African Perspective Episodes Available now
The Pollsmoor Prison Bird Project
Prisoners are given training to rear birds such as grey parrots and cockatiels
Mozambique Flood
Karen Boswell finds out what life is like for the people of Xai-Xai
Burundi Refugees
Life for those in mixed Hutu and Tutsi marriages are at particular risk
Burundi Civil War
How the war is affecting people in small towns and villages such as Bugama and Kiseru
Political Tension in Zimbabwe
How people are affected by the increasing poverty in Zimbabwe
French Algerians
A portrait of Algerians' long history of living in France
Fatima Parker's Algeria
Her childhood, her love of languages and why she keeps returning to her homeland
Historian Ekei Essien Oku
The daily life of Nigerian historian Ekei Essien Oku
Sapphires from Madagascar
The dreams, hopes and aspirations of the sapphire diggers at the Ilakaka sapphire mine
Tippu Tip
An exploration into the life of Tippu Tip, a Swahili-Zanzibari trader, notorious slaver, plantation owner and governor.
