Africa: The Uncovered Continent 1 & 2

Subject: So. Studies/Sciences: History

Rights and Wrongs Series: Africa

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Africa: The Uncovered Continent 1 & 2

A combined version of Africa: The Uncovered Continent 1 & 2, featuring Charlayne Hunter-Gault, is available.
Africa: The Uncovered Continent 1
Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports from Mogadishu, Somalia, examining the pros and cons of humanitarian military interventions here and their human rights impacts. We also see interviews in Somalia and the Sudan, along with footage from Liberia, Rwanda and Zaire.
Africa: The Uncovered Continent 2
This program offers a profile of the late Reverend Beyers Naude (1915 - 2004), an Afrikaner who gave up a life of privilege to follow his anti-apartheid convictions. Also, Charlayne Hunter-Gault interviews Wangari Maathai, author (Unbowed), the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and founder of the Green Belt Movement, a non-profit grassroots non-governmental organization focused on environmental conservation in Kenya. Plus we see a report from African Rights and Amnesty International. 2010/2E/CL JSCA 60 min.