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12/09/2011

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Presented by Kirsty Lang.

On today's programme, Nepal's First Literary Festival, David Bellos and Black Power Mixtape.

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18 minutes

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Tue 13 Sep 201112:32GMT
BBC World Service Online

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  • Nepal's First Literary Festival

    The organiser of the first-ever literary festival in Kathmandu tells the Strand how she hopes the event will focus international attention on a new generation of Nepali writers.

    Duration: 04:27

  • David Bellos

    Award-wining translator David Bellos talks about the challenges of translation and why translation is "another name for the human condition".

    Duration: 05:40

  • The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975

    Documentary showing Stokely Carmichael, Angela Davis & Malcolm X as never before, hanging out with friends & relatives, simply being dudes. Recorded by Swedish reporters at the height of the struggle.

    Duration: 07:21

Broadcasts

  • Mon 12 Sep 201121:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Tue 13 Sep 201102:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Tue 13 Sep 201108:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Tue 13 Sep 201112:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online