Witness History Episodes Available now
The tortoise and the hippo
A baby hippo and a giant tortoise form an unlikely friendship
Kenya's power-sharing deal
In 2008, Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga formed Kenya's first coalition government
The last of the Mau Mau fighters
In 1963 as Kenya gained independence, one of the last Mau Mau fighters laid down her arms
Treetops: The day a princess became a queen
In 1952, Princess Elizabeth became queen while staying at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya
Finding the den of the Tsavo man-eaters
In 1997, scientists set out to find a cave believed to have sheltered man-eating lions
The origins of the all-inclusive holiday
How a holiday village in Majorca helped pioneer the all-inclusive holiday
When Taiwan’s ‘White Terror’ ended
In 1987 Taiwan finally lifted martial law after nearly four decades of authoritarian rule
Ashley Kriel: South Africa's anti-apartheid 'Che Guevara'
In the 1980s Ashley Kriel emerged as a leader of the struggle against white minority rule
The first carbon offset
In 1988, an idea was born to plant trees to offset effects of a coal-fired power plant
City of God: The film that reshaped global cinema
City of God was filmed in 2001 using children from Rio De Janeiro’s favelas as actors
