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The Kenyan Way of Life: Exploring Modern Kenya

This program explores modern Kenya, a country of beauty and mystery that is home to 40 different cultural groups and tribes, wildly varying climates and topographies, and some of the world's most beautiful and exotic animals.


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The Horn of Africa: Religion

The Horn of Africa: Religion (0:50)

Most Djiboutians practice Islam, but a small percentage are Catholics.

The Horn of Africa: The Future

The Horn of Africa: The Future (1:06)

Because of its strategic location, the Horn of Africa is under constant foreign pressure. Its future lies in the growth and success of its shipping and transportation industries.

The Horn of Africa: Mescali and Mucho Islands

The Horn of Africa: Mescali and Mucho Islands (0:43)

The popular Mescali and Mucho Islands attract many European visitors.

The Horn of Africa: Education

The Horn of Africa: Education (1:04)

Most children in Djibouti attend school and follow a comprehensive curriculum. Unfortunately, the country still has a literacy rate of only 40 percent.

The Horn of Africa: Ali Sabieh

The Horn of Africa: Ali Sabieh (1:25)

Volcanic desert covers more than ninety percent of Djibouti. The country's second largest population center is Ali Sabieh. However, this desolate, lawless village is inhospitable to outsiders.

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Planet's Best Safaris: Tanzania Tribe Herd

Planet's Best Safaris: Tanzania Tribe Herd (1:35)

Learn about the ancient tribes of Masai and how they herd their cattle among the wildlife without disturbing the natural habitat, in this clip from "Planet's Best Safaris" on Animal Planet.

Bandits of Selous: Selous Waterhole

Bandits of Selous: Selous Waterhole (2:54)

In the African Selous all the animals are suffering in the heat. But all that changes with the short rains of November, which bring other dangers such as flash floods. Learn more about the climate changes on Animal Planet's "Bandits of Selous."

Tanzania: Present and Future

Tanzania: Present and Future (1:12)

Tanzania's recent move toward a free-market system and its new openness to foreign investment are attempts to improve the country's poor economy.

Tanzania: Zanzibar

Tanzania: Zanzibar (5:14)

Zanzibar Island has been a trading center for over 1,000 years. It was a center for the slave trade until the 1880s. Zanzibar is unique among African regions in its climate, commerce and history.

Tanzania: Bagamoyo

Tanzania: Bagamoyo (2:02)

Bagamoyo is one of the country's oldest ports and has developed a thriving shipping and repair industry. It has been the destination of many earlier foreign visitors, including Arabs and Chinese.

Tanzania: Lake Victoria

Tanzania: Lake Victoria (2:00)

Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake. It is arguably most famous for the story of David Livingstone's expedition to find the source of the Nile River and for Henry Stanley's expedition in search of Livingstone.

Tanzania: Dodoma

Tanzania: Dodoma (0:36)

The Tanzanian government is in the process of moving the capital from Dar es Salaam to the inland city Dodoma.

Tanzania: Transportation

Tanzania: Transportation (0:55)

Transportation is poor in this vast, high altitude country. The best method if travel is Tanzania's railroad system. However, it still pales in comparison to the rail systems in other countries.

Tanzania: Economy

Tanzania: Economy (1:37)

Tanzania's economy is improving, but most people are still very poor. The minimum wage is very low, and unemployment is at ninety percent.

Tanzania: Independence

Tanzania: Independence (0:52)

Julius Nyerere was Tanzania's first president; Nyerere set up a socialistic economy, and his rule lasted until 1990.