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Four African Composers

African composers exploring African musicology with new forms of music

• 29 mins

Ivory Coast

Songs and soldiers on the Ivory Coast

• 28 mins

Gambian Music and Arts

Are the arts in Gambia suffering or benefiting from the influx of tourists?

• 30 mins

FESPACO Film Festival

A review of the 17th Pan-African Film and Television Festival, FESPACO

• 28 mins

Macmillan African Writers Prize

The launch of Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa

• 29 mins

Commonwealth Writer's Prize

Report from the Anglophone African Writers' Prize event in Johannesburg

• 29 mins

Moses Isegawa

A review of 'one of the most impressive works of fiction to have ever come out of Africa'

• 29 mins

West African Soap Operas

The rise of television soap operas in francophone West Africa

• 30 mins

Francis Bebey

A tribute to one of Africa's great cultural figures, musician and writer Francis Bebey

• 31 mins

Nigerian National Theatre

What is happening to Nigeria's National Theatre building?

• 29 mins

The Sale of Nigeria's National Theatre

'It's like the King of a village selling the village square'

• 30 mins

Senegal Theatre

Why the National Theatre in Senegal is being given extra support by the government

• 30 mins

Central African Republic

How are the arts surviving in the latest upheavals in CAR?

• 30 mins

Grahamstown Festival

A report on the second largest arts festival in the world

• 30 mins

Zimbabwe Writers

Profiles of two prominent Zimbabwean writers, Chenjerai Hove and Charles Mungoshi

• 28 mins

Caine Prize 2001

A look at the Michael Caine Prize for African Writing and this year's winner Helon Habila

• 29 mins

A New Play by Wole Soyinka

Wole Soyinka returns from self-imposed exile to premiere his new play in Nigeria

• 29 mins

About The Assassin - Part 1

Reflecting on the assassination of South African President Hendrik Verwoerd

• 28 mins

South Africa's Golden Age of Music

A look back at South Africa's golden age of music

• 29 mins

Mozambique

Where do the arts fit in when Mozambique is experiencing hardship?

• 29 mins

The State of Cinemas in Africa

A tour of African cinemas including those in Egypt, South Africa, Senegal and Kenya

• 28 mins

Notable Ghanaians in Accra

Artbeat meets three famous performers in Accra, Ghana

• 29 mins

Rhythms of the Body: Part One

A close look at dancing and what it means to African life

• 30 mins

Rhythms of the Body: Part Two

A Look at rhythm and beat in African music and dance

• 28 mins

Rhythms of the Body: Part Three

Music and dance in African communites

• 30 mins

Rhythms of the Body: Part Four

'If you take away the music and the dance the village is going to disintegrate'

• 29 mins

Rhythms of the Body: Part Five

Music and dance in South Africa with a profile of Gregory Vuyani Maqoma

• 29 mins

The Amata Family

A profile of Nigeria's acting dynasty, the Amata family

• 28 mins

The Life of Kiki Gyan from Osibisa

The sad decline of former Osibisa keyboard player Kiki Gyan

• 30 mins

Ethiopian Music

A look at the musical heritage of Ethiopia

• 30 mins