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Comedian Njambi McGrath, Turner Prize shortlist review, 25 Years of Buena Vista Social Club

Kenyan British Comedian Njambi McGrath, Review of the Turner Prize shortlist exhibition at the Herbert Gallery in Coventry, 25 Years of Buena Vista Social Club.

Kenyan British Comedian Njambi McGrath鈥檚 work focuses on identity politics, Brexit, colonialism, and race. She joins Kirsty to discuss her 2019 show, Accidental Coconut which opens at the Soho Theatre next week, and her new Radio 4 podcast series Njambi McGrath: Becoming Njambi.

Controversy always rages over The Turner Prize. This year not a single artist has been shortlisted. Not one! Instead there are five art collectives, from all over the UK, showing work at the Turner Prize Exhibition which opens tomorrow at the Herbert Gallery in Coventry. The critic Zarina Muhammad reviews the show for Front Row.

Kenyan British Comedian Njambi McGrath鈥檚 work focuses on identity politics, Brexit, colonialism, and race. She joins Kirsty to discuss her 2019 show, Accidental Coconut which opens at the Soho Theatre next week, and her new Radio 4 podcast series Njambi McGrath: Becoming Njambi.

Presenter: Kirsty Lang
Producer: Oliver Jones

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Njambi McGrath

Njambi McGrath's Accidental Coconut is at the from 4 - 9 Oct

Follow her podcast series Njambi McGrath: Becoming Njambi on 麻豆社 Radio 4 at 11pm on Wednesdays and on 麻豆社 sounds

Main image: Njambi McGrath
Photo credit: Steve Ullathorne

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