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African Perspective Episodes

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    Africa and the Second World War - Part Three

    African veterans recall the hardships of Burma, fighting the Japanese and taking prisoners

  2. Africa and the Second World War - Part Two

    African veterans recall the North African campaigns and fighting with the Free French

  3. Africa and the Second World War - Part One

    Listen to the memories of Africans who served in the campaign in the horn of Africa

  4. Abram Petrovich Hannibal

    An Ethiopian in 18th Century Russia who became a general in the Russian imperial army

  5. The Veil in Modern Day Egyptian Society

    What does an increase in popularity for wearing the veil say about modern Egypt?

  6. Politics in Seychelles

    The move towards a new constitution for the Indian Ocean Nations

  7. Constitutional Crisis in Lesotho

    What next for King Moshoeshoe II and his son Letsie III?

  8. Highlights of 1992

    Retrospective highlights of 12 months of African Perspective

  9. Women on Wheels

    The women of Zimbabwe who work in transport

  10. Liberia

    Bloody confrontation in Monrovia, three years after civil war

  11. Diamonds are for Vero

    Security, sorting and extraction at the Venetia Diamond Mine in South Africa

  12. Across The Ocean - Part Three - Changing the Balance of Power

    Political life, and the legacy of segregation in the US's southern states

  13. Across the Ocean - Part Two - Outrage in Los Angeles

    Background to the LA riots which began on 29 April, 1992

  14. Across the Ocean - Part One - Tales of Slavery

    The story of slavery - and the journey from Africa to the plantations of the Americas

  15. The Lost Tribes of Israel

    The Lemba tribe and its supposed ties to Israel and a distant Jewish ancestry

  16. Life in Malawi

    The eventful months in Malawi, Dr Hastings Banda's repressive rule and human rights abuses

  17. Diplomatic Wives

    "You're supposed to maintain your cool"

  18. Future of the UN

    Can the UN live up to the expectations of victims of war?

  19. Nigerian Elections

    Nigerians talk about their hopes and fears after nine years of military rule

  20. Southern African Development Coordination Conference

    Meeting to talk about regional co-operation on drought and food security

  21. Zonked Out And Zooting - South African Jazz

    Development of South African Jazz from the 1950s to 1990s

  22. Economic and Political Problems in Madagascar

    What next for the island of Madagascar after president Ratsiraka's removal from government

  23. Africans and UK Churches

    Do the churches in Britain fulfil the need for the Africans living in the UK?

  24. Lost in America

    Veronique Edwards talks to Africans living in America

  25. Are Events in Africa Starting to Mirror those in Eastern Europe?

    Panel discussion on changes African countries, and the effects of the fall of the USSR

  26. A Year After Mengistu - Ethiopia

    Challenges of the Ethiopia government a year after Mengistu being overthrown

  27. Voices in Time - Rhodesia

    Recordings of protagonists involved in the transformation of Rhodesia to Zimbabwe

  28. Voices in Time - Ghana Under the Gun

    Ghana's emergence from military rule under the leadership of Jerry Rawlings

  29. Voices In Time - Crisis In The Congo

    The UN's intervention in newly-independent DR Congo and Katanga during the Congo Crisis

  30. Voices in Time - Uganda

    Uganda's history from the fall of Idi Amin to the election of president Youweri Museveni

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