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The Arts Hour: Solange Knowles, Neil Gaiman, Carole King

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Solange Knowles, Neil Gaiman, Carole King

29/04/2017 GMT

BBC World Service - The Arts Hour, Solange Knowles, Neil Gaiman, Carole King

Singer Solange Knowles tells us why Zora Neale Hurston means so much to her.

Singer Solange Knowles tells us why Zora Neale Hurston means so much to her and Neil Gaiman talks about his fascination with the great Norse Myths.

On this week’s Arts Hour we hear from Hollywood star and legendary lothario Warren Beatty on unadventurous cinema-goers.     The bestselling novelist Neil Gaiman talks about his fascination with the great Norse Myths.    Egyptian filmmaker Mohammed Diab describes filming his movie Clash, set entirely in an eight metre police truck.

DJ Tira brings us Gqom, the latest sound coming out of South Africa.   The legendary Carole King talks about her career as a songwriter.  Artist Awol Erizku, who took the Beyonce pregnancy photograph, talks about his first European show.    Singer Solange Knowles tells us why Zora Neale Hurston, the African American novelist means so much to her.

Here to talk about all this and to share his new collection of poetry #Afterhours is Nigerian born poet Inua Ellams 
And international film journalist Stevie Wong joins us from New York

(Photo shows: Solange Knowles (c) Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images, Neil Gaiman (c) Jeff Spicer/Getty Images , Carole King (c) Mike Windle/Getty Images)

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