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BBC OS: 2024/03/08 16:06 GMT: Remembering Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama

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Remembering Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama

2024/03/08 16:06 GMT

2024/03/08 16:06 GMT: Remembering Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama

Remembering Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Remembering Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama

Tributes are pouring in for the creator of the anime series Dragon Ball

The creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama has died. With tributes pouring in from all around the world, we hear reactions from fans and illustrators on how the anime series has shaped their life and work.

In Nigeria security forces are searching for the 280 students who've been kidnapped in the town of Kuriga in the state of Kaduna.
It is not clear yet if this kidnapping is linked to the one earlier this week, where the Islamist group Boko Haram kidnapped dozens of women and children in the north-east of the country. 
We here the latest on this from our correspondent in Nigeria.

The  cost of living crisis is affecting millions around the world. We hear from women in Ghana and South Africa how the rising cost of living is affecting their lives. 

Presenter: Krupa Padhy

(Photo: statue of Son Goku, a character of Dragon Ball created by a Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama in Tokyo. Credit: Shutterstock)

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