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 · 6 March 2010
An exploration of the world of the Lemba Jews in Zimbabwe and a mysterious and ancient drum-like object they revere called the ngoma lungundu. This was lost for many years …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 20 February 2010
Every year more than 30,000 African students come to the UK to study. But recent changes in immigration rules could see that number shrinking rapidly. This programme speaks to students, …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 23 January 2010
An interview with Barack Obama's 'man in Africa' - Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 16 January 2010
A discussion on 'Africa's forgotten war' - the liberation struggle for the Cabinda Enclave. As a bus carrying the Togo football team during the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 9 January 2010
A report from Bouaké, Ivory Coast, to look at how life has been for people who remained in the rebel controlled north when the country was divided by civil war. …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 2 January 2010
Angola has spent one billion dollars preparing to host the Africa Cup of Nations. A report on the preparations for the country's first big event since the end of the …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 12 December 2009
More than 20,000 women are raped in Cameroon every year, and many of them are teenagers. What is behind the rise in sexual violence? Women are starting to speak out …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 5 December 2009
Beninese singer-songwriter and activist Angelique Kidjo talks about her music and the campaigns she is involved with, including education for girls and women's rights in Africa.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 28 November 2009
An interview with Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations about the relevance of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (aka CHOGM) is about to take …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 21 November 2009
A report from Zimbabwe on the increasing popularity of church and worship centres around the country. What difference does faith make to 'a country on its knees'? And what role …