African Perspective
British Broadcasting Corporation
Documentaries on all aspects of Africa - from politics to history, from music to conflict.
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BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 4 January 2002
The 1900s tradition of the concert party or variety show continues in modern Ghana. What is the origin and history of the Shaba concert?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 30 November 2001
In 2001 five million South Africans were living with HIV. Meet the health professionals at the front line of the epidemic.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 23 November 2001
Building a thriving businesses in Ghana. "I am in business because I think that there is no good reason for a people such as us to remain undeveloped."
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 15 November 2001
"The only binding element - even after civil war - is individuals who have some kind of instinct to trust each other and to be able to do business together." …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 5 November 2001
How the emergence of a black middle class can help business in South Africa. Plus navigating the work market through affirmative action and the skills needed for the job.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 2 November 2001
Where do Kenyan small businesses turn when they need financial backing? "The business is like a wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow cannot move without you pushing it. They give us loans and …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 20 October 2001
The United States is experiencing a surge of public unity and patriotism in the weeks following the 9/11 disaster: to what extent does this unity cut across racial divides? Africans …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 3 October 2001
Robin White takes a tour of the Kenyan port city of Mombasa.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 27 September 2001
"Politics and religion cannot make a good soup." The rise of Islamic fervour in Mali prior to the 2002 elections.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 31 January 2001
Former combatants in Zimbabwe's war of independence speak about the disputes that drove the fighters apart and the present political crisis in the country.