Rhodesia Declares Independence

What does rock megastar Rod Stewart remember most about playing to 4 million people on Copacabana beach on New Year's Eve 1994? Well... it's not nice.Photo: Rod Stewart at the BBC. 

In December 1999 a young Dutch man, Bart Spring in't Veld, won the first ever Big Brother reality TV show. It was to be the start of a global television phenomenon. But for 22-year-old Bart the victory proved to be a mixed blessing.Photo: Big Brother winner Bart Spring in't Veld, ...  Show more

The end of the Rhodesian Bush War brought hopes for Zimbabwe’s future, but farm conflicts across Southern Africa revealed tensions beneath. Explore the violence, resilience, and the fight for survival. Sponsor: shopify.com/casual - for a $1 per month trial period Learn more abo ...  Show more

How a bloody 1960s revolution changed East Africa. We hear an eyewitness account and talk to Professor Emma Hunter of Edinburgh University. Plus the birth of ecotourism in Costa Rica, the post-war origin of the World Health Organisation, the man who created the world's first ...

في أواخر الخمسينيات، وأوائل ستينيات القرن العشرين، حصلت دول إفريقية عديدة على الإستقلال .. وتميزت تلك الفترة برحيل القوى الإستعمارية الأوروبية .. كان الزمن زمن الحرب الباردة ورأى الأمريكيون أن عليهم أن يجدوا لأنفسهم ومصالحهم مكانا في هذه القارة الغنية بمواردها الطبيعية .. ولتثب ...  Show more

Soldiers from both sides on the battle for Jerusalem; plus Robert Kennedy's assassination, the child who fought slavery in Pakistan, and the cousin of Anne Frank Photo:Israeli forces advancing in the Sinai desert during the Six-Day War, June 1967. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton A ...  Show more