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Kwame Kwei Armah

Kwame Kwei Armah

UK Black with Kwame Kwei Armah

UK Black is a pick of the week programme presented by Kwame Kwei Armah. Highlights from African and Caribbean programmes on BBC Local Radio, it's available as a podcast every Tuesday.

This week on UK Black

After last week's tributes to Michael Jackson, this week's UK Black is essentially a return to normal with our top story being an initiative in Derby designed to help bring fathers and sons closer together through sport. And sticking with sport, the wonderful sporting prowess and success of the Williams sisters gets a nod with an interview on BBC Manchester with Wimbledon's very own Trinidadian born poet in residence. But Jamaicans in Britain have expressed displeasure at the TV programme which they say portrays their island in a bad light. Hear what the Jamaican High Commissioner has to say on BBC London as well as the right to reply statement from the television company who broadcast the programme. The Liberal Democrats introduce their highly talented new batch of black politicians to press and have you ever wondered what happened to the X Factor runners up, JLS? Well the boy band dropped into BBC Leicester and counselled presenter Dawne B for her advice on everything from engineering a meeting with RnB artist Neyo to how to meet a new girlfriend...

last updated: 06/07/2009 at 16:49
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