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 · 15 February 1990
Profile of the royal ancestral spiritual leader of the Shona people of Zimbabwe, Mbuya Nehanda Nyakasikana. Find out how Mbuya Nehanda inspired a revolt against the British in 1896.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 6 January 1990
Ethiopia's Ministry for Education made education via radio a priority for young children. It was considered to be the best way of reaching a large, dispersed audience and this has …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 January 1990
From the early days of radio in Africa in the 1920s to becoming an indispensable tool to the spread of ideas across the continent.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 January 1990
A tour of Guinea-Conakry and a look at the legacy of Ahmed Sékou Touré's time as president. What does the future hold for the country?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 January 1990
Teachers who hadn't been paid, went on strike - students joined the protest, during the educational crisis in Sierra Leone in 1990. What is the long-term impact on pupils and …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 January 1990
African listeners are bombarded by radio broadcast by a number of foreign broadcasters including Voice of America, BBC, Radio South Africa and Radio Moscow. How do they cater to their …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 January 1990
How radio can improve the quality of people's lives.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 January 1990
How have African politicians used radio?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 11 November 1989
Cars, the people that own them, look after them and travel in them.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 25 August 1989
The state of Burkina Faso's mining industry and conditions. Marco Werman tracks the journey of gold in one of Africa's poorest countries.