UN and Africa

Collage of photos of patrons at the Kitengase Library in Uganda and customers and staff at FAO’s milk bar in Rumbek, South Sudan.

Kitengase Library: Patricia Duffy; Rumbek Milk Bar: FAO/Tanya Birkbeck

Uganda’s literary ‘incubator of ideas’ for development

27 February 2018

UN and Africa

Welcome to our latest ‘UN and Africa’ podcast from UN News.

We talk to some of the people involved in two small-scale projects supported by the UN, which have helped transform their communities, in rural Uganda, and South Sudan.

Music by Kitengesa Library Band.

Gloria Browne-Marshall (on screen), a constitutional law professor and author, speaking at the film screening and panel discussion

UN News/Alban Mendes de Leon

'Vestiges' of transatlantic slave trade persist today: US law professor

15 February 2018

UN and Africa

Welcome to the first episode of our revised ‘UN and Africa’ podcast.

We talk to Gloria Browne-Marshall, a constitutional law professor and author, about the status of people of African descent across the world.

Music Credit: Studio Mali - Youssou N'Dour's Wake UP - "It's Africa Calling" Remix by IntraHealth International