How Chuck Yeager tried to break the sound barrier in 1947 and - 20 years later - Donald Campbell broke the water-speed record.
With Zeinab Badawi.
Followed by Weather
From Mali's strangely beautiful mud buildings to Mussolini's modernist experiments in Eritrea, architect David Adjaye explores the continent's architectural history as part of the Africa Lives on the BBC season. With visits to Ghana and Rwanda - still rebuilding after the genocide of the 1990s - and a look at how bricks from an apartheid-era jail have been put to good use in a South African court building.
A beginner's guide to landmark sub-Saharan films of the past 50 years. Plus news from this year's Cannes Film Festival and interviews with top African film-makers.
From 2002, director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun 's accurately observed drama of life on the Chad-Cameroon border. Two brothers are sent to a strict Koranic school when their father leaves the family home. Chad Arabic with English subtitles. Review page 64. Film Highlights: page 56
See also Track Wars at 2.20am
The rivalry between Kenya and Ethiopia in long-distance running.
African School is tomorrow at 8.30
