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After four decades of reporting from th e con tinent , Jonath an Dimbleby return s to Afr ica on a 7,0 00-mile j ourney t o disc over ho w it is changing. 【Mali, Gh ana and Nigeria】 He starts his African journey in the cap ital of Mali, Bamako, th e fastest- growing African city. Following the course of the Niger river, Dimbleby finds n ot a continent of beggars but of industrious people, some of whom go to extraor dinary lengths to make a living, free-diving 20 feet t o excavate b uild ing sand. Trav elling north-east, he sees how tradit ion is prese rved i n an area where a sophisticated urban soci ety has thrived for 1 600 yea rs. Jonathan gets h is hands dirty as the apprentice of a 74-year- old mud mason in Djenne, a town built entirely o f mud . In Ghana, one of Africa's freest and most stable coun tries, Jo nathan sees a sp ectacular festiva l before pl aying a game of golf with t he King of the A shanti, who reca lls his time working for Brent council. Dimbleb y attend s the Kin g';s court to see what lessons the UK can draw from traditional African structures that promot e harmony and reconcili ation. Jona than disc overs that the African brain drai n is turning into a brain gain a s economic opportunity a nd patrio tism dra w peop le home. Football unites Ghana like nothing else, supe rseding pol itical a nd tribal divisions. There is a rich seam of young football ta lent o n the continent in the year that th e World Cup is hosted by an Afr ican nation fo r the first time . In Lagos, Nigeria's business capital, Jonathan Dimbleby sees a different take on a city that is oft en depicted as a hotbed of v iolence, crime and corruption. He is taken on a private jet by Africa's richest man , then savours the creative talents of two of African music's ris ing stars wh o are helping to cement Lagos's place as the co ntinent' ;s cu ltura l hub. 【Ethiopia, K enya and Tan zania】 On the second leg of his illuminating journey across Af rica, Jo nathan Dim bleby travels 2000 miles thr ough East Af rica& #39;s R ift Valley. St arting in Ethi opia, where he was t he fi rst journalist to report the 1973 fam ine, Dimbleby discovers the great st rides being made to safegu ard the coun try from future catastrophes . In Kenya h e finds out how mobile phone s are revolutionising small businesses and even th e lives of Masai tribes. I n Tanzania he jo ins in a foo tball match wit h the judges and guards of Africa's own Hum an Rig hts Commissi on and me ets the street kids in Dar-es-Salaam who are building a n interna tional profile for th eir music. 【Cong o, South Africa and Zambia】 On the final leg of his 7,000-mile odyssey, Jonathan Dimbleby travels from Congo to Durban in search of th e stories reve aling contemporary Afri ca. He learns how China';s billi on-dollar deals h ave rebo oted African ec onomies, once depen dent on Western aid and inv estmen t. Pass ing thr ough Zambia, Jonath an survi ves a training ses sion with b oxing world ch ampion Esth er Phiri an d meets Hug h Masekela, who shares with him his view of Africa';s emerging revival. 想到那 个神出鬼没的东西，印颜的心又剧烈跳动起来 ，“本来，昌长老感觉 能按住那条大尾巴，可是 ，不知怎的，它突然又厉 害起来，然后，那小冥兽，好像鬼 魅一般，借着地利，连着抹了西才他们的脖子，昌长老没办法，才完全放开了身体的封 印。”
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