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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

This program comes from Sierra Leone, and the music from Burundi. The guest artist, Olayinka Burney-Nicol, comes from Freetown, Sierra Leone. She trained largely in the United States and also in London.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

This programme talk about a number of artists from Zimbabwehave established an international reputation for the quality of their sculpture in stone.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

This programme is on poets and their poetry. In particular, the poetry of Patrick Quarcoo who is best known as someone who interviews celebrities from politicians to poets,though he is a considerable poet in his own right.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

The organizers of the commonwealth are seeking from participants who are asked to submit six photographs that illustrate from their own surroundings the theme: Life in the commonwealth.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Kobina Asiedu Aboagye is one of the many Ghanaian poetry perfomers and is talking to Patrick Quarcoo about his best known poem called Aeeko to the revolution.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Paula Park speaks with Mr Chambulikazi about the group of villagers who live near the sea in the northern Tanzania who used their music and dance to express their dissatisfaction with certain aspects of local services.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

In this program, Alex Tetteh-Lartey talk with Ken Saro-Wiwa fom Nigeria about his writing, whether it's poetry, plays or new novel.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

This programme is about a group of outsiders experiencing African culture at first hand and enjoying themselves.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Alex Tetteh-Lartey began this programme with a song of greting from the music of Tanzania, Bagamoyo to be precise, the home of a college of art with an exceptionally strong reputation for music.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

In this programme Alex Tetteh-Lartey shows the stereotypes and he made an example of a play that had a big impact on the audience in johannesburg.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Chris Terrill wanted to find out about the historic subject of a haunting half hour film by the Sudanese film-maker, Hussein Shariffe, to find out why it was so much more poetic than the usual documentary.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Patrick Quarcoo speak with Jo Mensah, best known in Nigeria but born in Ghana. He speak about the music of Chief Ebenezer Obey.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

This programme looks at the big annual London Film Festival that just came to an end. Another event noticeable is the British Airways Poetry Prize with its African prizewinners. Kobena Eyi Acquah from Ghana was the winner of the Africa Area Award  for his collection of poems, "The Man Who Died".

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Jenny Zobel attended the annual international music festival taking place in the Cuban capital of Havana. Has been there to listen to the music and to talk to the musicians.

 

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Thi programme is opened by Werema Masinga Chacha, a musician from Tanzania. David Kitaruru, a friend of the musician is telling Paula Park about this unusual form of music.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

This programme is about a lirerary event of worldwide significance, in which Africa played a very prominent part. At a special ceremony in London, the results were announced in the new "Commonwealth Poetry Prize" sponsored by British Airways.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Alex Tetteh-Lartey had a great pleasure of meeting Miriam Makeba. One of Africa's best known artists, a singer with a truly international reputation.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

The guest in this programme is Anima Misa Amoah. She is an actress and the author of the first production in the forthcoming African Theatre Season and came along to tell about her play.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Todays programme has news of the latest devolopment in the perennial entertainment of the travelling theatre and a chance to hear some of the earliest African music, the songs for babies and small children.

Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London

Ben Enwonwu, a Nigerian painter and sculptor. Arguably the most influential African artist of the 20th century, his pioneering career opened the way for the postcolonial proliferation and increased visibility of modern African art.

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