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Islam in Mali
"Politics and religion cannot make a good soup"
Mombasa, Kenya
Robin White takes a tour of the Kenyan port city of Mombasa
The United States - Post 9/11
Africans living in the US assess the changing social landscape post 9/11
In the Black - Part One
Microfinance and small businesses in Kenya
In the Black - Part Two
How the emergence of a black middle class can help business in South Africa
In the Black - Part Three
How Somali business people have created and expanded highly successful companies
In the Black - Part Four
Building a thriving businesses in Ghana
South African AIDS Epidemic
In 2001 five million South Africans were living with HIV
Shaba Concerts
The 1900s tradition of the concert party or variety show continues in modern Ghana
The African Cup of Nations in Mali
What has it taken to put on a huge sporting event in one of the world's poorest countries?
Angolan Refugees in Zambia
Refugees explain their experiences of the Angolan civil war
The Pyramids of Sudan
Meroitic empire's pyramids served as tombs for the kings and queens of Napata and Meroe
Like Mother Like Daughter - Part One
The story of an African student leaving home to attend Harvard University
Like Father Like Son - Part One
Uganda's former Minister of Justice Godfrey Roulay and his son Joel in discussion
Like Mother Like Daughter - Part Two
Nigerian writers Omowunmi and Mabel Segun talk about each other's achievements
Scars of Apartheid - Soweto
Mother and son Mary and Ephraim recall the day Ephraim took part in the demonstration
Scars of Apartheid - White Guilt
Pieter explains how it is to be white in South Africa in the aftermath of Apartheid
Scars of Apartheid - Colour Classification
Born black to conservative white parents, Sandra Laing on her relationship with her family
Cape Coast, Ghana
A tour of the town of Cape Coast, Ghana including the supposedly haunted Fort William
Freetown's Reconstruction
Rebuilding a shattered capital city a year on from the end of Sierra Leone's brutal war
São Tomé and PrÃncipe
Home to a one-toothed bat, the tiny island nation can be found in the Gulf of Guinea
Comedy's Coming Home - Nigeria
Comedian and actress Jocelyn Jee was born in London and goes to Lagos to do a comedy show
Algerian Women Fighters
The role of young female soldiers in Algeria's struggle for independence from France
Private Financial Clubs, Cameroon
A look at member meetings which take the form of lavish parties
Living Positively in the USA
How people in New York are coping with AIDS and HIV
AIDS and HIV Anti-retroviral Drugs
Charles Gilks, Alan Whiteside and Beatrice Were take part in this panel discussion
Going Home - Sierra Leone
Mohamed has been away from Sierra Leone for 13 years - how has war affected his family?
Going Home - Nigeria
Michael Babatude relocates back to his home country Nigeria after 14 years
Polisario Kids
The Saharawi refugee children staying in the Welsh seaside town of Borth
Vigilantes in Nigeria
What do police - and the local population - think of the Bakassi boys?
Big Issue Namibia
Cliff Taylor reports on the launch of the The Big Issue a magazine sold by homeless people