Sahara is documentary series that explores how western interference in the regions surrounding the desert affects those who live there.Niger is the country with the fastest growing population on earth - but in a poor country, that comes with its problems.What are the challenges faced by its people?

Brave, strong and with a zeal to help liberate other African countries that were still under the rule of the colonialists, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere the founding father of Tanzania stood as a great leader who chose the path less travelled by many.

He challenged tyrannical leaders like Idi Amin and fought tirelessly for what he believed in, socialism.

Across the globe, global commercial demand for arable land is on the rise. One of the most profitable new agricultural hotspots is Ethiopia. [Online until: February 4, 2019]

Farmland - the new green gold. In the hopes of huge export revenues, the Ethiopian government is leasing millions of hectares of land to foreign investors. But there’s a dark side to this dream of prosperity. The results are massive forced evictions, the destruction of smallholdings, state repression, and a vicious spiral of violence in light of environmental devastation. Global institutions like the EU, World Bank and DFID are contributing to this disaster with billions of dollars in development money every year. Whoever gets in their way is met with severe consequences. The young Ethiopian environmental activist Argaw learned that the hard way when he tried to raise awareness for his country’s plight. Are transnational land investments bolstering the economy or selling out the country? While some hope for financial gains and development, others are losing their very livelihood. In pursuit of the story, we meet investors, bureaucrats, persecuted journalists, struggling environmentalists and farmers who have been evicted from their land. Swedish director Joakim Demmer’s shocking real-life thriller ‘Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas’ starts in apparently remote corners of Ethiopia and leads through global financial centers, right to our dining tables.

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⁣Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa at United Nations [1960] Part 1/2

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BEAUTIFUL JAZZY TRACK WITH ERYKAH BADU BY ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT
ORIGINALLY BY MONGO SANTAMARIA
Black Radio' represents a "a true crossover record", as Glasper himself put it. It's an amalgam of all the Jazz, Gospel, Soul, and Hip Hop traditions Glasper was raised in. With his Experiment band Casey Benjamin (Sax), Derrick Hodge (Bass), and Chris Dave (Drums),

Sudan, the biggest country in Africa. In the south the Nile with its feeder rivers dominates an almost impenetrable swamp landscape. Towards the north begins the Savanna, which blends into the Egyptian desert farther on. Since time immemorial camels have marked the dry areas of the land and determined the lifestyle of the various nomadic tribes.

Open and Close (LP) (1971) Fela Kuti
Songs includes: Open And Close/ Suegbe And Pako / Gbagada Gbogodo
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This video is part of a series of songs being posted on Fela's official YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/fela) each featuring, alongside the music, an informative commentary by Afrobeat Historian, Chris May.

The entire catalogue, released on Kntting Factory Records, is available on the Fela website (http://fela.net/), along with documentaries and recorded concerts, CDs and vinyl, tee shirts, posters and many other items.

⁣Why to prune - The idea behind small mango trees

Foundation Green Ethiopia supports subsistence farmers in rural Ethiopia with afforestation. The cycle trees - forests - water - nutrition - life offer new perspectives and motivates farmer, women and youth associations to initiate their own projects. With great views from the stunning landscapes of Ethiopia and quotes from beneficiary farmers.