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The Arts Hour: Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal, Tracy Chevalier, Rana Hamadeh

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Vincent and Ballake, Tracy Chevalier, Rana Hamadeh

12/03/2016 GMT

Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal, Tracy Chevalier, Rana Hamadeh

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal, Tracy Chevalier, Rana Hamadeh

'I've managed to successfully escape myself' - Tracy Chevalier

Film-maker Charlie Kaufman discusses his very adult animation, Anomalisa. Angolan Kizomba superstar C Quatro Pedro describes living between two cultures, Lebanese performance artist Rana Hamadeh is inspired by two killer sisters and Yaya Han explains the world of Cosplay.  

Also, Tracy Chevalier travels back to the gold-rush era and Hollywood superstar Richard Gere tries living on the streets. Bollywood playback singer Jaspinder Narula tells us about her background in Indian classical music and Malian Kora player Ballaké Sissoko teams up with French cellist Vincent Segal to make glorious music.

(Photo:  Ballaké Sissoko and Vincent Segal (c) Claude Gassian; Tracy Chevalier (c) Jonathan Drori; Rana Hamadeh (c) Rana Hamadeh)

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