Published on Oct 26, 2012 by VOAvideo
Inspired by the popularity of American and British home makeover shows, a television producer in Kenya has created a farming reality show that is helping farmers in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania do a better job. The program now has more than seven million viewers. Jill Craig has more for VOA from Nairobi
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Teaching sociology with videos
AFRICA
- Fracking Hell? South Africa’s Gas Dilemma
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- Morocco’s naming criteria a hurdle for parents
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- MEGAPOST: Timbuktu History Damaged by Militants – archaeology, culture
- Kenyan news outlet grapples with the word “gubernatorial”
- Kenyan survey finds 1 in 3 females abused before age 18
- Growing Up in a Still-Wounded South Africa
- Teenagers in Nigeria create a urine-powered generator
- Nigeria seeks to curb child sorcery claims
AMERICAS
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- Gap Between Race and Wealth Widens
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Gun Violence Is Public Health Crisis in Chicago
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- We Had No Idea He Was Homeless – Blackboard Wars
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- True Believers in Justice: A Young Public Defender’s Struggle in the South
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
ASIA
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Palestinians learn to survive in divided land
- Palestinian Youth from Around the World Visit Jerusalem
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- Palestinian Kids in East Jerusalem Face Poor School Conditions
- Sanctions hit life-saving drugs in Iran
- 3,500 marry in South Korea mass wedding
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- Inside North Korea – VICE Travel
- Chinese ‘Apartheid’? Hukou System Comes Under Fire
CULTURE
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- YouTube Spawns Asian-American Celebrities
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Muslim students forced to pray outside
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- Key & Peele: Dueling Hats
CRIMINOLOGY
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- Documentary elicits changes in U.S. military
- Gun Violence Is Public Health Crisis in Chicago
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- True Believers in Justice: A Young Public Defender’s Struggle in the South
- 2012 – Russia’s Worst Year for Human Rights Since USSR Collapse
- Breaking Polygamy
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love ft. Mary Lambert (2012)
- Hard Time : Prison Family
- Top 50 Serial Killer Moments with Real Footage and Information
DEVIANCE
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love ft. Mary Lambert (2012)
- Neo-Nazi Skinhead Prisoner
- Hard Time : Prison Gangs – criminology, corrections, subculture
ECONOMICS
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- Gap Between Race and Wealth Widens
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- Fracking Hell? South Africa’s Gas Dilemma
- Palestinians learn to survive in divided land
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- Ronnie Dunn – Cost Of Livin’ (2011)
- Inside North Korea – VICE Travel
EDUCATION
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- We Had No Idea He Was Homeless – Blackboard Wars
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- A sporting chance in the classroom
- Palestinian Kids in East Jerusalem Face Poor School Conditions
- Teachers Embrace ‘Deep Learning,’ Teaching Practical Skills
- Teacher Uses Music to Make Math Fun, Cool
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- Breaking Polygamy
- Germany: Homeless Students
EUROPE
- 2012 – Russia’s Worst Year for Human Rights Since USSR Collapse
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- Youth Violence in Germany – juvenile crime
- Spain protest for disabled: We’re being “abandoned” – ableism
- Germany: Homeless Students
- Euro-Crisis: Separatist Movements Mount
- Emoticon diplomacy in Europe
- Women search for love in the world’s first ‘adopt-a-guy’ dating boutique in Paris
- The world’s first ‘pop-down’ restaurant opens in a mine 80 metres below ground in Finland
- Greek art scene invigorated by crisis
FAMILY
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- A sporting chance in the classroom
- 3,500 marry in South Korea mass wedding
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- Top 10 Television Sitcoms of the 1970s – social commentary
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
GENDER
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- Top 10 Television Sitcoms of the 1970s – social commentary
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
HEALTH
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- Gun Violence Is Public Health Crisis in Chicago
- A sporting chance in the classroom
- Sanctions hit life-saving drugs in Iran
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
HISTORY
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- Palestinian Kids in East Jerusalem Face Poor School Conditions
- Sanctions hit life-saving drugs in Iran
- 2012 – Russia’s Worst Year for Human Rights Since USSR Collapse
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- MEGAPOST: Timbuktu History Damaged by Militants – archaeology, culture
- A Quick Lesson on Southern Linguistics
- Zora Howard – Biracial Hair – poetry, spoken word, race
- Ethneezy raps about social issues – conscious hip-hop
- Totally Biased: It’s a great time to be an Indian American
MEGAPOSTS
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- MEGAPOST: Timbuktu History Damaged by Militants – archaeology, culture
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
MUSIC VIDEOS
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- Ronnie Dunn – Cost Of Livin’ (2011)
- Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Same Love ft. Mary Lambert (2012)
- MEGAPOST: New Orleans Bounce Music
- Ethneezy raps about social issues – conscious hip-hop
- Too Short – The Ghetto (1990)
- MEGAPOST: Sociology of Gangnam Style
- MEGAPOST: Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choirs
- Eric B. & Rakim – In The Ghetto (1990)
NATURAL RESOURCES
- Fracking Hell? South Africa’s Gas Dilemma
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- Climate changes threaten Iraqi wetlands
- Starbucks makes stores from shipping containers
- More Afghan Opium May Mean More Pakistani Addicts
- Why the US Economy Needs Bees
- New Orleans – An Intoxication Destination
- Action, Awareness Growing for Climate Change in China
- Teenagers in Nigeria create a urine-powered generator
RELIGION
- Muslim students forced to pray outside
- “Weird” Al Yankovic – Amish Paradise (1996)
- Palestinian Youth from Around the World Visit Jerusalem
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- 3,500 marry in South Korea mass wedding
- MEGAPOST: China’s One Child Policy
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- MEGAPOST: Timbuktu History Damaged by Militants – archaeology, culture
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Breaking Polygamy
RACE/ETHNICITY
- Gap Between Race and Wealth Widens
- YouTube Spawns Asian-American Celebrities
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- MEGAPOST: German-Jewish Heritage Around the Globe
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
- Neo-Nazi Skinhead Prisoner
- Boom in Asia’s male beauty market anything but made up
- Hard Time : Prison Gangs – criminology, corrections, subculture
- Comedy on White-Sounding Black Guys
SOCIAL CHANGE
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Muslim students forced to pray outside
- 100-Year-Old African American Sorority Leaves Its Mark
- Fracking Hell? South Africa’s Gas Dilemma
- Palestinian Youth from Around the World Visit Jerusalem
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- Morocco’s naming criteria a hurdle for parents
- Top 10 Television Sitcoms of the 1970s – social commentary
- A Quick Lesson on Southern Linguistics
SOCIALIZATION
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- MEGAPOST: Child Rappers
- Americans Visit Israel with Teach for America
- Teachers Embrace ‘Deep Learning,’ Teaching Practical Skills
- Teacher Uses Music to Make Math Fun, Cool
- DC School Delivers a Good Education for African-Americans Girls
- MEGAPOST: Modern Polygamy – Our America with Lisa Ling
TECHNOLOGY
- Smartphones come to Ugandan farmers’ aid
- George Carlin – Modern Man
- Robots: The Next Generation
- MEGAPOST: Sociology of Gangnam Style
- Human Rights Watch Campaigns Against ‘Killer Robots’
- MEGAPOST: Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choirs
- Teenagers in Nigeria create a urine-powered generator
- Dueling Malala Narratives on Pakistani Social Media
- Vietnamese Cautiously Stand Up to Police Brutality
- Improving access to microfinance for rural Kenyans
THEORY
- MEGAPOST: 1950s Home Economics Instructional Videos
- At ‘Breastaurants,’ Business Is Booming
- MEGAPOST: PSAs against smoking while pregnant
- MEGAPOST: Cigarette and Cigar Commercials 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
- MEGAPOST – 1960s McDonald’s Commercials
- MEGAPOST – HSBC “local knowledge” ads – culture, socialization, norms
- YouTube Spawns Asian-American Celebrities
- America, Iran Find Common Ground on the Wrestling Mat
- Muslim students forced to pray outside
- Documentary elicits changes in U.S. military
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