Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch
Journalist Afua Hirsch explores how African countries are throwing off their colonial pasts and becoming 21st-century cultural and artistic powerhouses.
Journalist Afua Hirsch explores how African countries are throwing off their colonial pasts and becoming 21st-century cultural and artistic powerhouses.

Afua Hirsch traces Ethiopia's proud 3,000-year-old history and meets artists who are reponding to its past challenges...

In Senegal, Afua discovers a country whose cultural influence is far beyond its size, with a dynamic film, fashion and...

Afua explores how the British carved out a brutal empire in Kenya and charts how the country's artists have responded to...

Afua explores how a younger generation of Moroccans are updating old traditions in often surprising ways, creating...

Afua explores the energy and ambition of Nigeria's young cultural creators, asking what drives their success in...

Afua's artistic journey through South Africa begins in Soweto, where creativity is propelled by what locals call "ekasi"...