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World Service,55 mins

24/10/2010

The Forum

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Best selling American novelist Audrey Niffenegger tells a cautionary tale about the perils of losing yourself in reading. A warning too from Australian historian Patrick Porter that military commanders should beware of stereotypes when it comes to sizing up the enemy. And a plea from Kenyan lawyer and activist Ory Okolloh not to stifle the creativity of African children, both in and out of school. Illustration by Audrey Niffenegger.

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