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Lent Talks: Man of Sorrows - Ben Okafor

Man of Sorrows - Ben Okafor

07/03/2018

BBC Radio 4 - Lent Talks, Man of Sorrows - Ben Okafor

Ben Okafor remembers Jesus's agony in Gethsemane and his own childhood trauma.

Artist and songwriter Ben Okafor remembers Jesus's agony in Gethsemane and his own childhood trauma.

Every year, to mark the Christian season of Lent, Radio 4 invites contributors to offer a personal take on an aspect of the Passion story. Artist and song-writer Ben Okafor re-members Jesus' agony in Gethsemane and his own trauma as a child caught up in the Biafran war. 

Producer: Rosie Dawson.

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