Africa… States of Independence

The con­sul­tant and hu­man rights ac­tivist looks at the im­pact of oil ex­ploita­tion on Chad’s peo­ple.

The his­to­ri­an re­calls the day Sene­gal gained its in­de­pen­dence and the hopes peo­ple held for its fu­ture.

One of the most pow­er­ful po­lit­i­cal fig­ures in Cote d’Ivoire talks about what in­de­pen­dence has meant for his coun­try.

The Niger­ian nov­el­ist and play­wright gives in­sight into grow­ing up in post-in­de­pen­dence Nige­ria.

The jour­nal­ist and au­thor ex­plains why he will not be cel­e­brat­ing 50 years of Cote d’Ivoire’s in­de­pen­dence from France.

The man­ag­ing di­rec­tor of Chad’s Na­tion­al en­er­gy com­pa­ny talks about Chi­na’s role in Chad.

The pop­u­lar Sene­galese mu­si­cian talks about pol­i­tics and the pow­er of mu­sic to in­spire change.

The pop­u­lar mu­si­cian dis­cuss­es what it means to be Niger­ian.

The Nol­ly­wood star talks about the Niger­ian movie in­dus­try and ex­plains why he is proud to be Niger­ian.

The for­mer Niger­ian pres­i­dent talks about progress and prob­lems in his coun­try.