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 · 7 February 1992
A desert state with hardly any rainfall, Egypt is dependent on the Nile river for its water supply. Is there enough water in the Nile to meet Egypt's growing needs?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 17 January 1992
A history of Trinidad from the descendants of African slaves to the island's Indian community.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 12 January 1992
Alice and Ben live in the township of Alexandria and are about to have their first child. They talk about their aspirations and fears for the future.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 January 1992
Powerful and prosperous black South Africans including Richard Maponya
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 13 November 1991
The history of Namibia has passed through several distinct stages, and it has really only existed as a modern state since South Africa relinquished control of the country in 1989. …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 10 November 1991
Mogadishu, Somalia, 10 months after the fall of dictator Siad Barre and 21 years of his regime.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 3 November 1991
The questions surrounding African education including what can governments afford and should parents pay for books and equipment? Guests include education ministers Fay King Chung from Zimbabwe, Aliu Babatunde Fafunwa …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 27 October 1991
How Zimbabweans are coming to terms with the harsh effects of economic reform.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 18 October 1991
"A system of participatory democracy" Uganda's unique system of resistance committees, or local councils were originally established by National Resistance Army.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 9 October 1991
The Kagera Region of Tanzania in the grip of an HIV/AIDS epidemic - and the region has 50,000 orphans.