BBC Photo Journals

BBC has a great group of photo journals at the moment which show life in various African countries. Below are some I especially like.

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Aids orphans

Exiled Zimbabwe farmer

Moçambique

Sesame farmer

South Africa

South African mothers with cameras

Showjumping in Soweto

Orphans' Christmas in South Africa

South African Aids doctor

Dance tutor

Township landlady

South African lawyer

Malawi

Malawi village

Aids in Malawi

Kenya

Kenyan single mother

'Millennium Village' in Kenya

Aids in Homa Bay

Kenyan bomb victim

Tanzania

Driving genocide suspects

Tanzanian villager

Wood carver

Tanzanian villager

Water seller

"The man who ruined a prosperous nation"

An excellent audio slide show:

"The man who ruined a prosperous nation"

Smashed Dreams

Reflections on 27 years of "Independence."

Koinange: Mugabe smashed dreams of Zimbabwe, all Africans

'I'm as old as Zimbabwe'

Read about life in Zimbabwe today at:

'I'm as old as Zimbabwe'

Must Do Better

For a look at how life has changed in Zimbabwe read:

Must do better: A teacher reflects on four decades in Zimbabwe's schools

Tsumo - Shumo

Mutoro unorema wasvika.

"The load becomes heaviest when you are reaching (the goal)."

-- Shona Proverb
From Tsumo - Shumo by Mordikai A. Hamutyinei and Albert B. Plangger

Much like "It's darkest just before dawn."

Happy Birthday?

Today Zimbabwe celebrates 27 years of existence. Rhodesia became Southern Rhodesia which became the Republic of Rhodesia which became Rhodesia-Zimbabwe which became Zimbabwe on 18 April 1980.

Robert Mugabe became the first president of Zimbabwe, the breadbasket of Southern Africa and as the only president of Zimbabwe has transformed it into the basket case of Southern Africa over the past 27 years.

Cry for Zimbabwe!