Thanks to CCTV10 and LinkTV here in Cambridge for showing the BBC Four's 2005 African School series via The Open University about... "...the daily lives, concerns and personalities of young Africans and their teachers in the Ugandan town of Masindi. African School features two of the town’s schools -- Kamurasi Demonstration School (a primary school) led by the resourceful and positive Mr Byoona, and Masindi Secondary School (known as “Massesco”) under the leadership of Mrs. Mukasa (the second youngest female head in the country). [...] Poverty is a part of daily life for many of the pupils, yet the appetite for life is undiminished. There is a thirst for school, where the chance of education and the opportunities it offers can transform one’s life (some children who cannot afford senior school fees even break in to get to classes). Coupled with the extraordinary enthusiasm and openness of the pupils and teachers, the series gives an entertaining, refreshing and up-lifting insight into understanding what life is really like in Africa today."The 10 half-hour episodes featuring challenges of money, ambition, sport, politics, religion, sex, and, of course, education and development are dramatic and eye-opening "reality TV".
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