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Ai Weiwei, Maia von Lekow, Salman Rushdie

The best global arts coverage from across the 大象传媒.

Nikki Bedi presents a selection of 大象传媒 arts broadcasting. This week Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei tells us why he's not afraid to return to China, Cameroonian footballer Aloys Kwaakum describes how he has turned his migrant experience into a play, inspirational Senegalese singer Baaba Maal explains why musicians must be activists and performer Adrienne Truscott tells us why she performs naked below the waist. Salman Rushdie defends writing a fantasy novel about the magical jinn of the Arabian Nights in the age of ISIS, crime writer A Yi shares his despair about the state of literature in China, Linda Kennedy reports on the Sundance Film Festival in Hong Kong and Kenyan singer Maia von Lekow discusses the thriving Kenyan music scene.

(Photo shows Ai Weiwei (c) Ben Pruchnie/Getty, Maia von Lekow (c) Maia von Lekow, Salman Rushdie (c) Larry Busacca/Getty)

50 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 Sep 2015 01:06GMT

Music and featured items

  • Ai Weiwei

    The Chinese artist and activist on his time in prison.

    Duration: 10:34

  • Utopia Africa

    A celebration of Africa's the arts and culture at the Southbank Centre, London

    Duration: 05:10

  • Adrienne Truscott

    The American comedian tackles rape in her stand up comedy

    Duration: 07:14

  • Salman Rushdie

    The British author talks about novel, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Minutes

    Duration: 10:26

  • Hong Kong Film Festival

    Linda Kennedy reports from Hong Kong

    Duration: 03:57

  • Chinese Literary Postcard

    A Yi with an update on the changing literary landscape in China

    Duration: 04:58

  • Maia von Lekow

    A live session by Kenyan singer Maia von Lekow

    Duration: 03:39

  • Tony Tam

    House of Dida

  • Maia von Lekow

    Jikomboe

  • Baaba Maal

    African Woman

  • AR Rahman

    Mausam and Escape

  • Ai Weiwei & 左小祖咒

    Just Climb the Wall from the Divine Comedy

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Arabian Song from Scheherazade

  • Ennio Morricone

    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

  • Sal Davis

    Makini

  • Shatembea

Maia von Lekow

Maia von Lekow
?has an album out called Drift?

Broadcasts

  • Sat 26 Sep 2015 11:06GMT
  • Sun 27 Sep 2015 22:06GMT
  • Mon 28 Sep 2015 08:06GMT
  • Tue 29 Sep 2015 01:06GMT