Decades after the European powers carved up the African continent for their own imperial needs, Africa is undergoing a new wave of resource and strategic exploitation – some are calling it the new scramble for Africa.

The United States is increasing its footprint across Africa with AFRICOM, fighting terrorism and ensuring stability are the trumpeted motivations. Resource security is a more hushed objective.But it is not just about the US.

During the last decade, China's trade with Africa not only caught up with America's, it has more than doubled it.The new battle for Africa does not deploy strong-arm tactics, it is now a soft power game: economic and humanitarian aid, interest-free loans, preferential trade agreements and investments in infrastructure are currency across a continent that is, for the world's established and emerging powers, seemingly up for grabs.

India, Brazil and Russia are all invested in Africa's present and future, and old imperial powers like France are fixing to retain their loosening grip on the riches of former colonies.So what does all this mean for Africa and Africans?Empire travels to Kenya to examine the continent at the centre of the world as it is courted, cajoled and carved up by global powers to its East and West.

Seventeen African nations gained their independence in 1960, but the dreams of the independence era were short-lived. Africa states of independence tells the story of some of those countries - stories of mass exploitation, of the ecstasy of independence and of how - with liberation - a new, covert scramble for resources was born.[2 September 2010]

⁣Faces of Africa: Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah
Produced by CGTN

⁣The Niger: A River and its People

⁣Madagascar: A Route to the Sea

⁣Gambia: An African Odyssey

⁣Senegal: A Documentary

The quality and craftsmanship here in Africa is far more superior then the standard in the US.

Documentary about ⁣Mhenga Ọmọ́wálé El Hajj Malik El Shabazz created by Gil Noble for 'A Like It Is' productions in conjunction with McGraw-Hill Films on WABC-TV in 1978.

Professor Bayyinah Bello welcomes Cheryl Irvin, founder of the New Alkebulan STEM Education Center, for a conversation on educating the next generation with African-based curriculum