TED Talks
TED: School is just the start. Here's how to help girls succeed for life | Angeline Murimirwa
Education activist and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Angeline Murimirwa knows the power of educating girls, especially in places where they may not have easy access to schooling. But she says that's not enough. In an inspiring talk, she...
SciShow
How Climate Change Helped Dinosaurs Take Over
New research suggests climate change in the past might have helped dinosaurs spread across the world. And modern climate change is revealing some of the things they left behind.
SciShow
The 3 Coolest Things Built By Bugs
Long before there were strip malls, skyscrapers, and combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bells, nature had its own architects: all kinds of creatures create all kinds of structures for living, raising offspring, or maybe just the occasional...
Crash Course
Into Africa and Wole Soyinka: Crash Course Theater #49
It's difficult to talk about African theater thanks to colonialism. Pre-colonial Africa was home to many spoken languages, and not nearly as many written languages. The chain of oral tradition was broken by colonial policies, and so many...
Curated Video
Tanzanian president addresses Africa Union summit
Sharm el-Sheikh - 30 June 2008
1. Delegates arriving at summit, walking past flags
2. Various of African leaders during summit
Sharm el-Sheikh - 1 July 2008
3. Wide shot of Tanzanian President, Jakaya Kikwete, sitting down at podium...
Curated Video
South Africa - Zimbabwean President On Elections
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday (16/3) claimed that
his opponents in his country's presidential election had withdrawn
their candidacy only because they found the going too tough.
Speaking in Pretoria after a meeting with...
Curated Video
SYND 21 8 77 AFTERMATH OF GUERRILLA ATTACK ON FARM IN UMTALI, RHODESIA
Aftermath of guerrilla attack on a farm in Umtali in which 13 people were killed.
++GRAPHIC FOOTAGE++1. various of dead bodies scattered on ground2. ms women look on, zoom out to gv 3. gv pan across the countryside 4. various of dead...
Curated Video
Rock star demands more help for African Aids sufferers
1. Exterior of summit venue
2. Armed security arrive in truck
3. Uganda's President Museveni followed by South Africa's President Mbeki arriving
4. Guard of honour
5. Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe arriving
6. Other delegations and...
Curated Video
Bush on climate change, Fukuda on climate
1. Bush walking towards podium
2. SOUNDBITE (English) George W Bush, US President:
"In order to address climate change all major economies must be at the table and that's what took place today. The G8 expressed our desire to have a...
Curated Video
ZIMBABWE: PROTESTORS DISRUPT GUERRILLA LEADER FRAUD TRIAL
Natural Sound
A judicial hearing in Zimbabwe investigating pension fraud by an ex-guerrilla leader had to be postponed after his supporters caused a near-riot in the courthouse.
Chenjerai Hitler Hunzvi, head of the National War Veteran...
Curated Video
Water still in short supply, agencies drill boreholes
1. Pan from children cheering and jumping up and down to borehole drilling rig
2. Tilt down from drilling tower
3. Various of man operating drilling machine
4. Machine drilling
5. Water splashing from the ground
6. Various of people...
TED Talks
TED: To fight climate change, listen to young people | Nkosilathi Nyathi
The climate crisis has been largely caused by irresponsible adults in developed countries, but it's the children of developing nations -- like Zimbabwean environmental activist Nkosilathi Nyathi -- that suffer from the most disastrous...
TED Talks
TED: Living sculptures that stand for history's truths | Sethembile Msezane
In the century-old statues that occupy Cape Town, Sethembile Mzesane didn't see anything that looked like her own reality. So she became a living sculpture herself, standing for hours on end in public spaces dressed in symbolic costumes,...
TED Talks
Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An invitation to men who want a better world for women
Around the world, women still struggle for equality in basic matters like access to education, equal pay and the right to vote. But how to enlist everyone, men and women, as allies for change? Meet Elizabeth Nyamayaro, head of UN Women's...
TED Talks
Kristen Ashburn: The face of AIDS in Africa
In this moving talk, documentary photographer Kristen Ashburn shares unforgettable images of the human impact of AIDS in Africa.
TED Talks
My journey mapping the uncharted world | Tawanda Kanhema
Significant pieces of the globe are literally not on the map: they're missing from the most widely used mapping platforms, like Google Street View, leaving communities neglected of vital services and humanitarian aid. In this...
SciShow
3 Things to Know About Cecil the Lion
Cecil was one of the most thoroughly studied lions in Africa. And thanks to him, we know several reasons why the death of one big cat can be a big deal.
TED Talks
TED: Africa is a sleeping giant -- I'm trying to wake it up | Adeola Fayehun
Africa is like a sleeping giant, says journalist and satirist Adeola Fayehun at the beginning of this hilarious, incisive talk. "The truth is I am trying to wake up this giant. That's why I air the dirty laundry of those in charge."...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Who built Great Zimbabwe? And why? - Breeanna Elliott
Stretched across a tree-peppered expanse in Southern Africa lies the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, a medieval stone city of astounding wealth. Located in the present-day country of Zimbabwe, it's the site of the second largest settlement...
TED Talks
Moreangels Mbizah: How community-led conservation can save wildlife
Conservationist and TED Fellow Moreangels Mbizah studied the famous Cecil the lion until he was shot by a trophy hunter in 2015. She wonders how things could've gone differently, asking: "What if the community that lived next to Cecil...
Curated Video
Global Inequalities
A look at the difference in living standards and prospects between countries around the world, how this is measured, and how this impacts your life. Human Geography - A Changing World - Learning Points. The most commonly used indicator...
Curated Video
The Okavango Delta: A Wildlife Haven in the Heart of Africa
Deep at the heart of the great Kalahari lies a lush oasis like no other; a place of astounding beauty home to a great variety of wildlife. The Okavango delta. It is here where we have come to observe the incredible wildlife of Africa...
Economics Explained
How Zimbabwe's Lithium Export Ban Can Transform it into Africa's Next Superpower
In this video we go over Zimbabwe's recent policy to ban the export of raw lithium and what this could mean for the African nation's economy. We encountered a technical glitch when we first uploaded this video, which resulted in the...
Curated Video
Protests at UN for Zimbabwe's President Mugabe
While Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe spoke Wednesday against Western international sanctions, pro-Mugabe and anti-Mugabe protesters railed outside the United Nations.The 92-year-old leader told the UN General Assembly that while his...