BBC Africa
BBC Africa | #HairTalks | A Quick Guide to Afro Hair with Valley Fontaine
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- BBC Africa | #HairTalks | A Quick Guide to Afro Hair with Valley Fontaine
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
- Description
- Valley Fontaine, BBC London journalist and editor of www.valleyfontaine.com, breaks down the four main styles available to women with afro hair. #natural #relaxed #weave #extensions #hairtalks #afropolitique #bbcafrica #bbcworldservice
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- Mozambique's Mingas on the challenges local musicians face
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- 2:44
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Elisa Domingas, popularly known as Mingas, is one of Mozambique's top singers.
Her career has spanned more than 40 years and her music is a fusion of rhythms of the Chope people of Southern Mozambique and various African sounds.
She has collaborated with major African musicians, including Angelique Kidjo and Hugh Masekela.
Mozambique has just been celebrating 40 years of independence, and when BBC Africa's Sophie Ikenye met her, she started by asking her if the country today is what she imagined it would be.
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- Namwali Serpell on Short Stories
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Masterclass: Zambian writer Namwali Serpell, who won the 2015 Caine Prize for African Writing, on the art of the short story
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- Kenya - Snail Farm
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Snails are eaten in large quantities in parts of West Africa where they are considered a delicacy, but most people in Eastern and Southern Africa do not eat snails.
Now, one entrepreneur is raising snails in Kenya. It is the only snail farm in East Africa, as Ruth Nesoba reports.
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- Lupita Nyong'o speaks to BBC Africa's Anne Soy
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- 3:06
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Kenya's Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o has returned to her country with a mission to save wild animals.
This is the first time she has been back in Kenya since winning an Oscar.
She spoke to the BBC's Anne Soy about her passion for elephant conservation and how she felt to be at home after making her mark on the global stage.
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- FROM MAASAI TO HAIRDRESSER
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- 2:24
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Many members of the Maasai tribe, traditionally a culture centred around farming, living in Dar es Salam have turned to a different profession, hairdressing. Tulanana Bohela reports.
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- ONE TO ONE WITH SEUN KUTI - BBC AFRICA
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- 5:55
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Seun Kuti on his dad Fela Kuti, afrobeat and african art... with BBC Africa's Peter Okwoche. FULL INTERVIEW
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- PENIS TRANSPLANT WORKS
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- 0:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- A South African man is to become a father after a penis transplant.
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- DRUNK CHIMPS IN GUINEA
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- 0:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Watch: Chimps enjoying palm wine in Guinea and it might be good for them.
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- Daby Toure | Woyoye | Performed at BBC London
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- DABY TOURE is a Senegalese musician. Daby Toure has collaborated with #PeterGabriel, #Rihanna and #BobGeldof. Daby Toure performed the song Woyoye from his album Amanonafi for us at the BBC studios in London.
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- Hooked : Episode 2 The Good Life:
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Previously in Hooked - Buba, a young man from Guinea-Bissau, sold a package of cocaine washed ashore after a shipwreck.
He's now spending his new-found money. This story explores difficult themes of drug taking.
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- What's going on in Burundi ? Here's the latest
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- 0:16
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Thousands of people are celebrating in the Burundian capital Bujumbura after a senior army general announced a coup but it's not clear if the army is backing it. Maud Jullien tells us the latest
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- Xenophobic attacks in South Africa
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- 45:26
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- BBC Africa hosts a hangout on xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Join the conversation with experts and individuals with personal stories to tell.
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- Attack on university in Garissa, Kenya
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The BBC's Anne Soy reports from Garissa, Kenya on an attack by al-Shabab gunmen that left dozens of students dead.
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- Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati on losing the election
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- 6:22
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Goodluck Jonathan's spokesman Reuben Abati talks to the BBC's Will Ross about the PDP losing Nigeria's presidential election and on how the outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan will be judged: "I believe that history will be kind to him", he says.
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- Nigeria election round up
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The BBC's Jimeh Saleh rounds up the key developments of the day's event.
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- General Buhari says the voting process has been in 'order'
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- 1:19
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Nigeria Decides 2015: What is at stake?
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- 39:41
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- BBC Africa is holding a special Google Hangout ahead of the Nigerian elections this weekend. Presenter Bola Mosuro will be joined by a group of Nigerians from different backgrounds to discuss some of the major issues regarding the elections.
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- Nigeria elections 2015 (Nasarawa State)
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The BBC's Peter Okwoche reports from Nasarawa State ahead of Nigeria's presidential election
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- Kinshasa sapeurs ClubAfricaBBC
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- 0:56
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- A group of sapeurs - members of the Society for Ambience-makers and Elegant People (La Sape, in French) - running wild on the streets of Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. A BBC team follows them to their favourite nightclub for the series The Best Nightclub in Africa, part of the BBC's A Richer World season. You can watch it on BBC World TV on Friday, 13 March 2015, or listen to the story on Newsday and Focus on Africa on the BBC World Service. #ClubAfricaBBC #BBCRicherWorld #FocusOnAfrica
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- MMP Family and DJ Edu dancing in Botswana
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Musicians MMP Family, from Botswana, teach BBC Radio 1Xtra's DJ Edu (wearing a green T-shirt) their latest dance. Edu was in Gaborone for the Best Nightclub in Africa series, part of the BBC's A Richer World season.
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- Ebola: what lessons have we learned?
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- 29:56
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- #Ebola has killed more than 9,000 people, primarily in West Africa, where there's still some way to go until the virus is eliminated.
On Tuesday at 17:30 GMT focusing on what lessons have we learned from the Ebola crisis. Post your questions ahead of the hangout
Guests
Dr Samura Kamara, Sierra Leone's Foreign Minister
Bruce Alyward from World Heath Organisations
Barry Andrews - Goal Global
Sara Abu-Noah medical student in Freetown
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- Nollywood Film 'Thy Will Be Done' premieres in London
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- A Nollywood movie has held its premiere at the largest screen cinema in Britain, London's BFI Imax. The film is called "Thy will be done" and was made by Nollywood director Obi Emelonye. It tells the story of a Pastor who has two wives. Focus on Africa's Peter Okwoche went along to the showing.
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- Simon Harris: Kenyan boys recall how Briton abused them
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- 2:37
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- A British charity boss who abused vulnerable street children in Kenya has been sentenced in the UK to 17 years and four months in jail. Simon Harris was convicted of eight charges of indecent and sexual assault on youngsters in Gilgil, in Kenya's Rift valley and four of possessing indecent images of children. The court heard that he would lure boys to his house in Kenya by offering them food, shelter and money.The offences were committed while Harris was running a gap year charity that he set up in Kenya in the 1990s. BBC Africa's Gladys Njoroje has more...
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- Presidential candidate Buhari vows to crush Boko Haram
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- 4:25
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Nigeria's main presidential challenger Muhammadu Buhari has ruled out negotiating with Islamist militants if he wins elections next month. The elections, previously due on 14 February, were postponed over security concerns.
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- Celebrities defend gay rights in Ghana
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- 2:44
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Ghanaian celebrities have taken to social media to condemn the beating of a suspected gay man, opening a rare window for debate on homosexuality in a country where gay sex is illegal.
A video circulated on social media showing a famous music promoter, nicknamed "Kinto" being beaten and threatened by an angry mob. Police have made an arrest and say Kinto was "framed" according to reports.
But celebrities who know Kinto expressed disgust, with some going on to question Ghana's laws on homosexuality.
A police spokesperson said one person had been arrested on suspicion of assault in the case and that they were not investigating Kinto with regard to gay sex.
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- Ghana power cut protests
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- 1:30
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Thousands of Ghanaians take to the streets to protest against the worst series of power cuts in a decade.
(Pictures courtesy of Metro TV Ghana )
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- #BBCtrending: The Somali woman who's become a global star on Instagram
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- 2:54
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- What's your stereotype of the Somali capital Mogadishu?
Whatever it is, chances are it's different from the view you get if you follow Ugaaso Abukar Boocow on Instagram.
She has 42,000 followers largely because of her irreverent take on Somali life.
Video Journalist: Neil Meads
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- Kenyan marathon runner crawls across the finishing line
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Kenyan athlete Hyvon Ngetich was leading the Austin Marathon in Texas in the US when exhaustion set in at the 23 mile mark. Unable to run any more and despite being offered a wheelchair she crawled for 3 miles to reach the finish line.
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- Olusegun Obasanjo discusses what happens should the elections be delayed again?
- Runtime
- 1:31
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- The former president Olusegun Obasanjo is currently Nairobi to launch his new book, My Watch, which is banned in Nigeria. The BBC's Charlotte Attwood asked him what happens should the elections be delayed again?
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- The Story of Botswana's First Youth Radio Station: Yarona FM | Africa Business Report
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- 4:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Botswana's Yarona FM's founder Percy Raditladi speaks to BBC New's Africa Business Report about the rise of the Botswana's first youth radio station. Yarona FM shows the vast potential of young people in Botswana through their radio station, with plans to expand into relatively untapped digital markets.
Listen to Yarona FM here: https://yaronafm.co.bw/radiochannel/listen-live/
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- Debate: Is Africa Re-inventing Democracy?
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- 1:00:01
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Watch a debate about democracies in Africa hosted by the BBC's Alex Jakana.
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- Analysis: Boko Haram and Baga Satellite Images
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- 3:10
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- BBC Hausa Editor Mansur Liman analyses reports that satellite images of Nigerian towns attacked by Boko Haram show widespread destruction and suggest a high death toll.
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- Akwasi Sarpong's Focus on Africa 'front page'
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Akwasi Sarpong outlines the stories featured in Focus on Africa.
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- Focus on Africa: Watch the presenter behind the scenes
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- 1:17
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Watch presenter David Amanor as he begins the 15:00 GMT edition of Focus on Africa, on 13 January 2015.
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- African cartoonists produce drawings after Paris killings (BBC Focus on Africa TV)
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- 1:04
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Cartoonists around the world have been reacting with pen and paintbrush to the Paris killings. Some images from African artists: 1 - 2. Talal Nayer (Sudan), 3. Gado (Kenya), 4 - 6. Damien Glez (Burkina Faso - France), 7. Victor Ndula (Kenya), 8. Brandan Reynolds (South Africa)
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- Behind the scenes: Salim Kikeke reports from Pemba
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- 0:50
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Behind the scenes with BBC Africa's Salim Kikeke as he takes a break from recording his report on the importance of cloves for the tiny Indian Ocean island of Pemba, off the coast of Tanzania.
His full report can be found on Focus on Africa TV and radio, or visit bbcafrica.com to read his online feature.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCAfrica
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bbcafrica
Google+: http://goo.gl/N8JsS
SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/bbcafrica
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- Africa Cup of Nations Results
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- 19:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- A group of sports journalists discuss the results from the final round of qualifying matches for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Equatorial Guinea.
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- How to launch a fashion label in Uganda? | African Dream
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- 4:19
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Definition Africa is a Ugandan fashion label founded by three female entrepreneurs - Nadia Bhegani, Olga Mugyenyi and Nahida Bhegani. As part of the latest series of African Dream, they shared their experiences of being part of a business partnership. They try to work with only local suppliers and use only African raw materials.
Check out Definition Africa on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/definitionafrica
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- Africa Beats: VILLY & The Xtreme Volumes, Nigeria
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- 4:33
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Villy - Oliseh John Odili - says Africans have put up with bad government for too long. They should protest more, like people in other parts of the world. Villy is a Nigerian Afro-fusion singer and songwriter, who splits his time between Lagos and Accra. He sings in Igbo, Yoruba, Pidgin and English. His anger at what he sees as complacency inspired Make Me Mad, the song he performs with his group, the Xtreme Volumes, for BBC Africa Beats. Inspired by a variety of artists, his sound reflects rock, soul, hip hop, jazz and African influences. Villy is bucking the digital trend and putting his energies into delivering strong live performances based on good old fashioned musicianship.
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- Songhoy Blues playing at The Kings Head, London
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- 4:42
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Malian rockers Songhoy Blues play their song Al Hassidi Terei at The Kings Head, London, on 12 November 2014
Recorded with a mobile phone.
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- Ugandan singer Desire Luzinda is latest victim of 'revenge porn'
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- 3:11
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- They call it Revenge Porn -- the publication of nude pictures of an individual without their consent - and it has become a global issue. In Uganda, naked photos of the musician Desire Luzinda, have gone viral on social media networks and have been published in newspapers. Her ex-boyfriend is alleged to have posted them on Facebook - the post saying "to teach her a lesson". Uganda's Minister for Ethics wants HER arrested, accusing her of engaging in pornography. Focus on Africa's Catherine Byaruhanga spoke to Desire Luzinda and sent this report.
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- Zambians bid farewell to President Sata
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- So the sharp tongue of the man affectionately called 'king Cobra' in Zambia will be heard no more... Michael Sata, Zambia's President for the past 3 years was laid to rest earlier today after being given a state funeral in Heroes Stadium. The leader who came in on a populist vote in 2011 died in a London Hospital a fortnight ago after suffering from a long undisclosed illness. Today he was heralded at home as thousands came to bid him farewell.
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- BBC African Footballer of the Year 2014
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- 15:51
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Sports journalists discuss the players shortlisted for the 2014 BBC African Footballer of the Year award.
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- BBC African Dream: Swaady Martin-Leke, of Yswara tea brand
- Runtime
- 4:20
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- As part of the BBC's African Dream series, which looks at entrepreneurs across the continent, the Ivorian founder of luxury tea brand Yswara discusses the importance of being based in a region where people feel "alive".
Swaady Martin-Leke says she decided to "implant" her luxury brand in South Africa. The businesswoman opened her first shop in Johannesburg. She then decided to aim for Nigeria before turning her attention to the entire continent via digital sales.
Watch her explain the source of her inspiration.
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- The key events behind Blaise Compaore's rise to power
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Find out why Blaise Compaore is referred to as West Africa's Godfather .
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- State of emergency in Burkina Faso
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- After a day of angry protests across the capital Ouagadougou, the president is reported to have declared a state of emergency. A report still unconfirmed. And there are a few things we still cannot say for sure as the story unfolds. Several government buildings have been burnt including the one housing the state television.Focus on Africa's Lebo Diseko has been looking at today's events.
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- Arab Spring rapper Klay BBJ says Tunisia now worse off
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- 1:48
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Tunisia's 2011 revolution kicked off the Arab Spring. Three years later, however, many young Tunisians feel that nothing has changed.
Millions went to the polls last week in Tunisia's latest free elections, but at the same time, a rap critical of the system has been trending on YouTube, as young hip-hop artist Klay BBJ tunes in to the post-revolution blues blighting many of his peers.
Reporter: Mai Noman
Video journalist: Greg Brosnan
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- Protesters set fire to Burkina Faso parliament
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- 0:16
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
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- Protesters angry at plans to allow Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year-rule set fire to parliament in the capital.
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- Africa Beats - Lala Njava
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- 4:19
- Date posted
- 12 years ago
- Description
- Lala Njava released her first solo album, Malagasy Blues Song, in 2013 but she has a long career behind her. She comes from a musical family of 15 children and from an early age she performed with her brothers and sisters. It quickly became clear that she was the lead singer, and her voice is astonishing – deep and distinctive. For BBC Africa Beats, she performs with her brothers Pata and Dozzy Njava, and her cousin Christian Ravalison. The sound they make is grounded in Malagasy tradition but also highly original, with a Western rhythm section and strong trance, blues and afrobeats elements. Lala and her three brothers now live in Brussels, but they are still highly concerned by the issues their native land faces, and Lala is donating a portion of the revenues from her CD sales to a tree planting project.
