African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power
Catching up on African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power?
Don't want to miss an episode anymore? Set up a free alarm and receive an email when new episodes are available. Handy!
Last episode
African Renaissance: When Art Meets Power
Documentary series. Afua Hirsch traces Ethiopia's proud 3,000-year history through its art and culture, exploring a civilisation as significant as any in the west.
Afua Hirsch tells the epic story of Kenya, exploring how artists, musicians and writers have responded to the country's colonial past and asserted a new identity through art.
In Senegal, Afua Hirsch discovers how exuberant hip-hop, film and fashion scenes have fed off colonial history, and she traces the story of a poet who became the father of Senegalese independence.