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What is the Function of Art?

What is the function of art? Can that question every be answered?

• 24 mins

Wole Soyinka's "The Beatification of Area Boy"

"A Lagosian kaleidoscope": Nigerian writer Wole Soyinka on his latest play

• 24 mins

Kenyan Youth Theatre Fights Back

Can a Kenyan youth drama group fight the spread of Aids?

• 25 mins

An African Classic Comes to TV

Francis Imbuga's "Betrayal In The City" leaps from the stage to the screen

• 24 mins

Ghana's Unwanted Gift from China

Inside the "Great White Elephant", Ghana's Chinese-built national theatre

• 25 mins

Female Kenyan Artists

Out of the kitchen: three generations of female Kenyan artists

• 25 mins

The Sound of Ra茂

Houria Niati, Algeria's voice of dissent

• 26 mins

A Profile of Rosemary Karuga

Rosemary Karuga: a life in art

• 24 mins

An Interview with Niyi Osundare

Niyi Osundare, Nigerian champion of poetry

• 25 mins

African Children Make Their Own Entertainment

The inventive world of homemade African toys

• 29 mins

No Stage Can Contain Kenyan Drama

Beer garden theatre: how Kenya took drama beyond the stage

• 24 mins

The African Writing Explosion

New African writing: a special report

• 25 mins

The Unheard Music of Madagascar

Big island, one sound: Tarika, Madagascar's musical torchbearers

• 28 mins

Whitney Houston vs Black Men

How Whitney Houston alienated African men

• 24 mins

Kenyan Orphans Act Their Way Out Of Trouble

From the streets to the stage, with Nairobi's Shangilia youth theatre troupe

• 25 mins

The Importance of Storytelling

Enchanted: special guest Gaele Sobott Mogwe's world of stories

• 29 mins

African Stowaway Drama "Deadly Voyage"

"Deadly Voyage" and the African stowaway murders

• 29 mins

Nigerian Dance Star Peter Badejo

Peter Badejo, renaissance man of African arts

• 29 mins

South Africa's Fashion Moment

Why what you wear in post-Apartheid South Africa is about more than just looking good

• 29 mins

Chenjerai Hove In Profile

"Longing is useful for a writer": Zimbabwe's Chenjerai Hove looks back

• 29 mins

Malawi's Turbulent Theatre Scene

Why art and politics didn't mix for Malawi's Du Chisiza

• 29 mins

Roger Lucey's Battle with South Africa's Authorities

Coming through censorship: how South Africa's Roger Lucey swapped songwriting for plays

• 29 mins

"Flame" Starts a Fire in Zimbabwe

Controversy is blazing over Zimbabwean film "Flame", so how will the film-makers respond?

• 28 mins

The Master Drummers of Africa, Live

Birthplace of rhythm: the Master Drummers of Africa

• 31 mins

Popular Literature in the Hausa Language

Language breakthrough: songs, stories and poems in Hausa

• 29 mins

Township Classics

The string quartet sound of Soweto

• 30 mins

Tickling SA's Feminist Funny Bone

Stand up South Africa: the pioneering comedy of Gaby Lomberg

• 29 mins

Post-independence Culture Wars in Namibia

How Namibia's theatre scene became a racial battleground

• 29 mins

Grahamstown Hosts the best in SA Theatre

"The greatest cultural asset on the continent": South Africa's National Arts Festival

• 29 mins

Malawi Embraces Freedom of Expression

Life after repression: Malawi's first festival of literature

• 29 mins