African Perspective Episodes Episode guide
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Ghana Street Children
What will happen to Accra's street children if they're not helped?
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Asylum Seekers in Britain
Responses to the UK's Asylum and Immigration of 1996
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King Prempeh
The story of King Prempeh of Ghana and the colonial British Empire
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African Playwrights
The Ugandan author Charles Mulekwa talks about his play Nothing Against You
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African Playwrights
Namibian-born Frederick B Philander talks about his play King of the Dump
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African Playwrights
Interview with Kenyan playwright, Ben Ateku about his play The Broadcasting Station
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African Playwrights
Zimbabwean playwright Rosemary Smith Kebe talks about her play Mrs Brown and her Roots
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African Playwrights
Uda Yousef Jo talks about winning the African Playwright Competition
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African Television
Can African TV have its own distinctive identity distinct from Western programming?
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South African Broadcasting Corporation
Can a broadcaster help heal the wounds of a divided country?
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Northern Nigeria
What do people think of northern Nigeria and how is it portrayed in the press?
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South Africa's Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action was designed to address decades of racial imbalance in the job market
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An African View of Bejing
Bejing, China, through the eyes of Tanzanian journalist Vicky Ntetema
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The Love Letters of Nigeria
How to write love letters - a history of the literature of love letters in Nigeria
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Twenty Years on from the Biafran War
After the Biafra war, where do people of the Ebo tribe stand in modern day Nigeria?
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The Decline of Marriage in Kenya
Why many young people are postponing marriage or giving up on it altogether
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African Airlines
What will now happen to Africa's airlines in a time of economic reform?
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Nuns in Africa
What inspires women in Africa to choose a life of poverty, chastity and obedience?
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Multi-party Elections in Tanzania
Democracy in Tanzania arrives with the first multi-party elections since independence
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Immigration in South Africa
What next for South Africa's millions of illegal immigrants?
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South African Football
How South Africa struggled from 1970s to unify a divided soccer community
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Three Women and a Mountain
Mary Kingsley climbed Mount Cameroon in 1895, Catherine Fellows climbs it in 1995
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A Brave New World - Part Two
In 1995 most of Africa was not connected to the Internet
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A Brave New World - Part One
What part will Africa play in this new Internal Age?
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The Kingdoms of Uganda
The federalist debate and the role of traditional leaders in areas like Buganda and Busoga
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Trucker's Tales - South Africa and Mozambique
Carolyn Dempster travels from Johannesburg to Maputo with a cargo of frozen fish
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Truckers Tales - Kenya
What's it like to be a truck driver on the Nairobi to Mombassa route in Kenya?
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Truckers Tales - Malawi and Tanzania
The dangerous but vital work of the long distance truck drivers in Malawi
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Bushmen
The struggle for the rights of bushmen - the Makwe people of the Kalahari desert
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Sudan's Civil War
How have the four million people who live in Southern Sudan been affected by the war?