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Africa: West Africa
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In West Africa wealthy women wear colorful clothing made of "genuine African" textiles. Ironically, this coveted cloth is designed and manufactured in the Netherlands. This film details the interplay between a young ambitious European and an equally ambitious African market woman, as they jockey for advantage in marketing the cloth, which will make them rich. (more)
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Throughout West Africa, the yam is revered by many traditional societies including the Ibo of eastern and midwestern Nigeria. Although many of their customs have been lost or modified due to European influence, it is believed that the Ibo are more devoted to yam cultivation than any other yam producers. Their religious devotion to the food has prevented its displacement by other crops.
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In this disturbing film, the BAFTA Award-winning journalist Sorious Samura reveals how corruption has become normal and accepted in Africa -- it is one of the root causes of Africa's many problems. Sadly, most aid money given by the West never reaches those it is meant to help; it gets siphoned off by corrupt governments.
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Extensive savanna grasslands are found along the Sudanian zone of West Africa, within the Zambezian region and the Somalia-Masai plains. Large areas such as the Serengeti plains in the Somalia-Masai plains are home to a diverse range of wild animals.
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Liberia is emerging as a growing democracy in West Africa. The Liberian government has taken significant steps to correct past human rights deficiencies – including working to reform the justice sector, combating corruption and promoting good governance, and establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate and document human rights violations and war crimes committed during Liberia's civil war.
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