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Nikita Gill and creative renewal

17/04/2021 GMT

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How poet Nikita Gill rebuilt hope through a daily ritual of writing and sharing

How poet Nikita Gill rebuilt hope and found an artistic reawakening through a daily ritual of writing and sharing

During lockdown, the Irish-Indian poet Nikita Gill created a poetic pandemic time capsule on social media. She shares how she rebuilt hope for herself and her followers, through a daily ritual of writing and sharing.

For Malian singer-songwriter Fatoumata Diawara, music has a revitalising, redemptive power. She has overcome challenging personal circumstances and gone on to collaborate with international superstar musicians such as Damon Albarn, Paul McCartney and fellow Malians, Amadou and Mariam. Fatoumata tells Nawal how music has helped her survive - and how she hopes it can do the same for others.

And, how will we refresh our wardrobes after a year of dressing down in lockdown? For The Cultural Frontline, US fashion editor Lindsay Peoples Wagner opens her post-pandemic fashion look book.

Plus, has a song, a book or a film ever re-energised you and the way you see the world? The acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak reveals the work that recharged her creativity. 



Presenter: Nawal Al-Maghafi


(Photo: Nikita Gill. Credit: Peace Ofure)

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