Artbeat Episodes Available now
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A New Play by Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka returns from self-imposed exile to premiere his new play in Nigeria
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Caine Prize 2001
A look at the Michael Caine Prize for African Writing and this year's winner Helon Habila
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Zimbabwe Writers
Profiles of two prominent Zimbabwean writers, Chenjerai Hove and Charles Mungoshi
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Grahamstown Festival
A report on the second largest arts festival in the world
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Central African Republic
How are the arts surviving in the latest upheavals in CAR?
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Senegal Theatre
Why the National Theatre in Senegal is being given extra support by the government
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The Sale of Nigeria's National Theatre
'It's like the King of a village selling the village square'
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Nigerian National Theatre
What is happening to Nigeria's National Theatre building?
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Francis Bebey
A tribute to one of Africa's great cultural figures, musician and writer Francis Bebey
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West African Soap Operas
The rise of television soap operas in francophone West Africa