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Fidel Castro's Cultural Legacy

03/12/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Cultural Frontline, Fidel Castro's Cultural Legacy

How arts and culture fared under his rule, and how artists have reacted to his death.

As Cuba mourns the death of Fidel Castro, artist Geandy Pavón and blogger Harold Cárdenas Lema discuss his cultural legacy, and how artists have responded to news of his death.

The young residents of Mitrovica in Kosovo are used to growing up in a city divided along ethnic lines but playing rock music together is breaking down barriers, we hear the story of Mitrovica Rock School. 

This week was meant to mark the opening of a landmark exhibition of Iranian owned contemporary art in Berlin but it was cancelled at the last minute. Journalist Saeed Kamali Dehghan and German diplomat Andreas Gorgen discuss what happened.

With Tina Daheley.

(Photo: a painting of Fidel Castro in a Havana Street Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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