Nuruddin Farah, Jung Chang, Seun Kuti
Somalian writer Naruddin Farah on ‘inspiration’, writer Jung Chang on music in Mao's Cultural Revolution and musician Seun Kuti on following his father's Afrobeat footsteps.
Prize-winning Somalian writer Naruddin Farah on ‘inspiration’. Bestselling writer Jung Chang on the role of music in Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Sir Ian (Gandalf) McKellen tells us about working with bees. Female rappers DJ Naida and MC Melodee challenge the macho culture of hip-hop. Author Amitav Ghosh finds a contemporary resonance in the 19th Century Opium Wars. Irene Caselli reports on what is hot in the Argentinian arts scene. Nigerian musician Seun Kuti talks about what made him follow in his father's Afrobeat footsteps.
(Photo: Nuruddin Farah (c) Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images, Jung Chang (c) Philippe Lopez/Getty Images, Seun Kuti (c) Pius Utomi Ekpei/Getty Images)
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Nuruddin Farah
Duration: 07:39
Jung Chang
Duration: 09:13
Ian McKellen
Duration: 06:06
McMelodee and DJ Naid
Duration: 08:14
Amitav Ghosh
Duration: 07:37
Irene Caselli
Duration: 04:59
Seun Kuti
Duration: 05:38
Fela Kuti
Expensive S***
China Central Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Ode to the Motherland
Carter Burwell
Mr Holmes Film Soundtrack
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
Unos Pocos Peligros Sensatos
Seun Kuti
IMF
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Somalian Sekotta Music
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Call of Krishna
MC Melodee
Spectacular
Seun Kuti
African Airways
Lauryn Hill
De Wop (That Thing)
Hariprasad Chaurasia
Raga Mishra Tilang
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