P325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:45:18 Thursday 29, 20.00-20.30 The mbgazinj sjtiis that goes behind the headline stories to examine what is really going on in Africa today, returns with reports from Zaire, South Africa and Uganda in programmj one. The three-strong reporters are Toyin Fani-Kayode who covers mainly western Africa, Joseph Warungu whose home patch is East Africa, and Beathur Baker who will report on what is happening in the south. 1/10 Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 BooksP325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:33:51 Thursday 29, 20.00-20.30 Zaire has possibly the highest inflation rate in the world, up to 9000% a year. Consequently the capital of Kinshasa now functions on a US dollar economy. African Express discovers what it is like to live in an economy like this and examines the role of the country's Association of Black Market Currency Dealers to find out what social and political function they fulfil. 2/10 Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 BooksP325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:44:28 Thursday 29, 20.00-20.30 South Africa has seen a great expansion in black entrepreneurship such as in the taxi trade around Johannesburg. But competition has got wildly out of control and there has been an outbreak of shoot-outs between rival taxi firms with many being killed. For many South Africans, it's another aspect of violence in a country with the highest homicide rate in the world. 3/10 Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 BooksP325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:47:50 Thursday 29, 20.00-20.30 Uganda female pop duo Prim n' Propa are 20-year-old university students who castigate Ugandan men for their promiscuity and their ill-treatment of women in their songs which reflect the high rate of HIV and AIDS in Uganda. Africa Express finds that while HIV infection is decreasing in urban areas, it is continuing to rise in the countryside. Toyin Fani-Kayode endeavours to find out why. 4/10 Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 BooksP325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:41:33 Thursday 29, 20.00-20.30 Each week, after the show, this page will carry information enabling viewers to follow up their interest in items included in Africa Express. Channel 4's Internet Web Site carries furthjt follow-up information and points Site users in the direction of other relevant sites. The C4 Site: ——————————————————————————————————————— Internet: http://www.C4support.bus.org ———————————————————————————————— 5/10 Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 BooksP325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:48:11 O Zaire report: further reading MacGaffet et al The Real Economy of Zaire (Currey 1991) Mbaya, Kankwenda (ed) Zaire: What Destiny? (Codesria 1993) Sangmpam, S N Psjudocapitalism and the Overpoliticed State (Avjbury 1994) Africa's debt crisis follows.. 6/10 Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 BooksP325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:00:32 Africa's debt crisis: further reading Brown, Michael Barratt Africa's Choices (Penguin 1995) Adams, Patricia Odious Debts: Loose Lending and the Third World's Environmental Legacy (Earthscan 1991) George and Sabelli Faith and Credit (Penguin 1994) Hudson, Peter Trade, Development and Foreign Debt (2 volumes, Pluto 1992) 7/10 Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 BooksP325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:07:11 Uganda report: further reading AIDS in Africa 1995-6 factsheet from the Pangs Institute 0171 278 1111 AIDS: Towards 2000 (Pangs 1994) (priced at £3 - phone the above number) Triple Jeopardy: Women and AIDS (also published by the Pangs Institute 1996) The address of the Pangs Institute is 9 White Lion Street, London N1 9PD 8/1p Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 BooksP325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:50:17 Uganda report: further reading T A Dunn Social Consequences of HIV/ AIDS in Uganda (Save the Children Fund 1996) Marion Frank AIDS Education Through Thjatti (Africa Book Cjntti 1995) E C Green AIDS and SUDs in Africa: Bridging the Gap between Traditional Healing (Westviiw 1996) 9/10 Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 BooksP325 4-Tel 325 Sat 2 Mar C4 22:54:22 Uganda report: reading/advice Hoopjt (ed) Slim: Reporter's Own Stories of AIDS in East Africa (Tipttee 1996) National AIDS Helpline PO Box 5000, Glasgow G12 9BL Telephone 0800 567123 (24 hours) Terrence Higgins Trust 52-54 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8JU Telephone 0171 242 1010 10/1p Next page Wise Up C4 Today C4 Books