Focus On Africa

Focus on Africa is a news programme on BBC World News that first premiered on 18 June 2012. The programme is hosted by Komla Dumor each weekday. The programme includes news, sport and business from across Africa and around the world.

Whitney Houston Live：Concert For A New South Africa / 1994

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Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America / 2017

World-renowned dignitaries, athletes and artists from around the globe come together to explore and celebrate African American contributions to the global landscape, as they commemorate the opening of Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Ebuka Turns Up Africa / 2024

Six celebrities embark on an African adventure. Clashing personalities, tested friendships as they face challenges journeying across Africa's landscapes.

Punk in Africa / 2012

Three chords, three countries, one revolution...PUNK IN AFRICA is the story of the multiracial punk movement within the recent political and social upheavals experienced in three Southern African countries: South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

Paul Simon: Under African Skies / 2012

Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the incredible journey of his historic Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime. On the 25th anniversary of Paul Simon's GRACELAND, acclaimed documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger offers a glimpse at the controversy surrounding the decision to record the album in South Africa despite a UN boycott of the nation, which was aimed at ending apartheid. In the run-up to an eagerly anticipated reunion concert, Simon, Quincy Jones, Peter Gabriel, David Byrne, Harry Belafonte, Paul McCartney and others reflect on the decision to record with local artists in South Africa, and the cultural impact of the album that delivered such hits as "I Know What I Know" and "You Can Call Me Al."

Top Gear: The Great African Adventure / 20139.01 voti

Another expedition for Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. This time around, our intrepid explorers take on the task of finding the source of the Nile in three barely roadworthy estate cars. After surmounting the worst that the local hotels and traffic jams can throw at them, the dynamic trio set off into the heat of the African sun, taking dense forests, the ferocious wildlife, and wheel-sucking mud in their stride - well, almost.

Wonders of the African World / 1999

Africa is a continent of magnificent treasures and cultures — from the breathtaking stone architecture of 1,000-year-old ruins in South Africa to an advanced 16th century international university in Timbuktu. However, for centuries, many of these African wonders have been hidden from the world, lost to the ravages of time, nature and repressive...

Mission Africa / 2007

Nick Knowles and 15 construction trainees travel to Africa, to use their skills to aid conservation efforts and encourage tourism

Miracle Rising: South Africa / 2013

MIRACLE RISING: SOUTH AFRICA is the epic legacy of South Africa's political transformation that culminated in the first free and fair elections in April 1994. Recounted through the personal accounts of key figures, both local and international, the documentary examines how South Africa avoided a civil war and moved towards, as Archbishop Desmond Tutu coined the phrase, "a rainbow nation." From the evil legacy of apartheid to the triumphant first democratic elections, Miracle Rising: South Africa moves beyond mere chronology and delves into the hearts and minds of the leaders and people of South Africa, culminating in the thrilling behind-the-scenes events of the elections that resulted in the joyful inauguration of President Nelson Mandela. Told through simple, intimate portraits of key players, it weaves a grand story of a nation into an intimate history of men and women determined to change the country for the best of all who live there.

African Kung-Fu Nazis / 20196.01 voti

Unlike what history books tell us, Adolf Hitler did not commit suicide in his bunker, but instead fled to the African continent in his submarine. Teaming up with his new right hand, infamous Japanese military leader Hideki Tojo and the brutal Horse-Man Göring, he plans on conquering the world once again - starting in Ghana. With the might of his loyal (although brainwashed) Ghan-Aryans and his superhuman Karate-Powers, Hitler destroys the African Kung-Fu school of the shadow snake, killing its leader. Grieving for his master, Kung-Fu disciple Addae seeks revenge by participating in Hitler's martial arts tournament. Will he find the strength of body and mind to defeat the evil dictator?

At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army / 1943

Documentary depicting and explaining the Allied campaign against the Germans in North Africa. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2013.

Amazing Africa /

Un fantastico viaggio alla scoperta dell'Africa, culla dell'umanità e cuore del nostro pianeta. Il continente nero, dove il sole colpisce la terra quasi verticalmente, ci offre paesaggi affascinanti; una fauna unica e tanto diversificata, che si è perfettamente adattate alle condizioni bioclimatiche; piante che non si possono trovare in nessun altro luogo sulla Terra. Una biodiversità mozzafiato che cresce nella natura incontaminata, raccontata in 3D dai nativi della Namibia, che ci mostrano la loro Africa.

African Giants / 2024

Over a weekend visit in Los Angeles, two-first generation Sierra Leonean American brothers navigate the changing dynamics of brotherhood after a surprise announcement.

The African Desperate / 20226.02 voti

It’s MFA grad Palace Bryant’s final 24 hours in art school, and she is not going to the graduation party! She needs to get back home to Chicago from Upstate New York, but that means surviving a hazy, hilarious, and hallucinatory odyssey, stumbling from academic critiques to backseat hookups.

The Great South African Bake Off / 2015

The Great South African Bake Off is a South African culinary reality competition series based on the international format which features a nationwide search to find and crown South Africa's best amateur baker.