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Grace Jones
Grace Jones on judging Miss World and Eritrean artist Michael Adonai
Teaching Children Manners in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's charm school, Eritrea's ex soldiers making music and a tour of Petticoat Lane
Jack Mapanje - Poet
The Malawian poet talks about being in prison and having his book banned
Love
The sentimental and practical aspects of modern day romance
Addis Ababa's Historic Houses
Ethiopia's original mansion houses, prostitution in Cameroon and Kenya's beach boys
Travel to Achieve Your Goals
The fashion and style of Zanzibar, Malian pilot and traditional weddings in Gambia
Meeting People
Connections between China and Africa, cycle taxis in Uganda, singer Prudence Katomeni
Pirate Recordings
FM radio in Uganda tackles pirate recordings
Mandela - Time To Be Free
A review of the children's book Mandela: Time To Be Free by South African Sue Adler
Zanzibar
A tour of the spice islands of Zanzibar: Stone Town, wearing a hijab and playing football
Success
Is success down to luck or good planning?
Lagos
A visit to Lagos, Nigeria
Difference
How far are you willing to go to be different? Are you happy with who you are?
Beauty Pageants
Vinah Mamba Miss Swaziland 1975, journalist Joel Kipazo talks about reporting Miss World
Body Size
An examination of body shape and fitness crazes
Beauty and Marriage
Cosmopolitan style and beauty in Freetown, Sierra Leone, plus African/Japanese marriages
Sierra Leone DJs
DJs in Sierra Leone talk about slack lyrics, ragga and pleasure
Comic Magazine
New African comic magazine, carved Ghanaian coffins and Liberian poet K Moses Nagbe
Rap in Uganda
Ugandan music, plus fashion design in Sierra Leone