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Ivory Coast
Songs and soldiers on the Ivory Coast
Gambian Music and Arts
Are the arts in Gambia suffering or benefiting from the influx of tourists?
FESPACO Film Festival
A review of the 17th Pan-African Film and Television Festival, FESPACO
Macmillan African Writers Prize
The launch of Macmillan Writer's Prize for Africa
Commonwealth Writer's Prize
Report from the Anglophone African Writers' Prize event in Johannesburg
Moses Isegawa
A review of 'one of the most impressive works of fiction to have ever come out of Africa'
West African Soap Operas
The rise of television soap operas in francophone West Africa
Francis Bebey
A tribute to one of Africa's great cultural figures, musician and writer Francis Bebey
Nigerian National Theatre
What is happening to Nigeria's National Theatre building?
The Sale of Nigeria's National Theatre
'It's like the King of a village selling the village square'
Senegal Theatre
Why the National Theatre in Senegal is being given extra support by the government
Central African Republic
How are the arts surviving in the latest upheavals in CAR?
Grahamstown Festival
A report on the second largest arts festival in the world
Zimbabwe Writers
Profiles of two prominent Zimbabwean writers, Chenjerai Hove and Charles Mungoshi
Caine Prize 2001
A look at the Michael Caine Prize for African Writing and this year's winner Helon Habila
A New Play by Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka returns from self-imposed exile to premiere his new play in Nigeria
About The Assassin - Part 1
Reflecting on the assassination of South African President Hendrik Verwoerd
South Africa's Golden Age of Music
A look back at South Africa's golden age of music
Mozambique
Where do the arts fit in when Mozambique is experiencing hardship?
The State of Cinemas in Africa
A tour of African cinemas including those in Egypt, South Africa, Senegal and Kenya
Notable Ghanaians in Accra
Artbeat meets three famous performers in Accra, Ghana
Rhythms of the Body: Part One
A close look at dancing and what it means to African life
Rhythms of the Body: Part Two
A Look at rhythm and beat in African music and dance
Rhythms of the Body: Part Three
Music and dance in African communites
Rhythms of the Body: Part Four
'If you take away the music and the dance the village is going to disintegrate'
Rhythms of the Body: Part Five
Music and dance in South Africa with a profile of Gregory Vuyani Maqoma
The Amata Family
A profile of Nigeria's acting dynasty, the Amata family
The Life of Kiki Gyan from Osibisa
The sad decline of former Osibisa keyboard player Kiki Gyan
Ethiopian Music
A look at the musical heritage of Ethiopia
Souad Massi
Algerian singer Souad Massi talks about her music
Musicians Returning to Burundi
Exploring the power of music to heal a war-ravaged country, with Jean-Christophe Matata