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 January 2011
A discussion on the prospects for the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Nigeria. The last elections were almost farcical so how will they go this time? With Hassan Arouni, …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 8 January 2011
A tribute to one of Africa's most famous contemporary artists, Malangatana, who died on 5 January 2011. He is best known for his dramatic paintings, which tell the story of …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 18 December 2010
Ahead of next month's critical referendum on possible southern independence, James Copnall examines the sometimes difficult lives of southerners in northern Sudan.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 11 December 2010
An examination of Ivory Coast's current political crisis in which two men both claim to be the legitimate president. How did the country, once the most stable in west Africa, …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 4 December 2010
South African Pastor Xola Skosana sparked equal fury and praise last year when he used the metaphor 'Jesus was HIV-positive' to challenge what he sees as churches' silence on the …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 13 November 2010
A look at the proposal to construct a commercial road through Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Opinions are strongly divided and this programme speaks to those both in favour, and …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 6 November 2010
As Liberia tries to rebuild it's economy after years of war, a look at the country's latex industry. What is life like for the rubber-tappers?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 30 October 2010
Liberia is Africa's oldest republic where most people live on less than a dollar a day. It is trying to recover from fourteen years of war and rebuild a shattered …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 16 October 2010
The link between Kenya and China seen in the descendants of Chinese seamen shipwrecked in Africa around 1400. The search for evidence of China's early interaction with Africa and the …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 2 October 2010
To mark 50 years of Nigeria's independence, an exploration of how Flora Shaw, a female journalist on the London Times newspaper, came up with the name for Africa's most populous …