Exploring Black History
Celebrating Black History Month with a curated playlist exploring Black history
Sam Selvon and The Lonely Londoners—Arts & Ideas
Selvon's evocative 1956 novel discussed at the British Library by Shahidha Bari & guests.
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African identity via China and photography—Arts & Ideas
Teju Cole, Noo Saro-Wiwa and Tate curator Osei Bonsu talk to Laurence Scott.
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Sankofa and Afrofuturism—Arts & Ideas
Curator Ekow Eshun, academic Sarah Jilani, sculptor Zak Ové with Shahihda Bari
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Black Atlantic
Artist Jaqueline Bishop and curator of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.
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Harry Belafonte's career
The long career of the American singer, film star & activist with Matthew Sweet & guests.
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Refuge and National Poetry Day
Poets Momtaza Mehri, Julianknxx and historian Jesús Sanjurjo join Matthew Sweet.
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Humboldt, soil, gardens and Frank Walter
Jago Cooper, Barbara Paca, Jim Scown and Camilla Allen talk trees, soil, art and advocacy.
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Childbirth and parenthood: Contains Strong Language
Testament, Hannah Silva, historian Jessica Cox and Thackray museum curator Laura Sellers.
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Sidney Poitier
Matthew Sweet and guests discuss the career of Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier.
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Zimbabwean writing
NoViolet Bulawayo's We Need New Names on stage plus 'enfant terrible' Dambudzo Marechera.
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Mermaids, Caribbean tales and copyright
Shahidha Bari looks at sea creatures and a Caribbean re-telling of The Little Mermaid.
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Portraits
The NPG re-opens. A look at portraiture in art, photography, documentary and oral history.
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Octavia Butler's Kindred
A novel from 1979 which uses time travel to explore race, slavery and trauma.
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Ships and History
Artist Hew Locke plus historians Sarah Caputo, Jake Subryan Richards and Tom Nancollas.
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Lorraine Hansberry
Philip Dodd explores the writing of Lorraine Hansberry and its continuing resonance.
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Oceans and the Sea
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Emily Shuckburgh and Joan Passey join Rana Mitter at Hay Festival.
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Caruso, Elsie Houston, Peter Brathwaite
Exploring the flow of cultural influences in both directions across the Atlantic.
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Phillis Wheatley
Christienna Fryar explores the life and writing of the enslaved American poet (1753-1784).
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Gwendolyn Brooks
Shahidha Bari looks at the writing of a Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet (1917-2000).
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The Wife of Bath
Shahidha Bari is joined by Professor Marion Turner, poet Patience Agbabi and Hetta Howes.
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Trapeze acts and circus celebrities
Shahidha Bari hears about aerialists Lillian Leitzel and Pablo Fanque.
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Ghosts of Caribbean history
New writing by Colin Grant and Kevin Jared Hosein; art by Michael Elliott and Mary Evans.
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Idrissa Ouédraogo
Matthew Sweet and guests explore the work of Burkinabé film-maker Idrissa Ouédraogo.
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Amílcar Cabral
Rana Mitter and guests discuss the pan-Africanist poet and anti-colonial leader.
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