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The Arts Hour: Titilope Sonuga and Idris Elba

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Titilope Sonuga and Idris Elba

05/12/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Titilope Sonuga and Idris Elba

Titilope Sonuga on poetry and Idris Elba on his new album inspired by Luther

Titilope Sonuga on how poetry is giving voice to the people of Nigeria and Idris Elba on his new album inspired by Luther and Sofia Helin on playing Saga in The Bridge

Idris Elba talks about his new album inspired by his TV character Luther. Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray, Love fame explains how to release your inner creative self. Sofia Helin describes the difficulty she had playing the character of Saga in The Bridge and we hear from Titilope Sonuga how poetry is giving a new voice to people in Nigeria. There’s a report from Bamako Encounters, the Biennnale of African Photography, the Indian violin virtuoso Jyotsna Srikanth gives us an insight into Carnatic music and we find out how Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika became the unofficial anthem of the ANC in South Africa.

(Photo: Titilope Sonuga (c) British Council and Idris Elba (c) Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

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