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Prizewinning African Plays

on BBC Radio 3

The three prizewinning plays from the BBC African Service 1972 Competition, introduced by GWYNETH HENDERSON Who organised it.
Sweet Scum of Freedom by JAGJIT SINGH (Uganda) (Third prize)
The play deals with the problems of a newly independent African state and of its minority Asian population.
8.0* Make Like Slaves by Richard RIVE (South Africa) (First prize)
A Cape-Coloured poet and a liberal-minded white girt confront one another.
8.30* Station Street by KHALID ALMUBARAK MUSTAFA (Sudan)
A mother, who has sacrificed herself to send her son to England to study, faces one of the problems of any evolving society.
Producer CHARLES LEFEAUX

Contributors

Unknown:
Jagjit Singh
Unknown:
Richard Rive
Unknown:
Khalid Almubarak Mustafa
Producer:
Charles Lefeaux
Sunma:
Jeillo Edwards
Anna:
Maria Sudi
Radio Newsreader:
Ali Adnan
Keval:
Sam Dastor
Dr Ebongo:
Yemi Ajibade
Gracie:
Taiwo Ajai
The Man:
Leonard Dixon
The Girl:
Mary Miller
The Mother:
Sheila Grant
The Sergeant:
David March
Osman:
Sam Dastor
Nadia:
Maria Sudi
Uncle Nour:
Nigel Graham

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