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African Perspective

Documentaries on all aspects of Africa - from politics to history, from music to conflict

World Service,510 episodes

Episodes

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New Laws in South Africa
South Africans respond to the proposed constitutional changes
30 mins25 Jan 1980
Pope John Paul II in Africa
Pope John Paul II's visit to Africa
29 mins23 May 1980
Mau Mau Uprising
Report on the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya and its effects on the country 30 years later
31 mins03 Feb 1984
Uganda's President Milton Obote
Discussion of the Ugandan Bush War and the forthcoming 1985 Ugandan elections
30 mins08 Feb 1985
African Boxing Champions
And what are the prospects for Africa's boxers at the international level?
30 mins22 Mar 1985
Nigerian Author Chinua Achebe
On writing fiction and children's books, Nigerian politics and religion
31 mins23 Jul 1986
25 Years of an Independent Algeria
What happened to the socialist idealism of the newly-independent Algeria?
31 mins01 Jan 1987
The Assassination of President Sankara
What events led to Sankara's death and what caused the fall of his government?
29 mins25 Oct 1987
Organisation of African Unity 25th Anniversary
Why and how the organisation came into being
29 mins15 May 1988
The Killer Lake of Cameroon
What happened to the survivors of the Lake Nyos disaster?
29 mins02 Sep 1988
Gold Fever in Burkina Faso
Marco Werman tracks the journey of gold in one of Africa's poorest countries
29 mins25 Aug 1989
Cars in Africa
Cars, the people that own them, look after them and travel in them
29 mins11 Nov 1989
Educational Crisis in Sierra Leone
Teachers, who hadn't been paid, went on strike - an indepth look at the problem
29 mins01 Jan 1990
The Gossip Box - a History of Radio in Africa, Part One
Radio's role in becoming an indispensable tool in the spread of ideas across Africa
29 mins01 Jan 1990
The Gossip Box - a History of Radio in Africa Part Four
How radio can improve the quality of people's lives
29 mins01 Jan 1990
The Gossip Box - a History of Radio in Africa Part Three
Foreign broadcasters such as Voice of America, ��ý, Radio South Africa and Radio Moscow
30 mins01 Jan 1990
The Gossip Box, the History of Radio in Africa, Part Two
How have African politicians used radio?
29 mins01 Jan 1990
Guinea
A tour of Guinea-Conakry and a look at the legacy of Sékou Touré's time as president
29 mins01 Jan 1990
Ethiopian Education System
Ethiopia's Ministry for Education made education via radio a priority for young children
29 mins06 Jan 1990
Mbuya Nehanda Nyakasikana
Find out how Mbuya Nehanda inspired a revolt against the British in 1896
29 mins15 Feb 1990
Nigerian Poetry and Music
Impressions about living in Nigeria over the last 50 years through words, poetry and music
29 mins08 Apr 1990
Anniversary of the Independence of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe gained independence in April 1980, when Zanu PF and Robert Mugabe were elected
29 mins11 Apr 1990
From the Kremlin to the Cape Part One
The Sacred War - The struggle against colonialism aided by Communism
29 mins20 Apr 1990
From The Kremlin To The Cape Part Two
How the USSR helped to free Africa's countries of colonial rule
29 mins27 Apr 1990
From The Kremlin To The Cape, Part Three
The theory and practice of Soviet aid for Africa
29 mins06 May 1990
From The Kremlin To The Cape, Part Four
The introduction of multi-party democracy and the demise of Marxist-Leninism
30 mins13 May 1990
The Prospects for Economic Change in South Africa
Land issues, farming, private enterprise and business in a post-apartheid South Africa
29 mins29 Jun 1990
Western Sahara Land Dispute
Moroccans say they have a historic claim and Polisario Front are fighting for independence
29 mins06 Jul 1990
A Woman's View of Islam
How Islam affects women in Africa - in Egypt, Somalia, Nigeria and Tunisia
29 mins13 Jul 1990
French African Colonies
Relationship between France and its former African colonies
29 mins17 Aug 1990

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