AFRICA
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This edition concentrates in events happened in Ghana. Firstly, a book launch which took place in Accra. It was quite an occasion; graced by fellow poets, , by music and the Secretary for Culture, the poet Kobena Eyi Acquah. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This is a major conference called "New Writing in Africa" taken place in London under the joint auspices of the Commonwealth Institute and the Africa Centre. |
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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 |
This edition covers the modern Zairean music whis has become so persuasive and influential. Jim Fish visited the National Theatre of Zire in Kinshasa and spoke with Director, Citoyen Diyabanza. |
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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 |
This programme looks at the dazzling oil paintings of the Ghanaian artist Dr Ablade Glover. Dr Ablade Glover trained both in England and in America. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
Thi edition is about two poets. They could both described as political poets but could scarcwely be more different. Denis Brutus is a South African writer and political activist. We also have Pkyeame Kwesi Akuffo from Ghana. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This edition is about a traditional music by Alhaji Dan Maraya, one of the best known and most highly regarded of Nigerian musicians. He is a Hausa from the north of the country. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This programme looks at Self respect and respect from others. To elaborate further, Arts and Africa looks at "Muriel at Metropolitan", a novel by the South African writer Miriam Tlali. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
In this programme, Jerusha Castley speak to Jester Tshuma from Zimbabwe Publishing House and Flora Nwapa, a Nigerian novelist. They are just two of the representatives frrom 24 countries who have been attending the first ever International Feminist Book Fair. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This is an exhibition devoted to the history of the Kanga, the printed cloth which for over a century has been such a colourful feature in Swahili society. Which took place at London's Commonwealth Institute. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This programme looks at an English artist who goes to Malawi and a Malawian artist who goes to Britain. Kay Chiromo from Malawi lecures in fine art at the University of Malawi. He told Nick Barker how his artistic career began. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
Seven African bands are taking part in a festival of African music in London. The aim is to dal with the isolation felt by Africa's contemporary artists. They are in need for wider exposure and anxious for contacts with artists in different parts of the world. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
Arts and Africa looks at two films both by women directors. 'Tsiamelo' by Ellen Kuzwayo and Betty Wolpert from South Africa, and from West Indian Island of Martinique - 'Rue Cases Negres' or 'Black Shack Alley', the first feature film by the West Indian director Euzhan Palcy. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This document looks at the politics of theatre in South Africa. |
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Achebe 70th birthday, 2000 |
Chinua Achebe is a world-renowned writer of great achievment, a founderof modernAfrican literature. Various prominent writers, performers, poets, etc. hosts a weekend Conference in celebration of Chinua Achebe's 70th Birthday. |
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African Studies Association 1999 |
The African Studies Association was founded in 1957 as a nonprofit organisation open to individuals and institutions interested in African affairs held their 42nd Annual Meeting in November 11-14, 1999, taking place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; under the theme, "Listening to" and "Interpreting" |
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Letters from Warren Bud to Phyllis Naidoo. |
Letters from Bud to Phyllis Naidoo. |
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Africa Events vol 6 no 3 March 1990 |