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The Strand - Friday 24th April 2009

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Last broadcast on Mon, 27 Apr 2009, 12:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Your daily journey into global arts, culture and entertainment, with Harriett Gilbert and Mark Coles.

Petina Gappah

Petina Gappah discusses her debut collection of stories - An Elegy for Easterly. By turns shocking, moving and laugh-out-loud funny they paint a vivid picture of life in her native Zimbabwe.

Native American Art

And the Strand speaks to Native American artist Kathleen Wall about her pottery.

Joseph Boyden

Canadian novelist Joseph Boyden discusses Through Black Spruce - a powerful novel of contemporary native indian American life.

Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah. Photo by Bathsheba Okwenje.

Zimbabwean author Petina Gappah. Photo by Bathsheba Okwenje.

Broadcasts

  1. Fri 24 Apr 2009
    22:32
  2. Sat 25 Apr 2009
    03:32
  3. Sat 25 Apr 2009
    09:06
  4. Sat 25 Apr 2009
    22:06
  5. Sun 26 Apr 2009
    01:06
  6. Mon 27 Apr 2009
    09:32
  7. Mon 27 Apr 2009
    12:32

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26 minutes 29 seconds

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