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Ama Ata Aidoo, Chenjerai Hove and Cyprian Ekwensi talk about what inspires them to write

Filmaker Sadiq Balewa "Great stories make great films"

How cultural links can be forged with music

Competition winners are drawn out of the hat

Poetry and publishing in Ghana - is it a business or art form?

Alexandra Duah in conversation with Ghanaian filmaker Kwaw Paintsil Ansah

Thumb pianist Stella Chiweshe and using colour in Nigerian fashion design

Exercises to get fit, plus hair styling and products

The origins of soul, jazz and rap all lie in Gospel music

Panellists take on the roles of fictional characters - and respond to the twists and turns

What do dreams mean? How dreams affect our lives and their significance

What the Eritrean Club in Washington means to the people who go there

Interviews with Belize-born composer Errollyn Wallen and Benin singer Angelique Kidjo

Panellists' wit, invention and gamesmanship is tested on the subject of the poverty gap

Profile and exploration of the stringed musical instrument played in North Africa

The making of a radio play called Bridge - a look behind the scenes

"The accented syllables are really emphasised so much through rap"

Mali musician Oumous Sangari; Griot singer Fanta Damba and the fashion of Colonel Gaddafi

Flute player David Kitururu and the London Ritual Theatre Arts Company tackle Shakespeare

Opinions on dreams, mothers, kissing, school days and women

Singer, musician and poet Vusi Mahlasela, musician from South Africa

Let your body do the talking with non verbal communication

Writer Earnshaw Palmer and Nigerian glass sculptor Maria Amidu

Opinions on the subjects of power, traffic jams and babies

In northern Niger during the Gerewol young men dance for young women

Marginalisation because of the things women have or haven't done

The Benin singer Angelique Kido now lives in Paris

Interview with the pan-African band based in Sweden

Opinions on the topics of crowd mentality, growing old and flying

Ghana as seen through the eyes of South African journalist Phangisile Mtshali