BBC Radio Drama Competition: African Performance 2010

Last updated: 2 september, 2010 - 15:44 GMT

The winning playWill Smith

"This will take some beating," Professor Wole Soyinka has chosen Will Smith Look-Alike by Deborah Asiimwe as the winning play of the BBC World Service African Performance playwriting competition. Will 17-year-old Tereka make it as a successful double in New York?

ListenDuration: 29:29

A Special Mention

    • Mandida’s ShoesOld shoes

      Mandida has been selected to recite a poem in front of the prime minister, but will she get her new shoes in time?

      ListenDuration: 29:28

The Coffin FactoryA coffin

"Can you make me a coffin shaped like a condom and paint it bright yellow?" Wole Soyinka has chosen Julia Childs's play in joint second place. It tells the story of two friends bonded by death, truth and a final secret wish.

ListenDuration: 29:28

Kitu Kidogo (Something Small)Coins tumbling into a glass jar

Wole Soyinka has chosen Atwine Bashir Kenneth's play in joint second place. Kitu Kidogo - referring to bribery in Swahili - is the tale of two policemen who are struggling to make ends meet and end up getting arrested themselves.

ListenDuration: 29:27

The Cow Needs A WifeMulti-colored cow from the Cow Parade

A comedy about a young man whose girlfriend discovers she is pregnant and needs to find a cow to give as dowry to her family. Wole Soyinka chose Angella Emurwon's play - one of the zaniest he's ever read - in third place.

ListenDuration: 29:28

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