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Africa

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.

5 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 17 Dec 2010 00:30
±«Óãtv Radio Scotland

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Chapters

  • Global Gathering – Tropic of Cancer

    Mary Ann Kennedy takes a musical journey along the Tropic of Cancer exploring the links behind the music on this latitude in the northern hemisphere.

    Duration: 25:08

  • The Usual Suspects – Wole Soyinka & Fela Kuti

    Bruce Morton meets the Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka and discusses with him the driving factors in his literature, and looks back on the legacy created by Afro-beat creator Fela Kuti.

    Duration: 44:01

  • Global Gathering – Seckou Keita

    Mary Ann Kennedy meets Senegalese Kora player Seckou Keita.

    Duration: 20:11

  • A Passport and a Pen – Greg Marinovich

    Pulitzer Prizewinning news photographer Greg Marinovich talks to Colin Blane about his motivation for photographing tragic scenes, in a programme which features graphic descriptions of violence.

    Duration: 27:45

  • Sunday Morning with Richard Holloway

    Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith recalls his personal experiences of living in Botswana, its influence on his writing and his continuing love affair with its people.

    Duration: 48:26

  • Songlines – Nkosi Sikelel iAfrica

    John Cavanagh discovers the origins and creation of one of Africa’s most enduring songs – the South African national anthem.

    Duration: 25:44

  • Global Gathering – Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Mary Ann Kennedy in conversation with Joseph Shabalala from the South African vocal harmony group Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

    Duration: 10:05

  • The Desert Poets

    David Stenhouse tells the story of the Six Scottish Writers who fought together in the North African Campaign during World War 2.

    Duration: 27:20

  • Radio Café – African Writing

    Clare English meets four African writers who have all used their very personal situations as inspiration for their work.

    Duration: 44:31

  • Global Gathering – Tropic of Capricorn

    Mary Ann Kennedy's musical journey across the latitude that lies 23 degrees south of the equator – the Topic of Capricorn.

    Duration: 19:33

  • All Change – Midge Ure

    Just prior to the huge Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in 2005, Midge Ure tells Lesley Riddoch how his live changed forever following Michael Buerk's news report on the Ethiopian famine.

    Duration: 26:26

Broadcast

  • Fri 17 Dec 2010 00:30
    ±«Óãtv Radio Scotland