African Perspective Episodes Available now

Africa and the Second World War - Part Two
African veterans recall the North African campaigns and fighting with the Free French

Africa and the Second World War - Part One
Listen to the memories of Africans who served in the campaign in the horn of Africa

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

The Veil in Modern Day Egyptian Society
What does an increase in popularity for wearing the veil say about modern Egypt?

Politics in Seychelles
The move towards a new constitution for the Indian Ocean Nations

Constitutional Crisis in Lesotho
What next for King Moshoeshoe II and his son Letsie III?

Highlights of 1992
Retrospective highlights of 12 months of African Perspective

Women on Wheels
The women of Zimbabwe who work in transport

Liberia
Bloody confrontation in Monrovia, three years after civil war

Diamonds are for Vero
Security, sorting and extraction at the Venetia Diamond Mine in South Africa