Bridges With Africa:
This week it's about aiding and abetting warlords! Quite an accusation - and especially if the recipient is the president of Liberia... We have the story. There's Video on the Radio: all about grinding mills and feminism. And we continue our Summer Music Special series with the rebel woman from Zimbabwe - Chiwoniso! And we take a look at your letters.
It's a little machine, but it's had a big effect on the lives of women in Burkina Faso. Motorised grain grinders, funded by international aid, are freeing them up to focus more on children's education and money-making enterprises. But the machine hasn't broken down all barriers between the sexes.
This week it's about aiding and abetting warlords! Quite an accusation - and especially if the recipient is the president of Liberia... We have the story. There's Video on the Radio: all about grinding mills and feminism. And we continue our Summer Music Special series with the rebel woman from Zimbabwe - Chiwoniso! And we take a look at your letters.























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