The Strand - Sat, 04 Jul 2009

Disgrace
Forced to resign as a university lecturer after an affair with a student, Prof David Lurie goes to his daughter's isolated farm. Their relationship is tested when he is viciously attacked and his daughter raped. Based on J.M. Coetzee's Booker winning novel set in post apartheid South Africa, The Strand discusses this film version of "Disgrace."

Soul Power
In 1974, some of the biggest names in American R&B travelled to Zaire to perform alongside African stars for Zaire '74, a three day music festival. James Brown, BB King and Mirian Makeba performed at the historic gig that was combined with the legendary boxing match between Mohammed Ali and George Foreman. For the first time footage from the concert has been released in a new documentary Soul Power and The Strand talks to director Jeffrey Levy-Hinte.

Chuck Palahnuik
Chuck Palahnuik, author of Fight Club talks about his latest novel Pygmy.

Island Records and Bob Marley
As Island Records celebrates its 50th anniversary, The Strand talks to founder Chris Blackwell about the label's early days in Jamaica and how he discovered a certain Robert Nestor Marley.

Fred D'Aguiar
Though he was born in the UK, the writer Fred D'Aguiar was brought up in Guyana and it has long inspired his award-winning poetry and prose. In his latest book Continental Shelf, he returns to his Caribbean childhood but in the light of his experiences during the Virgina Tech Massacre in 2007 where he teaches. On The Strand he talks to Mark Coles about memory, loss and the power of poetry.

Kenyan Boys Choir
As a special treat we have an exclusive performance of the the Kenyan Boys Choir recorded at Bush House especially for The Strand.
After performing at Barack Obama's inauguration the choir landed a major record deal and now look set to take their uplifting African music to an international audience.

Broadcast on:

BBC World Service, 1:05am Sunday 5th July 2009

Duration:

25 minutes

Available until:

12:00am Thursday 1st January 2099

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