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 · 15 January 2000
For some in Mali who "are obliged to maintain the dignity that comes with our rank" it would be unthinkable to marry outside one's social group in Mali. But that …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 11 January 2000
Cardiff has been home to a sizeable Somali community for over 100 years in Butetown. Why have Somalis chosen this Welsh city to become home?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 4 January 2000
Five portraits of Africans who changed the world including: president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, president of Liberia, JJ Roberts, writer Chinua Achebe and pioneering …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 25 December 1999
Listeners share the moments in their lives that changed the way they looked at the world.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 19 December 1999
Prayers, cleansing, meal preparation and the evening celebrations in Jemaa el Fna square
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 11 December 1999
How has France's sphere of influence extended into it's former colony after Gabon's independence?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 4 December 1999
Are the over-friendly young men known as bumsters a threat to Gambian tourism?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 27 November 1999
What Nigeria and Kenya are doing to fight the Millennium bug.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 20 November 1999
Traditions such as wife inheritance are having an impact on the levels of HIV infection in Kenya
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 13 November 1999
A tour of the capital of Burkina Faso - Ouagadougou.