Africa's Digital Poets

Africa's Digital Poets - Part Two

The poets and how the digital space is influencing the way they write and perform

• 26 mins

Looking for Aunt Martha's Quilt

In 1892 Liberian farmer Martha Ann Erskine Ricks took a gift of a quilt to Queen Victoria

• 49 mins

The Jewish Queens of Bollywood

The untold story of how Jewish women became the first female superstars of Indian cinema

• 26 mins

Salam to Queen and Country

Zubeida Malik speaks to Muslim soldiers serving in the British army.

• 26 mins

Galapagos Islands: A Little World Within Itself

Sarah Darwin follows Charles Darwin’s footsteps to see the Galapagos Islands

• 49 mins

Reclaiming Karachi

Inspiring stories of change from the streets of Karachi

• 26 mins

The End of Sand

Our planet's sand reserves may be running out, with serious consequences for society

• 26 mins

If You're Going to San Francisco

In the summer of 1967, thousands of hippies descended on San Francisco

• 49 mins

Stravinsky in South Africa

Igor Stravinsky’s ground-breaking concert for a black audience at the height of apartheid

• 26 mins

Yangon Renaissance: Poets, Punks and Painters

Inside Yangon as revealed through the artists, writers and musicians hoping for change

• 26 mins

Who Decides if Gay is OK?

Why is it OK to be gay in the UK but not in Zambia?

• 49 mins

The Children of Partition

The effects of the Partition of India in 1947 on generations of Indians.

• 49 mins

Being Bisexual

Openly bisexual journalist Nichi Hodgson explores what it means to be bisexual.

• 26 mins

Hadraawi: The Somali Shakespeare

Somali life and culture through the work of poet Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame 'Hadraawi'

• 26 mins

Pakistan, Partition and the Present

Pakistan, Partition and the Present - Part One

Shahzeb Jillani explores Pakistan’s uneasy relationship with its violent history

• 26 mins

Pakistan, Partition and the Present

Pakistan, Partition and The Present, Part Two

Has Pakistan has lived up to the vision of its founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah?

• 26 mins

Partition Voices

Partition Voices: Division

Kavita Puri hears the untold stories of those who witnessed India’s partition in 1947.

• 26 mins

Partition Voices

Partion Voices: Aftermath

Witnesses recall the aftermath of partition as former British territories were divided

• 26 mins

Venezuela - A Week In The Life Of A Country In Chaos

Examining the divided nation in the run-up to the recent Constituent Assembly vote

• 26 mins

Space 1977

Space probes Voyager One and Two still operating after 40 years in the depths of space

• 49 mins

Darkness at Noon

Examining the mythology and psychology behind solar eclipses

• 26 mins

Cassini's Last Adventure

The Cassini spacecraft will soon plunge to its death in Saturn’s toxic clouds

• 26 mins

Going Green in the Oil State

Why are climate change sceptics in Republican Texas embracing renewable energy?

• 26 mins

Reformation 500

Germany is celebrating 500 years since the Reformation

• 49 mins

South America in the South Atlantic

Exploring the often overlooked connections between the Falkland Islands and South America

• 26 mins

Die Klassen

Die Klassen: How Syrians Adapt to Life in Germany

Germany offers language classes to new arrivals from Syria to help with integration

• 49 mins

Die Klassen

Die Klassen: Health and Family

The Syrian refugees who arrived in Berlin in 2015 and their attempts to settle in

• 49 mins

Die Klassen

Die Klassen: Waiting and Hoping

Five Syrian refugees talk about their struggle to settle into new lives in Germany

• 49 mins

Die Klassen

Die Klassen: Die Trennung

A Syrian father and daughter in Berlin and their struggle to reunite with family

• 26 mins

The Hundred Million Dollar Question

The Hundred Million Dollar Question - Part One

What’s the best way to spend $100 million to fix one of humanity’s problems?

• 26 mins