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 · 22 May 1999
There is a strong belief in witchcraft in Tanzania - a belief that is presented as a reason to kill elderly widowed women. In reality, the murders have roots in …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 7 May 1999
he discrimination, prejudice, mistrust and health problems that face Zimbabwe's albinos.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 May 1999
During Sierra Leone's civil war the RUF (Revolutionary United Front) lacking volunteers turned to abducting children to swell their ranks. The government army was unable to protect the civilian population …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 24 April 1999
The importance of Anansi the spider/spiderman in West African and Caribbean stories and folklore
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 13 March 1999
Karen Boswell talks to five soldiers who fought on opposing sides of the Mozambique civil war to find out how they are coping with life in the years of peace.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 6 March 1999
Botswana security officials captured 92 armed men from the Caprivi Strip in Namibia fighting for Caprivi independence - a land that is just 400km long and 20km wide.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 19 February 1999
What do Nigerians want from the general elections in their country in 1999?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 30 January 1999
Rehabilitating a devastated country - Liberia comes to terms with peace after seven years of civil war.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 23 January 1999
Nurse Lucy Chino's Suzuki 125 allows her to travel all over Binga district in north Zimbabwe to dispense health advice, treatment and contraception.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 23 December 1998
Great traveller and chronicler Ibn Battuta who travelled throughout North Africa and the Middle East in the 14th Century.