African Perspective

African Perspective

British Broadcasting Corporation

Documentaries on all aspects of Africa - from politics to history, from music to conflict.

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The History of Robben Island

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 29 December 1996

Robben Island being transformed in national monument. Caroline Dempster look at the role the island has played in shaping South Africa.

A Look at Africa in December 1936 - Part Three

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 22 December 1996

How African newspapers reported anti-colonialism and events in Europe in the 1930s. This is the third and final part of Fiona Ledger's look at Africa in December 1936 through the …

A Look at Africa in December 1936 - Part Two

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 15 December 1996

How African newspapers reported anti-colonialism and events in Europe in the 1930s. Part two of Fiona Ledger documentary looking through the December 1936 editions of Africa's newspapers.

A Look at Africa in December 1936 - Part One

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 8 December 1996

How African newspapers reported anti-colonialism and events in Europe in the 1930s. Fiona Ledger goes back to December 1936 to look at Africa through the continent's newspapers.

Ruth Perry, Head of Liberia's Interim Government

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 28 November 1996

Profile of Ruth Perry, Africa's first female head of state, head of Liberia's interim government.

African Teenagers

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 21 November 1996

Issues facing African teenagers as they move towards adulthood.

Namibian Children Return from East Germany

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 7 November 1996

During the Namibian war of independence the German Democratic Republic offered to foster Namibian children. Once independence was achieved and the collapse of Communism occurred in East Germany, the children …

Chief Sinqobile Mabhena Succeeds her Father

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 3 November 1996

First female chief of the Nswazi people of Matabeleland in Zimbabwe, Sinqobile Mabhena, was installed in November 1996, succeeding her father.

Nigerian Foster Children

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 15 October 1996

Problems experienced by Nigerians using unofficial foster parents and childminders in Britain.

MV Vipya Lake Malawi Disaster

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 13 September 1996

In 1946 the MV Vipya sank in Malawi's worst shipping disaster - 145 people died. Why does the tragedy evoke such strong memories 50 years on?