Skylines

Episode 1: Stonehenge, by Maaza Mengiste

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 6^th Jun 2014, 15:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Thu 30^th Nov 2017, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

The exiled Emperor Haile Selassie makes an unofficial excursion to the ancient holy place whose outline dominates the skyline of Salisbury Plain. From June 2014. Show more

Border Crossing

A Good Soldier & Handsome Daddy

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 24^th Apr 2016, 19:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sat 12^th Mar 2022, 21:45 on BBC Radio 4 FM

A unique fictional dialogue between Ethiopia and Britain. A Good Soldier by Maaza Mengiste, read by Amir El Masry, and Handsome Daddy by Helen Dunmore, read by Sara Markland. Show more

Contributors

Reader:: Amir El-Masry
Reader:: Sara Markland
Writer:: Maaza Mengiste
Writer:: Helen Dunmore

Genres

Drama

Series

Border Crossing

Source: BBC Online

The Human Cradle

Episode 2: The Invisible Map

BBC Radio 4 Extra

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 10^th Feb 2012, 15:45 on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: Tue 24^th May 2016, 21:00 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

By Maaza Mengiste. A young Ethiopian woman, hoping for a better life in Europe, finds herself trapped in a Libyan prison. Read by Adjoa Andoh. Show more