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The Fifth Floor: 16/10/2015 11:06 GMT: Reporting Ebola

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An Ebola-cleansing ceremony in Pate Bana village, Sierra Leone

16/10/2015 11:06 GMT

16/10/2015 11:06 GMT: Reporting Ebola

Reporting Ebola

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Sierra Leonean Umaru Fofana on living and working with the threat of ebola

Impact of ebola in Sierra Leone; Kerala's firsts; becoming a Latino in California; South Asia and football; Ethiopian film 'Lamb' - with David Amanor

As Ebola returns to the headlines with the relapse of Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey, BBC Africa's Umaru Fofana looks back at the challenges of reporting on the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Since the disease was first reported in the country in May 2014, thousands have died, and Umaru had to live with the fear of Ebola invading his own home. He tells us about the impact of Ebola on himself and his country. 

Kerala's Firsts
The oldest mosque in India is going to be restored. It is in Kerala, and the state prides itself on its "firsts". It claims the oldest mosque, synagogue and church in India; the first non-European translation of Das Kapital and the first elected Communist government. Proud Keralan Zainul Abid tells David what it is about Kerala that makes it so open to new ideas.  

Becoming Latino in California
Being a Spaniard, BBC Mundo´s Los Angeles correspondent Jaime Gonzalez has always considered himself a Mediterranean European white man. But after arriving in California he is having to rethink. When told that Spanish is his mother tongue, his American friends identify him as 'brown' despite the colour of his skin. Jaime talks us through his personal journey through racial definitions unknown to him before.

Asian Football
Why are there no great Asian players in international football? South America and Africa have fiercely contested domestic leagues and provide inspirational players for European clubs, so why not Asia?  We sneaked into the South Asia hub planning meeting where the debate was reignited by the visit of footballing legend Pele to Kolkata.

Ska
A little peek at what is to come at the weekend as David reveals his Ska roots and picks out some of the bands he features in his Global Beats programme.

Yared Zeleke
Lamb is the first Ethiopian film to make the official selection at the prestigious Cannes film festival.  BBC Africa journalist Hewete Haileselaisse is also from Ethiopia, and spoke with the director Yared Zeleke after the London showing of the film. Lamb tells the story of a 10-year-old boy who finds comfort in a pet lamb following the death of his mother. But it also celebrates Ethiopia itself - its landscape, culture and people.  

And Fifi picks her favourite stories from the web this week.

(Photo: An Ebola-cleansing ceremony in Pate Bana village, Sierra Leone, West Africa)

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