29/07/2010
Mary Ann Kennedy presents a Culture Zone exploring Africa's influence on music and art, featuring archive audio of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Alexander McCall Smith and Wole Soyinka.
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Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering
A musical journey along the Tropic Of Cancer exploring the links and ties behind the music on this particular latitude in the northern hemisphere.
Duration: 24:14
The Usual Suspects: Wole Soyinka & Fela Kuti
A celebration of two of Nigeria’s favourite sons. Wole Soyinka is the Nobel Prize-winning author of books, poems and plays, and Fela Kuti the musical sorcerer who created Afro-beat.
Duration: 44:41
Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering: Seckou Keita
The young Senegalese Kora player discusses his music and the West African tradition.
Duration: 21:01
A Passport And A Pen: Greg Marinovich
The Pulitzer Prize Winning photographer talks to Colin Blane about his challenging experiences working in South Africa during the transition from Apartheid to Free Nation State.
Duration: 28:36
Sunday Morning With Richard Holloway: Alexander McCall Smith
The much-loved author recalls his personal experiences of living in Botswana, its influence on his writing and his continuing love affair with its people.
Duration: 49:26
Songlines: Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrica
A musical and historical portrait of the South African National Anthem.
Duration: 26:02
Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering: Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The South African vocal harmony group who gained world wide acclaim in the 1980s have become one of the best known African groups.
Duration: 10:29
The Desert Poets
David Stenhouse tells the story of the six Scottish writers who fought beside each other in the North African campaign in World War 2
Duration: 27:54
Radio Cafe: Modern African Writers
Clare English meets four African writers who have all used their very personal situations as inspiration for their work: Ishmael Beah; Halima Bashir; Sulaiman Addonia; and Emmanuel Jal.
Duration: 45:10
Mary Ann Kennedy's Global Gathering
A musical journey along the Tropic of Capricorn, the latitude that lies 23 degrees south of the equator.
Duration: 20:16
All Change: Midge Ure
Ahead of the 2005 Live 8 concert in London's Hyde Park, the former Ultravox front man looks back over years of campaigning for an end to poverty in Africa.
Duration: 27:43
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- Fri 30 Jul 2010 00:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Scotland Extra
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