A look at the Lebanese community in Northern Nigeria in Kano, originally attracted to the city by trade in cola and ground nuts at the beginning of the 20th Century.

Liberia Civil War - a Personal Story

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 3 February 1995

Five years into the civil war in Liberia, David Stead meets Elizabeth and Godwin Jallah who reveal how the civil war has affected them and their seven children.

Intellectuals in Malawi Under Banda - Part Two

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 February 1995

Malawian poets and artists used myths and symbols in their work, to express ideas during the political climate of the Banda regime.

Intellectuals in Malawi Under Banda - Part One

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 27 January 1995

How did artists and poets express themselves in a climate of fear during the 30 years under Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda?

Civil War in Sudan

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 17 December 1994

A look at the human costs of the long-running conflict in Sudan.

Peace in Mozambique

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 10 December 1994

Clearing mines, farming the land again, enterprise and business is how people in Mozambique are rebuilding their country, with the election of Joaquim Chissano sworn in as first democratically-elected president …

United Nations Women's Conference

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 3 December 1994

Meet the African women from 54 countries across Africa, meeting in Dakar to discuss issues they want to raise at the first United Nation's Women's Conference in Beijing.

Teenagers Speak Out

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 23 November 1994

We hear from six Zimbabwean teenagers from different ethnic backgrounds who express and exchange their views about the world they live in. Presenter: Rachel Rawlins.