
Africa


Africa Today: Information and Analysis
Africa is the least understood continent among the US people. This ignorance is largely due to racism and the legacy of slavery. Of course, it is also due to the racist inattention by the media and US foreign policy, which is in equal measures dismissive and scandalizing. But things are changing. There is a new interest in Africa among the US public today and a new focus in government policy.

Healthcare in Africa: Lesotho’s Youth Struggle to Survive

War Crimes in Somalia, Blame the White House

A People’s History of Congo’s Jean-Pierre Bemba
Who is Jean-Pierre Bemba and how did he rise to power in the heart of darkness? Did Bemba order his rebel soldiers to cannibalize pygmies? What is Bemba's relationship to the competitors of George W. Bush and the friends of Bill Clinton? How is Bemba linked to blood diamonds in

The Ravaging of Africa
A four-part radio documentary series about the destructive impact of