BBC African Sevice
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
In this edition Susan McDonald spoke about an exciting new building that will be going up in Lome with Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, a Senegales architect who is a Vice-President of the Africa Union of Architects. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
The biggest event under the name, "New Directions in African Literature" with the sub title "Continuity and Change" was the most impressive gathering of some of Africa's best known writers. It included Novelists, Poets, Playwrights and Publishers. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
The first part of this programme is about Bertha Msora, a Zimbabwean who is an adult educator by profession. She saw an advertisment for a competition for new plays, she wrote one and won the competition though she'd never done any creative writing before. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This is about a poem called, "Epitaph for Biafra" by a Nirerian playwright and poet, Ken Saro-Wiwa. The poem is part of the collection entitled "Songs in a Time of War", which largely about the Nigeria Civil War. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This program talks about the importance of preserving Africa's musical heritage. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
Songs that tell of brave deeds and fierce warriors who through the telling cease to be men and become giants were all part of the education of the temporary playwright, Tsegaye Gabre Medhin, who's been in London lecturing on a subject dear to his heart - the cultural expressions that he believes |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
Abdelwahab Hammoudi is an Algerian writer, screenwriter and filmmaker; who's made around a dozen films to his credit and he writes directly in english. |