, a smiling face To bid a sweet goodbye
0:11:18 > 0:11:20# To my Africa
0:11:22 > 0:11:23# Hooray! To my Africa
0:11:26 > 0:11:28- # Magic Africa - In the C.A.R
0:11:30 > 0:11:31- # Lovely Africa - D.R.C
0:11:33 > 0:11:35# Magic Africa
0:11:37 > 0:11:39# In my Africa. #
0:11:42 > 0:11:45CHEERING
0:11:45 > 0:11:47That was wonderful, DW.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49And now I'd like to introduce our newest student.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Kids, this is Keith from Kalamazoo.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Does anybody here know anything about Kalamazoo?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58No, but I'd love to learn.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04# Every day when you're walkin' down the street
0:12:04 > 0:12:07# Everybody that you meet
0:12:07 > 0:12:11# Has an original point of view
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!
0:12:13 > 0:12:18- # What a wonderful kind of day What a wonderful kind of day.- Hey!- #