Out and about in Africa with the Spice Taxi
World Service,Β·146 episodes
The dance music of Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya
The music of coastal west Africa - from Senegal, Guinea, Togo, featuring Youssou N'Dour
The music of Portuguese-speaking Africa: Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique
The music of Nigeria, Ghana and Benin, presented by Fergus Nicholl
An interview with Malawian writer Jack Mapanje
Somali author Nuruddin Farah talks about his book Gifts and being away from Somalia
Actress and Alexandra Duah from Ghana and Kenyan director Anne Mungai talk about filmaking
Writer Kole Omotosho offers an interesting perspective on the end of Apartheid
Sierra Leone magician Lloyd Forster and the Akef Circus in Egypt
Discussion of the film Lumumba - Death of a Prophet and an interview with Francis Bebey
Panel discussion on ageing and respecting the advice of elders
Artist Francis Johnson from Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe acapella and modelling in South Africa
Plus St Kitt's author Caryl Phillips and Malawian music
Trip to a fish market; plus Frank Chipasula talks about being exile
Why are material items becoming increasingly important in a world of diminishing resources
Coconut tree climbing in Tanzania. Plus Olayinka Burney-Nicol and Fred Eboka
Political cartoons in Zambia, Ghanaian politician Kwesi Botchwey and Black Umfolosi
"I was impressed by the diversity. Everybody had a story to tell"
Kenyan fashion, Nigeria choreographer Peter Badejo and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni
Games, human nature and politics
Zimbabwean film director Farai Sevenzo talks about making his film Rwendo
Shona folklore play, Cuban writer Pedro Perez-Sarduy and actor Joseph Kumbela from Zaire
Panel discussion on the African heroes of sport, music and politics
Zambian curly perms, advertising and storytelling
Profile of Sahrawi refugee camp in Algeria, home to 200,000 people
Nigerian writer Biyi Bandele-Thomas talks about his screenplay Not Even God is Wise Enough
Most white people only know the servant working in their house"
Is what people expect from marriage changing?
Ugandan/Tanzanian fashion, plus South African musicians coming back to South Africa exile
Traditional South African music, plus South African playwright Philip Kakaza visits Kenya