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World Service,23 Feb 1999,28 mins

Wole Soyinka and the 1999 Nigerian elections

Meridian

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The Nigerian playwright and poet talks about how the arts were at the forefront of the struggle against military rule, as the country goes to the polls since the 1993 military coup. Also on the programme: a review of the composer John Adams' orchestral work, Naive and Sentimental Music and Fay Weldon talks about her play The Four Alice Bakers. Presented by Tom Sutcliffe.

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