Black interest
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The Essay. Journeys to the Grave, Paterson Joseph on Ignatius Sancho. Audio, 14 minutes
Five writers go in search of the final resting places of their literary heroes.
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The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Carrots. Audio, 14 minutes
Inua Ellams explores how African barber shops provide spaces where men can be vulnerable.
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The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Sunflowers. Audio, 14 minutes
A very personal exploration of poetic starting points from writer Inua Ellams.
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- Posted18 May 2022
The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Dante. Audio, 14 minutes
Inua Ellams explores why basketball is so alive in black and working-class communities.
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The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Kipling. Audio, 14 minutes
Inua explores race and racism through Kipling's poem The White Man's Burden.
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The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Tupac. Audio, 14 minutes
Inua Ellams explores the impact of rapper 2Pac on his political and racial awareness.
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- Posted11 May 2022
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The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2021, A Brazilian Soprano in Jazz-Age Paris. Audio, 14 minutes
Adjoa Osei celebrates Elsie Houston, who mixed Afro-Brazilian folk with European opera.
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The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2021, John Baptist Dasalu and Fighting for Freedom. Audio, 14 minutes
Jake Subryan Richards reads the letter sent by a captured man who arrived in Cuba in 1854.
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The Essay. New Generation Thinkers 2021, African cinema, nationhood, and liberation. Audio, 14 minutes
Sarah Jilani on the lessons about power in films by Ousmane Sembene and Souleymane Cissé.
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If You Don't Know. Blackface on holiday and Charlene White. Audio, 34 minutes
The realities of travelling when you’re black, and TV presenter Charlene White drops in.
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- Posted31 March 2022
Drama on 4. Between Two Places. Audio, 57 minutes
In a time not too far from now a woman looks for love, identity, and the right to be.
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Profile. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Audio, 15 minutes
Joe Biden’s nominee for the US Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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If You Don't Know. Bouncer speaks about his split with Likkleman. Audio, 39 minutes
We ask Bouncer all the questions you’ve been wanting to ask.
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Sunday Feature. Florence Price’s Chicago and the Black Female Fellowship. Audio, 44 minutes
How a unique Chicago musical sisterhood helped the music of Florence Price to thrive.
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