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The Strand is a daily 18 minute programme highlighting the best of what's going in the arts. Wide-ranging and with eclectic interests, The Strand reflects the artistic response to the BBC's news agenda. Presented by Harriett Gilbert and friends, it features discussions, reviews, big-name interviews and location reports as well as live studio performances and Hollywood, Bollywood gossip.

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The Strand Archive: The death of Chinua Achebe

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22/03/2013

The death of Chinua Achebe

BBC World Service - The Strand Archive, The death of Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe, the acclaimed Nigerian novelist and poet has died.

Chinua Achebe obit; Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate;

The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Anna McNamee.

Chinua Achebe 
The acclaimed novelist and poet, known as the father of modern African literature, has died  at the age of 82. The Nigerian writer and broadcaster Gabriel Gbadamosi pays tribute and tells me how influential Achebe has been.

Joe Driscoll and Sekou Kouyate 
The sweet, sweet sound of a West African-American collaboration - or what happened when the Guinean kora player Sékou Kouyaté met the New York musician, rapper and beatboxer Joe Driscoll. They perform "Lady” from their album ‘Faya’ live in the studio.

Image: Chinua Achebe. Credit: Abayomi Adeshida/Getty.

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