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Nigerian Novelist and Poet - Ben Okri

Stephen Sackur talks to internationally acclaimed novelist and poet Ben Okri. How free are Africa's storytellers to explore the richness and diversity of their continent?

(Photo: Prakash Singh/AFP/Getty Images)

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