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Mauritian musician Kaya, died in police custody on 21 February 1999, sparking rioting
The story of one young Eritrean woman鈥檚 attempt to escape compulsory national service
In 1993, Burundi鈥檚 first democratically elected President was murdered
In 2004, a chance encounter in Nigeria led to the return of two looted art treasures
Zahra Nordien returned to District Six decades after being expelled during apartheid
In 1975, President Habyarimana introduced Umuganda, compulsory, weekly community work
On 16 August 2012, police shot dead 34 striking miners at a platinum mine in South Africa
The leaders of 32 newly-independent African countries met to discuss uniting the continent
In 1975 hundreds of thousands of Moroccans marched into disputed territory in the desert.
In June 2012, Mohamed Morsi was elected in Egypt's first free presidential election.
Death pardons and chasing diplomats with sticks
In 1971 communist Bob Newland goes on a secret mission to South Africa to fight Apartheid
In 1996, Wale Adenuga鈥檚 sitcom Papa Ajasco first hit Nigerian TV screens.
When Yoweri Museveni came to power in 1986, he asked exiled Asians to return to Uganda.
How huge unrest forced the Egyptian government to ditch a plan to increase bread prices
In 1868 Tewodros II of Ethiopia prepared to make a last stand against the British army.
The Stele of Axum, a 4th century Ethiopian treasure, was returned by Italy in 2005
In the late 1800s thousands of African-Americans tried to emigrate to escape violence
The groundbreaking autobiography of a woman who grew up in 19th century Nigeria
Rare archive recordings of people who lived through the unification of Nigeria in 1914
Rare recordings of African veterans of WW1 in East Africa
In late November 1922 the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh, Tutankhamun, was uncovered
During World War II, African soldiers were a vital part of the Allied forces in Burma
Johnny Smythe was one of very few West Africans to fly with Britain's airforce during WW2
