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World Service,05 Nov 1999,30 mins

An Arts and Africa Retrospective

Artbeat

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Taking a look back at how the World Service presented African arts in the 1970s and 80s series 'Arts and Africa'. Extracts of interviews include Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebie, Buchi Emecheta, Ben Okri, Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin and Victor Elame Mussinga Presenter: Fiona Ledger.

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