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Series of thought-provoking talks on topics that affect culture and society.

Series of thought-provoking talks in which the speakers air their thinking on the trends, ideas, interests and passions that affect culture and society

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Four Thought: Series 2: Episode 15: Musa Okwonga: Life without Facebook

Musa Okwonga: Life without Facebook

Episode 15

Episode 15: Musa Okwonga: Life without Facebook

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BBC Radio 4 - Four Thought, Series 2, Musa Okwonga: Life without Facebook

Poet Musa Okwonga explores the downside of living a life on Twitter and Facebook.

After breaking up with his girlfriend, poet and musician Musa Okwonga explores the downside of living a life of addiction to Twitter and Facebook.

"I have a lot of followers but I have no idea where I'm leading them," says poet and musician Musa Okwonga as he explores the downside of living a life on Twitter and Facebook.

He describes his recent, but powerful, addiction to Tweeting and checking his Facebook page, explaining how a painful break-up with his girlfriend led him to reassess this dependence. 

"I clicked on a button and changed my relationship status from 'in a relationship' to 'single'," he says. "Thing is, I never even wanted to list that I was in a relationship in the first place." 

He is inspired anew by the words of an Egyptian revolutionary whose uprising was achieved on the streets - not in cyberspace. As Musa says: "While we retweet, they don't retreat." 

His solution is to get away from his computer and out into the real world, listening to his favourite soul-sustaining music. 
 
Producer: Sheila Cook.

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