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21/11/2011

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Last broadcast on Tue, 22 Nov 2011, 13:32 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day.

Presented by Harriett Gilbert.

Today's programme includes: Rihanna, An African Election & Tomás Eloy Martínez.

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Will Barbadian superstar Rihanna's new album Talk That Talk be the defining party album of the year? Find out with Alexis Petridis on The Strand.

  2. Chapter 2

    We talk to Jarreth Merz, the director of a documentary about the 2008 election in Ghana. He tells us how he got access to the presidential candidates and why he had to make the film.

  3. Chapter 3

    Argentine writer Tomas Eloy Martinez spent much of his life in exile. His final novel, Purgatory, has just been published posthumously. Oscar Guardiola-Rivera explains why he admires Martinez' work.

Broadcasts

  1. Mon 21 Nov 2011
    23:32
  2. Tue 22 Nov 2011
    02:32
  3. Tue 22 Nov 2011
    13:32

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