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 · 29 June 1995
The history of tin mining on the Jos plateau of Nigeria - an industry which began at the beginning of the 20th Century.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 16 June 1995
Journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown was born in Kampala.She left Uganda just before Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians. In this programme she returns after 22 years.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 2 June 1995
One of Africa's biggest record collections - comprising 7500 shellac 78s and 2500 vinyl records - can be found at The Gramophone Records Museum and Research Centre of Ghana in …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 29 May 1995
A link with home, looking after the marketing of an entire country, a dispenser of visas - a look at the role of African Embassies in London.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 19 May 1995
With severe economic problems in Nigeria, the pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina is being undertaken by road - a long and difficult journey across north Africa, departing from the city …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 5 May 1995
A look at the state of the South Africa on its first anniversary of transition to majority rule.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 11 April 1995
The story of railways in Africa - Malawians reminiscence about using the Shire Highlands Railway which ran from Salima on Lake Malawi to Nsanje.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 10 April 1995
The story of railways in Africa - Adam Lusekelo and Ruth Evans travel on the the Tazara Railway from Tanzania to Zambia.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 4 April 1995
The story of railways in Africa - Carolyn Dempster takes the cut price Limpopo Express and the luxurious blue train between South Africa and Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 3 April 1995
The story of railways in Africa - Pierre Calzone and Rick Wells travel on the Abidjan-Ouagadougou Railway Express, through Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast.