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Human Nature
Games, human nature and politics
Farai Sevenzo
Zimbabwean film director Farai Sevenzo talks about making his film Rwendo
Cuban writer Pedro Perez-Sardu
Shona folklore play, Cuban writer Pedro Perez-Sarduy and actor Joseph Kumbela from Zaire
Heroes
Panel discussion on the African heroes of sport, music and politics
What Your Hair Says About You
Zambian curly perms, advertising and storytelling
Culture and Identity
Profile of Sahrawi refugee camp in Algeria, home to 200,000 people
Writer Biyi Bandele
Nigerian writer Biyi Bandele-Thomas talks about his screenplay Not Even God is Wise Enough
'Master-servant Relationships'
Most white people only know the servant working in their house"
Marriage
Is what people expect from marriage changing?
Ugandan Fashion
Ugandan/Tanzanian fashion, plus South African musicians coming back to South Africa exile
South African Music on Tour in the US
Traditional South African music, plus South African playwright Philip Kakaza visits Kenya
Relationships
On the dancefloor in Ghana, plus Moroccan film-maker Naguib Ktiri Idrissi
Communication
The effects of tourism in Gambia, agony aunts and a radio show for South African teenagers
National Identity
The BBC's Swahili music programme with Vicky Ntetema and fashion designer Kofi Ansah
That's Life Mwattu
Ugandan Soap Opera That's Life Mwattu and author Dorinda Hafner
Eritrea Coffee
The significance of making coffee in Eritrea - coffee bars, capuccinos and macchiatos
Romantic Fiction
Romantic author Walije Gondwe talks about her book I Still Miss Him set in 1950s Malawi
Tanzanian Traffic
Dar es Salaam traffic, the Ghanaian film Child at 6.30 and Nigeria photography
Grace Jones
Grace Jones on judging Miss World and Eritrean artist Michael Adonai
Teaching Children Manners in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's charm school, Eritrea's ex soldiers making music and a tour of Petticoat Lane
Jack Mapanje - Poet
The Malawian poet talks about being in prison and having his book banned
Love
The sentimental and practical aspects of modern day romance
Addis Ababa's Historic Houses
Ethiopia's original mansion houses, prostitution in Cameroon and Kenya's beach boys
Travel to Achieve Your Goals
The fashion and style of Zanzibar, Malian pilot and traditional weddings in Gambia
Meeting People
Connections between China and Africa, cycle taxis in Uganda, singer Prudence Katomeni
Pirate Recordings
FM radio in Uganda tackles pirate recordings
Mandela - Time To Be Free
A review of the children's book Mandela: Time To Be Free by South African Sue Adler
Zanzibar
A tour of the spice islands of Zanzibar: Stone Town, wearing a hijab and playing football
Success
Is success down to luck or good planning?
Lagos
A visit to Lagos, Nigeria
Difference
How far are you willing to go to be different? Are you happy with who you are?
