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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ African Service 50 Year Anniversary

Charting the changes in Africa from 1940 to 1990 with a journey through the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's archives

Charting the changes in Africa from 1940 to 1990 - independence, colonialism, music, drama and key interviews.

Extracts from Lord Frederick Lugard, former governor of Nigeria, Jomo Kenyatta, leader of Kenyan independence; Kwame Nkrumah, leader of Ghana; Ian Smith's declaration of independence of Rhodesia; Zimbabwe's independence; starvation in Biafra; animosity in South Africa; Julius Caesar in Swahili, Bob Marley, President Siaka Stevens of Sierra Leone, President Milton Obote in Uganda and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

Picture: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Bush House, London, Credit: Getty Images

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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project