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World Service,05 Oct 2016,49 mins

Kid Cudi and Depression

World Have Your Say

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Actor and musician Kid Cudi has apologised to fans for his depression, sparking a big conversation about why it's still such a taboo subject, and the particular issues of speaking openly about depression in black communities. We also hear from fans of the novelist Elena Ferrante; she has been writing under a pseudonym but an Italian journalist has now revealed what he claims is her true identity. How do you weigh a writer's right to anonymity with a reader's right to know an author's identity? Plus Mohammed in rebel-held Aleppo, Syria, on what it's like to be separated from your family for four years. (Image: in this August 2015 photo, Kid Cudi performs at the Lollapalooza Music Festival in Grant Park in Chicago. (Photo by Steve C. Mitchell/Invision/AP, File)

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