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 August 2009
A visit to Mount Mulanje in Malawi for the first of two programmes about communities who live in mountain regions in Africa. Alice Jenner explores the relationship between the people …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 8 August 2009
Thousands were killed and tortured in the Red Terror which followed the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in the 1970s. This is the story of one survivor of …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 1 August 2009
Travelling in the footsteps of Africa's east coast illegal immigrants who move from the Horn of Africa to the Cape in South Africa, aided by smugglers and corrupt immigration officials. …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 11 July 2009
A revised repeat of a programme first broadcast in 2008, on what life is like for African students living in America.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 4 July 2009
The Zanzibar heroin trade - what drives people towards drugs and how can they kick the habit in a country where there are no proper rehabilitation facilities?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 20 June 2009
An interview with South African musician Hugh Masakela, who talks to Audrey Brown about his life, his work and his musical influences.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 13 June 2009
A look at skin lightening in Kenya - why do people want to change the colour of their skin? What products do they use and do they experience health problems …
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 9 May 2009
The new President of Ghana, John Atta Mills answers questions sent in by listeners to 'Africa Have Your Say'.
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 2 May 2009
Joining three graduates from Uganda, Egypt and Nigeria as they look for work at a time when unemployment is rising. Can they buck the trend?
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation · 11 April 2009
A look back at the short but fierce war between Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and Idi Amin of Uganda in 1979. Thirty years later the BBC arranges for their sons …