African Perspective Episodes Episode guide
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Land and Farming in Zimbabwe
Better distribution of land and economic opportunity in the agricultural sector
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Tin Mining in Nigeria
The history of tin mining on the Jos plateau of Nigeria
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Returns to Uganda
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown left Uganda just before Idi Amin's expulsion of Ugandan Asians
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Ghanaian Music
Take a tour of The Gramophone Records Museum and Research Centre with Kwame Sarpong
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African Embassies in London
Not just a dispenser of visas, embassies look after the marketing of an entire country
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Haj by Road - Islam
Economic problems in Nigeria mean that more Muslims are travelling to Mecca by road
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South Africa, the State of the Nation - Part Two
South Africa on its first anniversary of transition to majority rule
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Tales From the Track - Part Five
Find out how Malawi's Shire Highlands Railway was built and used
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Tales From the Track - Part Four
Adam Lusekelo and Ruth Evans travel on the the Tazara Railway from Tanzania to Zambia
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Tales From the Track - Part Three
Carolyn Dempster travels on the Limpopo Express and South Africa's Blue Train to Zimbabwe
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Tales From the Track - Part Two
Pierre Calzone and Rick Wells travel on the Abidjan-Ouagadougou railway express
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Tales From the Track - Part One
The rail journey on the express from Kano to Lagos in Nigeria
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Mary Slessor
The legacy of the 19th Century Scottish missionary Mary Slessor who worked in Nigeria
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Lebanese in Kano
How the Lebanese community live and work in the Northern Nigeria city
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Liberia Civil War - a Personal Story
Elizabeth and Godwin Jallah reveal how war has affected them and their seven children
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Intellectuals in Malawi Under Banda - Part Two
Malawian poets and artists use of myths and symbols in their work, and how they were used in the political climate of the Banda regime. Presenter: Penny Boreham
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Intellectuals in Malawi Under Banda - Part One
How did artists and poets express themselves in a climate of fear under Hastings Banda?
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Civil War in Sudan
A look at the human costs of the long-running conflict in Sudan
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Peace in Mozambique
Rebuilding Mozambique - clearing mines, farming the land again, enterprise and business
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United Nations Women's Conference
Meet the African women on what matters to them ahead of the UN's first Women's Conference
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Teenagers Speak Out
We hear from six teenagers from different ethnic backgrounds who express and exchange their views about the world they live in. Presenter: Rachel Rawlins.
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Africa's Children, Making a New World - Part Three
Children talk about their aspirations for the future
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Africa's Children, Making a New World - Part Two
Education in Zimbabwe, South African teenagers, welfare in Mali and childcare in Ghana
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Africa's Children, Making a New World - Part One
Street children, child labour and children living under Apartheid in South Africa
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Like Father Like Son - South Africa
Meet ANC deputy president Walter Sisulu and his journalist son Zwelakhe
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Like Father Like Son - Zambia
Meet Dixon and Christopher Chishimba, two copper mine workers in Zambia
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Like Father Like Son - Uganda
Meet Ugandan lawyer Godfrey Lule and his journalist son Joel Kibazo
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Malawi's Regional Divisions
An understanding of regional and cultural differences between groups of people in Malawi
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Mozambique Elections
Mozambique's transition to multi-party politics head of going to the polls after 16 years
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Race Relations in Zimbabwe
Reconciliation and racism in black and white communities in Zimbabwe in 1994
