Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch
Journalist Afua Hirsch explores how African countries are throwing off their colonial pasts and becoming 21st-century cultural and artistic powerhouses.
Journalist Afua Hirsch explores how African countries are throwing off their colonial pasts and becoming 21st-century cultural and artistic powerhouses.
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Afua Hirsch traces Ethiopia's proud 3,000-year-old history and meets artists who are reponding to its past challenges...
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In Senegal, Afua discovers a country whose cultural influence is far beyond its size, with a dynamic film, fashion and...
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Afua explores how the British carved out a brutal empire in Kenya and charts how the country's artists have responded to...
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Afua explores how a younger generation of Moroccans are updating old traditions in often surprising ways, creating...
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Afua explores the energy and ambition of Nigeria's young cultural creators, asking what drives their success in...
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Afua's artistic journey through South Africa begins in Soweto, where creativity is propelled by what locals call "ekasi"...