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11/05/2012

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Presented by Audrey Brown

Today's programme includes: Naomi Benaron (pictured), Beloved, Lovers Rock

Photo: Erik Hinote

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18 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 May 2012 08:32GMT
大象传媒 World Service Online

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Chapters

  • Naomi Benaron

    Novelist Naomi Benaron discusses her book Running The Rift, set during the Rwandan genocide and explains how, as an American writer, she approached such a sensitive and harrowing subject.

    Duration: 06:00

  • Beloved

    We review Beloved, a French musical starring the veteran French actress Catherine Deneuve and her real life daughter Chiara Mastrioanni

    Duration: 05:12

  • Lovers Rock

    Producer Dennis Bovell tells us about the soft reggae music style that was created by young Jamaican British musicians in the 1970s

    Duration: 06:28

Broadcasts

  • Fri 11 May 2012 14:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online
  • Fri 11 May 2012 22:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online
  • Sat 12 May 2012 02:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online
  • Mon 14 May 2012 08:32GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online