Music, art and culture on the African continent
World Service,Β·209 episodes
A look back at South Africa's golden age of music
Where do the arts fit in when Mozambique is experiencing hardship?
A tour of African cinemas including those in Egypt, South Africa, Senegal and Kenya
Artbeat meets three famous performers in Accra, Ghana
A close look at dancing and what it means to African life
A Look at rhythm and beat in African music and dance
Music and dance in African communites
'If you take away the music and the dance the village is going to disintegrate'
Music and dance in South Africa with a profile of Gregory Vuyani Maqoma
A profile of Nigeria's acting dynasty, the Amata family
The sad decline of former Osibisa keyboard player Kiki Gyan
A look at the musical heritage of Ethiopia
Algerian singer Souad Massi talks about her music
Exploring the power of music to heal a war-ravaged country, with Jean-Christophe Matata
The 4th largest criminal activity in the world - art theft and the looting of museums
A special report on the music scene in Uganda
An interview with African Performance judge, Femi Elufowoju Junio
Report on the winning writers and plays from the African Performance Competition
Interracial relationships in Kenya explored in an African Performance play
Can the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt replicate the ancient Alexandria Library?
How the arts are thriving in Zambia
A visit to Senegal as the Dak'Art gets into full swing
Reading and writing in Africa's rich and complex linguistic environment
The power of storytelling in feminism
'The revolution in South Africa was the only revolution done in four part harmony'
The rise of soap operas promoting social awareness issues in Africa
The African literature prizes hoping to raise the profile of African literarture
An artist's project to improve the environment of hospitals in Mozambique
A profile of Ghanian writer Kobina Sekyi
Why was the play Workshop Negative banned in Zimbabwe in 1986?