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All About Africa

Julia Johnson-White

Julia White and Cedric Suzman of the Southern Center for International Studies, Bernadette B.

Africa in the Soul: Continent Severely Wounded

Emmanuel M. Obiechina

Emmanuel N. Obiechina discusses the upheavals that led to the mass expatriations of millions of Africans.

Africa in the Soul: Narrators and the Age of Enlightenment

Emmanuel M. Obiechina

Emmanuel N. Obiechina discusses African narrators in the Age of Enlightenment, in defense of the true integrity of the race.

Africa in the Soul: Salvaging Identity from Wreckage

Emmanuel M. Obiechina

Emmanuel N. Obiechina discusses the psychology of recovery after Africans left their continent, began to stabilize from their disorientation, and started to restore their identities through narrative.

Black Women's Resistance in the US South and South Africa

Pamela Brooks shares from her new book Boycotts, Buses, and Passes: Black Women's Resistance in the US South and South Africa.

Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa

February 10, 2005

Helen Ladd and Edward Fiske speak about their recent book, Elusive Equity: Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa, which tells the story of South Africa's efforts to fashion a racially equitable state education system out of the ashes of apartheid.

HIV/AIDS and South African Education

Bhekinkhosi Sikhakhane

November 13, 2002

Dr. Bhekinkhosi Sikhakhane, a South African school principal and national leader involved in educational transformation in South Africa, and a board member of a South African clinic for HIV-positive women, leads this discussion about HIV/AIDS in Africa. He is joined by Dr.

News Out of Africa: South African Miracle

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about reporting news out of Africa, starting with her own "personal reference."

News Out of Africa: Challenges Within and Without

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks about new news out of Africa, which holds out the promise of the most dramatic developments in Africa since the end of colonial rule 40 years ago.

News Out of Africa: New Nations Out of Old

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Charlayne Hunter-Gualt discusses the current state of Africa.

Crisis in Darfur

Jennifer Leaning

December 9, 2004

Jennifer Leaning of the Harvard School of Public Health, Eric Reeves of Smith College, Alex de Waal of the Global Equity Initiative at Harvard, and William Schulz of Amnesty International discuss the crisis in Darfur. Gail Harris, a journalist for both NPR and PBS, moderates their discussion.

Women to Women: Journey to Darfur

Gloria White-Hammond

November 17, 2005

Linda Mason, Liz Walker and Gloria White-Hammond discuss their experiences and thoughts about the future of Darfur and its people and what the United States can do.

Doctors Without Borders in Niger

November 5, 2005

Milton Tectonidisas and Jonathan Spector describe Plumpy'nut, a revolutionary new approach that Doctors Without Borders is using to treat malnourishment in Niger; and they discuss what this technique could mean for how the organization will respond to nutritional crises and famine in the future.

Gloria White Hammond: Liberating Sudanese Slaves

Gloria White Hammond

Gloria White Hammond, inner city minister and pediatrician, discusses her work that helped liberate more than 9,000 Sudanese slaves as part of a ministerial coalition.

Lost Boys of Sudan: Inside Sudan's Civil War

January 25, 2007

Mark Bixler, author of The Lost Boys of Sudan and staff writer at The Atlanta Journal Constitution, discusses the Sudanese conflict and challenges facing refugees.