BBC Africa
The Hidden Lives Of 'Housegirls' - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Title
- The Hidden Lives Of 'Housegirls' - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 27:51
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In Uganda, young women are leaving their homes to try and find jobs as domestic workers, but for some their new lives can lead to mistreatment and abuse.
A charity in Kenya is calling for the introduction of laws to protect domestic workers, who are commonly referred to as ‘housegirls’, to ensure their safety.
For #BBCAfricaEye, reporter Nancy Kacungira has been investigating why young women living near Uganda’s border are leaving their villages to find work in Kenya.
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- Meet the Night Runners - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 50:48
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The people of rural Kenya have spoken of the night runners for generations. They’re said to be villagers possessed by a demonic spirit which compels them to scare and terrorise their neighbours at night.
But no one really knows who the night runners are or what motivates them.
For #BBCAfricaEye, reporter Tom Odula investigates the enigma of the night runners, shining fresh light on the reality behind the myths, and revealing exclusive footage of night runners in action.
Please be aware that there are disturbing images in this piece.
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- "There was no sex without fighting" - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 5:09
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In our series of films looking at the topic of modern masculinity in Africa, we are looking at a culture of toxic masculinity and rape in some parts of the DR Congo.
The Congo Men’s Network is dedicated to promoting positive masculinity among men who used to abuse or rape their own wives.
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Filmed, produced and directed by: Aaron Akinyemi
Edited by: Aaron Akinyemi
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- How a street kid became a pilot - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 5:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In our series of films looking at the topic of modern masculinity in Africa, we're looking at the role of the father figure.
Michael Mwangi was rescued from a Nairobi slum and realised his dream of becoming a pilot, thanks to his father figure Fredrick Mwaura.
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Produced and directed by: John-Allan Namu and Elijah Kanyi
Edited by: John Gathuna
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- Suicide Stories: Are Kenya's men in crisis? - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 12:20
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In our series of films looking at the topic of modern masculinity in Africa, the first issue we go into is suicide amongst Kenyan men.
We went to Nyandarua County located in Central Kenya where 70 people – almost all of them men – took their own lives last year.
#BBCAfricaEye's Peter Murimi investigates why this is happening.
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Filmed, produced and directed by: Peter Murimi
Producer: Toni Kamau
Edited by: Sam Soko
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- The Race: "The day I became a man" - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 7:28
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In our series of films looking at the topic of modern masculinity in Africa, we are looking at 13-year-old Lubabalo Gibson's journey into manhood in South Africa.
He takes part in a major horse race in Durban - a rite of passage, passed down through several generations.
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Produced and directed by: Christopher Clark
Edited by: Bernard Kotze
Executive producer: Diana Neille
Filmed by: Shaun Swingler
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- Title
- A day in Sudan's protest headquarters - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:27
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The head of the Transitional Military Council of Sudan has told the BBC he will not allow his troops to use force against protesters calling for a civilian government.
The comments from General Abdul Fatah al-Burhan come a day after the military ordered protesters to dismantle their barricades on roads leading to army headquarters in the capital, Khartoum.
Talks between protesters and the military have broken down.
The BBC’s Mohanad Hashim, who grew up in Sudan, has been spending time at the protest headquarters.
Video producer: Joe Inwood.
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- Title
- Naomi Campbell: 'Racism doesn't stop me' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Naomi Campbell says she was rejected from a recent campaign because of her "skin colour".
The British supermodel was speaking in Lagos, Nigeria, where she is attending the Arise Fashion week, an event that showcases diversity and the best fashion designers from across Africa.
She told the BBC's Mayeni Jones that she was baffled when her picture wasn't used, given her family 'genes'.
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- Title
- 'I'm intersex, I don't get periods and I'm going through menopause' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:36
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Babalwa Mtshawu is intersex. Her lover Thando Hlophe is not. How did Babablwa tell Thando she's intersex, and what was Thando's reaction like? They discuss all of this and more, in this candid conversation about the reality of being born intersex.
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- Title
- What it's really like living with cerebral palsy - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- South African TV host Masingita Masunga and Kenyan Maria Njeri have both been living with cerebral palsy all their lives. But what is it really like living with the condition? Magingita and Maria break down some of the misconceptions, as well as their own struggles and triumphs.
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- Russia’s Madagascar Election Gamble - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 27:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- A #BBCAfricaEye investigation has revealed that at least six candidates were offered money by Russians in the lead up to last year’s presidential elections in Madagascar.
The presence of Russian political strategists with close ties to the Kremlin, posing as tourists with the alleged aim of helping to control the tightly fought race, has raised questions whether democracy in the former French colony has been fatally compromised.
Gaelle Borgia reports from Antananarivo.
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- How could the Rwandan genocide happen? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 6:58
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In just 100 days in 1994, about 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda by ethnic Hutu extremists.
They were targeting members of the minority Tutsi community, as well as their political opponents.
But how did the genocide start, and what is it like in Rwanda now?
BBC Africa's Victoria Uwonkunda explains.
Produced by Leyla Najafli.
Edited by Elaine Okyere.
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- 'Why I forgave the man who killed my children' - Rwandan genocide survivor - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:55
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Twenty-five years ago Rwanda descended into mass murder on a scale that still shocks the world.
Anne-Marie watched as her neighbour killed two of her children in the Rwandan genocide.
But she has forgiven the man responsible.
Rwanda has always been a tightly controlled society and under President Paul Kagame, the media is closely monitored.
Here's one moving story of survival and reconciliation.
Video producers: Jean-Paul Habyarimana, Ciru Muriuki and Didier Bikorimana for BBC Factfinder.
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- Title
- 'Why I never told you about my autistic son' - Talk It Out - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- “There are all sorts of beliefs that somebody sinned, somebody was cursed or somebody was bewitched.”
Chibwe from Zambia kept his 7-year-old autistic son a secret from a close friend because of the public scrutiny that he’s faced for having a disabled child.
But now he’s broken past that fear - and is finally ready to reveal his story to his friend.
#AutismAwarenessDay
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- The village that built its own wi-fi network - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 7:29
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- With data costs in South Africa amongst the highest on the continent, how can poor rural communities be expected to get online and join the fourth industrial revolution?
Well, the village of Mankosi has been at the forefront of an experiment to bridge the internet gap and make cheap wifi a reality. And it's a project that could have major implications for similar communities around the world.
Video journalist: Christian Parkinson
Reporter: Vauldi Carelse
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- On the front line of Nigeria’s energy crisis - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 5:01
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Nigeria is Africa's largest producer of oil and natural gas - yet about half of the country’s population has no access to electricity, and those that do face daily power cuts that can last for hours on end.
Meet the men and women on the front line of Nigeria’s energy crisis as they battle public anger and a decaying infrastructure in Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s oil hub.
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- 'I used to be scared looking in the mirror' - scleroderma activist Farah Khaleck - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Farah Khaleck from Kenya has scleroderma, an autoimmune disease which causes hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues.
She spoke to us about what it's like living with the rare and incurable condition, and says she wants to inspire young people to love and embrace themselves.
Video journalists: Anne Okumu and Anthony Irungu.
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- 'I was arrested and shamed for my leaked nudes': Ugandan model Judith Heard - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:27
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- When nude photos of leading Ugandan model Judith Heard were published without her consent last year, she not only found herself under arrest, but also under attack in the media and online.
She is now urging Ugandan women to talk openly about sexual abuse - and to show solidarity with one another.
Reporter: Ciru Muriuki for BBC Factfinder.
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- 'Ozil sent me an Arsenal kit after seeing my homemade shirt' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:25
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Kenyan Lawrence Masira has always been a huge Arsenal fan.
The 12-year-old Maasai boy even drew the name of star midfielder Mesut Ozil on the back of an Arsenal shirt his mother bought him.
A picture of Lawrence's makeshift shirt was posted on Twitter by journalist Eric Njiru, and eventually came to the attention of the Arsenal player. The rest is history!
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- The village where childbirth is banned - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- No one who lives in the Ghanaian village of Mafi Dove was born there. That's because elders say that one of the rules of living in the village is 'no childbirth', so as not to offend the gods.
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- Fake pastors and false prophets rock churches in South Africa - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 6:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Rape and fraud scandals involving fake pastors have prompted calls for regulation of churches in South Africa.
There have been a number of high- profile cases in recent months involving disgraced pastors and self-proclaimed prophets. President Cyril Ramaphosa has even got involved, urging South Africans to come together to curb bogus pastors.
Victims of alleged sexual abuse have detailed their experiences to the BBC and criticised the invulnerability of so-called men of God who use their position of authority as a cover for abuse.
Mbulelo Mtshilibe reports.
Video journalist: Christian Parkinson
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- Title
- Learning to play chess is turning these kids' lives around - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:10
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Professional chess player and coach Babatunde Onakoya says learning to play chess saved him.
Now he's using the game to educate children in Nigerian slum communities, with some of the kids even winning scholarships to study as a result.
Video journalist: Faith Ilevbare.
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- Title
- "God took time to draw a butterfly on my face": The besties living with vitiligo - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:08
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Vitiligo is a rare and misunderstood skin condition. Its sufferers are often stigmatised and isolated. But Life Clinic has been meeting Wangui Njee and Julie Asuju, two friends who are determined to get the most out of life - and they’re having fun. They told us the stories of how they found out that they had vitiligo, as well as the struggles and beauties of living with it.
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- Title
- Talking to my dad about the Nigeria elections - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:57
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Ogonnia "Neyah" Idam and her father Chief Aloy O. Idam sat down to talk about the upcoming elections and what they would do if they were in charge of Nigeria.
The father and daughter spoke ahead of Nigeria's election which takes place on 16 February.
Video journalist: Joshua Akinyemi
Producer: Princess Abumere
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- Sudan’s Secret Hit Squads Used to Attack Protests - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 11:27
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- These are images Sudan’s government does not want you to see: teams of masked, plainclothes agents chasing down protesters, beating them, and dragging them off to secret detention centres in Khartoum.
Who are these hit squads? Where are these detention centres? And what happens inside their walls?
#BBCAfricaEye has analysed dozens of dramatic videos filmed during the recent uprising, and spoken with witnesses who have survived torture at the hands of the Bashir regime. Some of these protesters tell us about a secret and widely feared holding facility – The Fridge – where the cold is used an instrument of torture.
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- Kenya terror attack: What happened during the Nairobi hotel siege?
- Runtime
- 6:30
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- On 15 January, 21 people were killed in an attack on a luxury hotel and office complex in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
The Riverside attack lasted 19 hours. But what exactly happened during that time?
Using 3D reconstructions, as well as new accounts from survivors, BBC Africa security correspondent Tomi Oladipo presents the most detailed picture yet of how the events of that day unfolded, from the start of the attack, to the swift and coordinated security response that saved hundreds of lives.
Video produced by George Wafula, Anthony Irungu, Ben Allen, Anthony Makokha, Hugo Williams, Millicent Wachira, Njoroge Muigai, Gloria Achieng, Ashley Lime and Muthoni Muchiri.
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- Standing Among The Living: One Man’s Journey Through the Ebola Crisis - BBC Africa Eye documentary
- Runtime
- 42:04
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As the latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this remarkable film reveals the full horror of a full-scale Ebola epidemic - that which hit Sierra Leone in 2014. By the time it was brought under control, eighteen months later, more than 3,500 were dead and thousands more infected.
The film begins as Ebola arrives in one of Sierra Leone’s main towns, Makeni, home to a local film-maker Tyson Conteh. Tyson and his film crew risked their lives to record at close quarters the tragedy unfolding around them. Sadly, not all of the film-makers survived. But what they recorded over months of filming isn’t just recent history - “Standing Among the Living” provides a grim warning for the future.
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- Should single mothers tell their kids about their dad? #TheSheWord | BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 6:13
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Is raising children alone ideal?
Lexy Boahene, Valentine Njoroge, Marjorie Maimba and Feza Kessy discuss this and more on this week’s episode of TheSheWord.
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- Saving Jesus from Nyaope - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 26:57
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Warning: contains scenes of drug use.
A heroin-based drug cocktail called nyaope is destroying young lives in South Africa’s townships.
Our reporter Golden Mtika finds an old family friend, Jesus, addicted to the drug and scavenging in an open sewer.
While Jesus goes into rehab, Golden goes in search of the dealers who bribe the police and push the drug. But will Jesus get clean?
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- Is entrepreneurship less glamorous than it seems? #TheSheWord | BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 9:43
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- What does it take to make it as an entrepreneur - especially as a woman?
Four successful entrepreneurs tell us about the reality of being businesswomen and what to do when the going gets tough.
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- Congo: A journey to the heart of Africa - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 46:51
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe.
Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country.
In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers, and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.
#congo #congodocumentary #africadocumentaries
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- "My mum learned to love that I am a hijabi model" - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:53
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Hijab-wearing model Ikran Omar is forging a successful career as a model, but she had a battle to convince her Mum that it was a good career choice.
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- Do women get plastic surgery to please men? #TheSheWord - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 13:23
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The ladies of TheSheWord seek to discuss the effects of plastic surgery on women and seek to answer whether pressures from society lead women to consider cosmetically enhancing their bodies.
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- Title
- Philadelphia Eagles' Jay Ajayi: How my Nigerian upbringing drives me to success
- Runtime
- 6:03
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The final episode of our Diaspora Diaries series comes from Philadelphia, where a Nigerian-British athlete has helped to make sporting history.
The Philadelphia Eagles had never won the Super Bowl before. But 2018 was the year that Jay Ajayi helped to end that record.
He explains to reporter Daniel Henry how his Nigerian upbringing drives him to success, both on and off the field.
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- DR Congo: Everything you need to know - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 5:22
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- The Democratic Republic of Congo should be one of the wealthiest countries in the world.
The BBC's Africa Editor Fergal Keane looks at what went wrong.
Producers: Charlotte Pamment and Piers Scholfield
Graphics: Ian Paul Joyce
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- Title
- Hussein Suleiman: How Daily Paper blends African and Dutch cultures in Amsterdam
- Runtime
- 9:37
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Hussein Suleiman moved to the Netherlands as a Somali refugee when he was just two years old.
Now, Hussein and his business partners are aiming to blend their African and Dutch cultures through their clothing brand, Daily Paper.
However, this sentiment isn't present throughout the Netherlands, with the Dutch parliament voting to ban the full Islamic veil this year.
Produced by Daniel Henry as part of BBC Africa's Diaspora Diaries series.
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- Title
- Homeless in Lagos: Why I sleep under a bridge - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:33
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Under the bridges. In doorways. On street corners. You don't have to look too hard to see that homelessness is a big problem in Nigeria's biggest city, Lagos.
Amnesty International suggests that more than 30,000 have been forcibly evicted from settlements, and a further 300,000 are under threat.
Many flee to Lagos after being displaced by Boko Haram in the north-east of the country.
We spent a day with Godwin who came to Lagos to look for a better life, but found himself sleeping under a flyover in the city.
Video Journalists: Joshua Akinyemi and Mariam Koné.
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- Title
- What should I wear to a job interview? - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
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- Title
- Opal Tometi: How Nigeria helped inspire #BlackLivesMatter - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 8:24
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In the second episode of Diaspora Diaries, we speak to the co-founder of Black Lives Matter, Opal Tometi.
Opal was born in Phoenix, Arizona, in the US to Nigerian parents.
She grew up hearing Yoruba and Esan spoken at home - and says her first trip to Nigeria as a teenager, changed her life.
BBC Africa's Daniel Henry travelled to Washington DC to find out how those experiences led to Opal co-founding the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013.
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- Title
- My Stolen Childhood - revisited: 'Finding answers gave me courage to move on' - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 3:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- In this special episode, the BBC FactFinder team together with BBC Africa Eye partnered up to answer the question - just how much can your memories help you to track down your past?
Twenty years after she was freed, Brigitte Sossou Perenyi went on a journey to understand what trokosi really is and why her family gave her away. She documented it in a film, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/8AnwkixlhxM
The trokosi practice, prominent in West Africa, forces girls to live and work with priests in religious shrines, for the rest of their lives, to “pay” for the sins of family members. Although the practice has officially been banned in Ghana, it’s still happening there and in other parts of West Africa but on a smaller scale.
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- Title
- How my tattoo helped me deal with my grief - Talk It Out - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 2:46
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Grief is not an easy subject to talk about. Anrette decided it was time to open up about the depression that came with losing her sister, so she shared her story with her sister in law, Rosette.
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- Title
- BOOK HAUL 📚 from Ake Arts and Book Festival - BBC Africa Book Club
- Runtime
- 5:22
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
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- Title
- ‘Sexual education for kids who are disabled is non-existent’ - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 6:35
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Crystal Asige’s sudden blindness has not stopped her from turning darkness into light.
She sits down with BBC Africa's Sharon Machira to discuss what she misses about life with full vision and the challenges that come with living with a disability.
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- Title
- Cherrie: The Scandinavian RnB star with Somali roots - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 9:24
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- As part of a new four-part series called Diaspora Diaries, RnB and hip hop artist Cherrie talks about her success and her struggle to find identity as a black woman in Scandinavia.
Cherrie was born in Norway to Somali parents and raised in Sweden. However, she attributes the success of her hip hop career to the Somali diaspora across Europe.
Daniel Henry caught up with her during September's general election in Sweden - where an anti-immigration party was vying to make large gains.
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- Title
- Kamwe Kamwe: Inside Burundi’s Killing Machine - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
- Runtime
- 23:00
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Former Burundian intelligence agents say that the country’s security services are running secret torture and detention sites to silence dissent. Using cutting edge reconstruction techniques #BBCAfricaEye examines one house in particular, which was filmed in a video posted on social media in 2016. A red liquid, which looked like blood, was seen pouring from its gutter.
We ask: has Burundi’s repression of opponents now gone underground? The government has always denied any human rights violations, and declined to comment for this report.
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- Title
- 'Pretty for a dark skin girl': compliment or insult? #TheSheWord - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 8:05
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- On this week’s episode of #TheSheWord, we discuss the prevalence of skin bleaching in many African countries and ask the question - do men prefer women with lighter skin?
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- Title
- How to turn your idea into a business - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 1:42
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Business ideas can be dime a dozen. So how do you go about turning yours into a successful company? Here are some top tips from 24-year-old Sharon Njoroge, who turned her idea of a discount coupon booklet into a thriving venture called Discoucher.
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- Title
- 'The trauma constantly kept coming back': My FGM story | BBC Africa #TalkItOut
- Runtime
- 7:49
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Leyla underwent FGM at just seven years old. Till this day, the trauma caused by her experience still haunts her even in her adult life.
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- Title
- Gqom music goes global with Distruction Boyz, TLC Fam and Naked Boys - BBC Africa
- Runtime
- 4:59
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Gqom, pronounced with a Zulu click at the beginning, roughly translates as the sound of a kick drum being struck. It’s also the name of a sparse, dark, hypnotic genre of electronic music. Made in the townships of Durban, South Africa, on basic software and distributed via taxi drivers, over the last few years gqom has caught the ears of DJs and ravers in some of the coolest clubs in Berlin, New York and London.
Emily Dust, a London-based DJ who fell in love with gqom at first listen, travels to Durban to meet the artists who created it and who are taking it forward, including TLC Fam and Distruction Boyz.
Listen to the full documentary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cswhwp
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- Title
- 'Women are not taught to fight back' - BBC Africa #TheSheWord
- Runtime
- 10:31
- Date posted
- 8 years ago
- Description
- Are the struggles faced in abusive relationships glorified in the African context?
Our panel discusses the problems brought about by domestic violence worldwide - with a specific focus on the unique challenges faced by African women.
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