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 · 24 October 1997
Discussion on the prospects for a future in the Commonwealth for Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 17 October 1997
The 31st December Women's Movement is a women's group named after the date of the Ghanaian coup which brought Jerry Rawlings to power. It was founded by his wife Nana …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 10 October 1997
Profile and assessment of the legacy of former president of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 3 October 1997
Is there a future for railways in Kenya? Fiona Ledger meets the people trying to put trains back on track.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 25 September 1997
Kirpal Sandhu Singh was the last man to drive a steam train in Kenya. When the locomotive he drove for 16 years Mount Gelai was retired in 1983, so did …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 19 September 1997
In South Africa the word 'coloured' is used to describe people of mixed heritage and was used during Apartheid to describe a distinct racial group. This programme explores aspects of …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 10 September 1997
How Seyyida Salme met her future - German - husband, leaving Zanzibar for Europe and the conflict she experienced in changing culture.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 10 September 1997
How Seyyida Salme met her future - German - husband, leaving Zanzibar for Europe and the conflict she experienced in changing culture.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 22 August 1997
The area of Kisumu that borders lake Victoria has witnessed some of the worst outbreaks of Malaria - why is the disease so difficult to tackle?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 31 July 1997
Meet Gladys Hessi who prepares bodies for open caskets ahead of funerals in Ghana.