⁣The Tuareg live in the Sahara dessert at the foot of the mountains of Algeria. After a couple of invasive visits by white troops, very few remain living the traditional life of status veils and tea drinking.

The documentary series “Disappearing World” was originally broadcasted between 1970-1975.
As an anthropological landmark of its time, the series tells the story of traditional communities endangered by the modern world’s progressions.
The series stands as a historical document of daily life in remote and threatened societies, such as the Cuiva, Embera and Panare Indians of Colombia, the nomadic Tuareg of the Sahara, the Kurdish Dervishes, and the Meo of China.

⁣n February 2020 a shocking video began to circulate on Chinese social media. A group of African children are being instructed, by a voice off-camera, to chant phrases in Chinese. The kids repeat the words with smiles and enthusiasm — but they don't understand that what they're being told to say is " I am a black monster and my IQ is low."
The clip ignited outrage in China and beyond. But no-one ever answered some crucial questions: why was this filmed? Where was it shot? Who made it?
These questions send BBC Africa Eye reporters Runako Celina and Henry Mhango on a journey into a Chinese video-making industry that exploits vulnerable children across the continent.

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Many farmers grapple with water shortage during dry weather periods, despite lots of runoff water when it rains, leaving the farmers with no source of water for their livestock and crops. The Smart Water for Agriculture project under the Netherlands development organization, in an effort to show case water storage, here is a how to guide on making a water pan.

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⁣The "BRA FIE" (Bra Fee-Ay) Repatriation Initiative was inspired by the countless African Ancestors who were kidnapped from the shores of Mama Africa, and brought to the unknown lands of the Western Hemisphere. They never forgot their home and continued to keep hope and prayers alive that the would one day return. Most were never able to return to their home, but their descendants didn't forget about the prayers and vowed to complete the mission.

One of the most amazing stories in the natural world -- a tale of intrigue and drama, set against grand Africa and its wildlife.

The fig tree and fig wasp differ in size a billion times over, but neither could exist without the other. Their extraordinary relationship underpins a complex web of dependency that supports animals from ants to elephants. Each fig is a microcosm -- a stage set for birth, sex and death.
One of the most amazing stories in the natural world -- a tale of intrigue and drama, set against grand Africa and its wildlife.

"Truly, a masterpiece" - David Attenborough