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Weekly opportunity for listeners to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

A brand new poetry slot on Radio 4 Extra gives listeners a weekly opportunity to revisit the riches of the BBC radio poetry archive

Poetry Extra: Maadai-Kara

07/10/2018

Maadai-Kara

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Poetry Extra, Maadai-Kara

Poet Daljit Nagra chooses Maadai-Kara, an ancient Siberian tale from oral folklore.

4 Extra Debut. Poet Daljit Nagra chooses Maadai-Kara, an ancient Siberian tale from oral folklore, presented by Benjamin Zephaniah. From January 2009.

Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's radio poetry archive with Maadai-Kara - an ancient epic Siberian poem with an oral tradition. 

Described as an altai poem which involves throat singing - Benjamin Zephaniah goes on a journey to learn more about the epic, and about the great reciters of the poem.

Producer: Kevin Dawson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.

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