David Swatling attends the auction in New Orleans of a letter written by Louis Armstrong, quotes from it and then goes on to present Louis’ early life in the city. […]
Monthly Archives: July 2001
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Dr. Hoosen “Jerry” Coovadia is a professor of HIV/AIDS Research at the Nelson Mandela School of Medicine at the University of Natal in Durban, South Africa. He chaired the 13th […]
In 2001, Michael Dudok de Wit won an Oscar for best short animated film: “Father and Daughter”. Chris meets him in his studio in London and talks about Oscar night, […]
Radio journalist Eric Beauchemin started making documentaries for the Dutch international service about 10 years ago, when he covered the growing numbers of Africans crossing the Straits of Gibraltar into […]
This programme is an updated version of the Slavery Special, broadcast on the December 24, 2000, when the location and the design of the National Slavery Monument had not yet […]
In Pakistan, child sexual abuse is rampant, but it remains shrouded in secrecy. Both girls and boys are the victims of abuse, and few of the perpetrators are ever convicted. […]