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The Arts Hour: Elif Shafak, Emmanuel Jal, Akram Khan

Elif Shafak, Emmanuel Jal, Akram Khan

08/11/2014

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Elif Shafak, Emmanuel Jal, Akram Khan

"I love asking questions and I leave the answers to the readers" - Elif Shafak

'I love asking questions and I leave the answers to the readers' - Elif Shafak

The bestselling Turkish novelist Eli Shafak explains why a 16th Century Turkish architect is at the heart of her new book. We learn about ‘Jivetalk’, the secret language of the Harlem jazz musicians which had its roots in slavery. Keira Knightley explains why she prefers being in small films. Musician and former child soldier Emmanuel Jal performs a track from his new album The Key. Trombonist Fred Wesley tells us what it was like working for James Brown. We meet Nana Kofi Acquah, the Ghanaian poet, blogger and photographer who is a self-proclaimed ‘male feminist’.  Superstar dancer Akram Khan is inspired by a duel between Indian classical dance and flamenco. Irene Caselli reports on the Argentinian musician who has found fame for an unusual reason. 

(Photo: Elif Shafak (c) Zeynel Abidin, Emmanuel Jal (c) Carl Court, Akram Khan (c) Tim P. Whitby)

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