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MG Vassanji and Syl Cheney-Coker
Physicist M.G. Vassanji and poet Syl Cheney-Coker have both published their first novels

Somali Songs of Defiance
Female poets in Somalia and the Somalian tradition of oral poetry

Photography Special
Images of Africa as seen by Africans

Adjedo Dance Group
Poetry and dance with the Adjedo Dance Group

Lusophone Poet Mario Pinto de Andrade
The legacy of Angolan poet and political leader Mario Pinto de Andrade

South African Performers on Broadway
South African theatre in New York

Mapapa Acrobats and Mandingo
The Mapapa Acrobats and music from the band Mandingo

South Africa's Film Industry
A look at the emerging independent film industry in South Africa

Children's Literature in Zimbabwe
Why is there so little children's literature available in Zimbabwe and throughout Africa?

Zimbabwe's Music Industry
Talking to Zimbabwean music makers in this profile of the music industry there