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The Friday Play: Do Not Feed the Animals

on BBC Radio 4 FM

In 1906 the crowds thronged to the monkey house at the Bronx Zoo in New York to look at the latest exhibit: Ota Benga , a Bambuti hunterfrom Central Africa. Cheryl Martin 's drama tells his life story.
Director Pam Fraser Solomon

Contributors

Unknown:
Ota Benga
Unknown:
Central Africa.
Unknown:
Cheryl Martin
Director:
Pam Fraser Solomon
Ota:
Ben Onwukwe
Anne:
Shezwae Powell
Verner:
Kerry Shale
Hornaday:
Ed Bishop
Reporter:
Paul Birchard
Rev Gordon:
T-Bone Wilson
Charles:
Fraser James
Englehome:
Carl Prekopp

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