Ai Weiwei, Maia von Lekow, Salman Rushdie
The best global arts coverage from across the BBC.
Nikki Bedi presents a selection of BBC 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)
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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
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Tony Tam
House of Dida
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Maia von Lekow
Jikomboe
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Baaba Maal
African Woman
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AR Rahman
Mausam and Escape
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Ai Weiwei & 左小祖咒
Just Climb the Wall from the Divine Comedy
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Arabian Song from Scheherazade
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Ennio Morricone
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
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Sal Davis
Makini
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Shatembea
Maia von Lekow
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Maia von Lekow has an album out called DriftBroadcasts
- Sat 26 Sep 201511:06GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, Europe and the Middle East & West and Central Africa
- Sun 27 Sep 201522:06GMTBBC World Service West and Central Africa
- Mon 28 Sep 201508:06GMTBBC World Service except West and Central Africa
- Tue 29 Sep 201501:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia
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