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Ben Okri

Stephen Sackur meets internationally acclaimed novelist and poet Ben Okri. How free are Africa's storytellers to explore the richness and diversity of their continent?

The stories we tell ourselves say much about the times, places and cultures we live in. So what should we make of the fiction coming out of Africa in the two generations since the continent emerged from colonial rule? How free are Africa's storytellers to explore the richness and diversity of their continent? Stephen Sackur talks to internationally acclaimed novelist and poet Ben Okri, whose life has straddled Nigeria and the UK.

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 11 Apr 2016 19:30GMT

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Ben Okri

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