06/03/2010

The best of this week's Strand, including Mukoma wa Ngugi talking about his first novel 'Nairobi Heat', a look at a new exhibition at the New York Public Library of the Performing Arts and the extraordinary story of Ion Barladeanu, a 63 year old Romanian artist.

Also, the new Karachi literary festival, the touring exhibition devoted to Ife art, Afghan author Atiq Rahimi and Jerry Dammers, leader of The Specials in the 1980s (pictured here).