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29/07/2010

Mary Ann Kennedy presents a Culture Zone exploring Africa's influence on music and art, featuring archive audio of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Alexander McCall Smith and Wole Soyinka.

5 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 30 Jul 2010 00:30
大象传媒 Radio Scotland Extra

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Chapters

  • Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering

    A musical journey along the Tropic Of Cancer exploring the links and ties behind the music on this particular latitude in the northern hemisphere.

    Duration: 24:14

  • The Usual Suspects: Wole Soyinka & Fela Kuti

    A celebration of two of Nigeria鈥檚 favourite sons. Wole Soyinka is the Nobel Prize-winning author of books, poems and plays, and Fela Kuti the musical sorcerer who created Afro-beat.

    Duration: 44:41

  • Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering: Seckou Keita

    The young Senegalese Kora player discusses his music and the West African tradition.

    Duration: 21:01

  • A Passport And A Pen: Greg Marinovich

    The Pulitzer Prize Winning photographer talks to Colin Blane about his challenging experiences working in South Africa during the transition from Apartheid to Free Nation State.

    Duration: 28:36

  • Sunday Morning With Richard Holloway: Alexander McCall Smith

    The much-loved author recalls his personal experiences of living in Botswana, its influence on his writing and his continuing love affair with its people.

    Duration: 49:26

  • Songlines: Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica

    A musical and historical portrait of the South African National Anthem.

    Duration: 26:02

  • Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    The South African vocal harmony group who gained world wide acclaim in the 1980s have become one of the best known African groups.

    Duration: 10:29

  • The Desert Poets

    David Stenhouse tells the story of the six Scottish writers who fought beside each other in the North African campaign in World War 2

    Duration: 27:54

  • Radio Cafe: Modern African Writers

    Clare English meets four African writers who have all used their very personal situations as inspiration for their work: Ishmael Beah; Halima Bashir; Sulaiman Addonia; and Emmanuel Jal.

    Duration: 45:10

  • Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering

    A musical journey along the Tropic of Capricorn, the latitude that lies 23 degrees south of the equator.

    Duration: 20:16

  • All Change: Midge Ure

    Ahead of the 2005 Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park, the former Ultravox front man looks back over years of campaigning for an end to poverty in Africa.

    Duration: 27:43

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 Jul 2010 00:30
    大象传媒 Radio Scotland Extra