African Perspective Episodes Available now
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Shaba Concerts
The 1900s tradition of the concert party or variety show continues in modern Ghana
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South African AIDS Epidemic
In 2001 five million South Africans were living with HIV
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In the Black - Part Four
Building a thriving businesses in Ghana
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In the Black - Part Three
How Somali business people have created and expanded highly successful companies
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In the Black - Part Two
How the emergence of a black middle class can help business in South Africa
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In the Black - Part One
Microfinance and small businesses in Kenya
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The United States - Post 9/11
Africans living in the US assess the changing social landscape post 9/11
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Mombasa, Kenya
Robin White takes a tour of the Kenyan port city of Mombasa
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Islam in Mali
"Politics and religion cannot make a good soup"
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Zimbabwe - The Struggle Within the Struggle
Former combatants in Zimbabwe's war of independence speak about the political crisis