Today on Pulse, we find out what lengths Africans in Germany go to get their favourite foods from the continent. We meet Tanzania’s albino women of courage. And, we talk about the extremes some African governments will go to to block social media. All that and more on this jam-packed edition of Pulse with host Jessie Wingard.

On today's show we'll be meeting forward thinking people: From the Afro-Greek rapper who is wowing the Greek music scene; to the go-getting female entrepreneurs in Africa who won funding to start the business of their dreams; to the Indians cramming themselves to the limit at coaching schools in the hope of a glittering career and money in their future.

On today's show, we're going to be very very quietly exploring how to protest, silently, in Russia -And those protests are creating bigger waves than a silent protest might suggest.We'll be breaking down stereotypes of Africa in Germany and of Europeans in Africa; and meeting an art collective with a difference from Kenya.

On Pulse this week we take a look at what it’s like for the South African students who have been forced to use different ways of studying after universities closed due to violent protests. We will also hear of how Kenyan graduates are having a hard time finding a job in their field of study, and what they are now up to.

We’ve crammed lots into this packed, new look, new sounding edition of Pulse. We ask what African-Americans in the US think about the upcoming election; meet some aspiring young people in southern Africa setting their sights on bringing about much-needed change, and, host Jessie Wingard talks ‘White Savior Complex’ following the release of a parody music video featuring five white missionaries.

On this week’s edition of Pulse, we broach the subject of sex, look through the lens of black artists and meet a Senegalese woman doing her bit for the environment – by designing a novel smartphone app. Plus, an online community in Kenya is blogging for change.

On this week's show, meet Mutasim, the first Sudanese man to gain asylum in Israel. What is it like being a Jewish person in predominantly Muslim Tunisia? The story of the Somali asylum seeker in Finland who is now standing as a presidential candidate in Somalia. And the 'untouchable' in India who has broken out of the caste confines to become a rising star on the Indian pop scene.

A man called Mutasim Ali is the first Sudanese person to be recognized as a refugee by the Israeli government. He's also a leader of the asylum seeker community. His victory could mark an important step in a country where asylum seekers are kept in legal limbo and their requests often not heard, let alone granted.

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Ginni Mahi is from the so called Dalit or lower caste in India. But her catchy pop songs are breaking through the caste barriers and gathering a wider audience in India and abroad. Reporter Aletta André went to meet the girl behind the starry image, in her home town in the state of Punjab.