Centre for African Literary Studies
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This programme is about Themba Qabula. A South African who's been a factory worker and in what spare time, he's written poems and plays, composed songs and performed them using the traditions of his ancestores. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
Kofi Anyidoho, whose poem "Akofa" came second in the Arts and Africa poetry awards speaks with Alex Tetteh-Lartey. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
Davina Dougan speak with Werner Gillon who is an engineer by training and a professional businessman. He is also an enthusiastic collector of African carvings and sculpture and other art forms. He wrote and published a book titled, "A Short History of African Art." |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This programme is aout the written word. Poetry, novels, their publishing, as well as their translating. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
The title given to this ambitious programme of cultural events that have revealed the richness and viriety of the atrs of Africa, not only to Londoners but to many people from every part of Africa is 'Africa, Africa'. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
Lucy Duran ofthe British National Sound Archives and Farah Eissa Mohammed a TapeLibririan in the University of Khartoum's Institute of African and Asian Studies talk about popular music in Sudan. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This edition is about news of an original play for children, photography and Masquerades. |
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Arts and Africa - BBC African Sevice, London |
This edition looks at the diversity of different cultures i terms of music, paintings and sculptures in East 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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COLONIES - MISSIONS - CULTURES |
This is a Broucher of a Conference that took place at University Tubingen from 6-11 April, 1999. |
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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. |