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World Service,24 Jun 2001,30 mins

Senegal Theatre

Artbeat

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Reactions to the news that the Senegalese government is to give their National Theatre extra subsidies worth $75,000. Also in the programme: Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy, the first African artist to paint a portrait of the Queen of England and a look at the Commonwealth's plans to use arts to update it's image; A visit to the Tengenenge Sculpture Community in Zimbabwe to watch the world famous stone-carvers at work. Presenter: Gabriel Gbadamosi.

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