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World Service,31 Oct 2020,53 mins

Singer Mariah Carey

The Arts Hour

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Superstar diva Mariah Carey talks about struggling with her mixed-race identity. Hollywood star Nicole Kidman tells us about her latest TV thriller The Undoing, and how director Susanne Bier made her sing its theme tune. Husband and wife actors Samuel L Jackson and Latanya Richardson Jackson give us an insight into their 40-year marriage. The Korean band Leenalchi sing their pop-meets-pansori hit Tiger is Coming. RZA, one of the founding members of the legendary hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, talks about his latest film set in New Orleans. The experimental composer Jennifer Walshe dissects Irish culture in her latest work Ireland: A Dataset. And the Zambian singer, songwriter and producer Roberto tells us why he wrote his anthem to African women. Joining Nikki Bedi in the studio to discuss the week’s cultural highlights and to talk about her latest film Luxor is filmmaker Zeina Durra, and journalist and broadcaster William Lee Adams. (Photo: Mariah Carey. Credit: Samir Hussein/Getty Images)

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