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In this programme, Jerusha Castley speak to Jester Tshuma from Zimbabwe Publishing House and Flora Nwapa, a Nigerian novelist. They are just two of the representatives frrom 24 countries who have been attending the first ever International Feminist Book Fair.

This edition is about a traditional music by Alhaji Dan Maraya, one of the best known and most highly regarded of Nigerian musicians. He is a Hausa from the north of the country.

Ruth Schaffner, the owner and director  of Watatu Art Gallery talks about  her plans for the gallery.

This programme looks at the dazzling oil paintings of the Ghanaian artist Dr Ablade Glover. Dr Ablade Glover trained both in England and in America.

This edition covers the modern Zairean music whis has become so persuasive and influential. Jim Fish visited the National Theatre of Zire in Kinshasa and spoke with Director, Citoyen Diyabanza.

Davina Dougan speak with Werner Gillon who is an engineer by training and a professional businessman. He is also an enthusiastic collector of African carvings and sculpture and other art forms. He wrote and published a book titled, "A Short History of African Art."  

This programme is about Themba Qabula. A South African who's been a factory worker and in what spare time, he's written poems and plays, composed songs and performed them using the traditions of his ancestores.

The first part of this programme is about Bertha Msora, a Zimbabwean who is an adult educator by profession. She saw an advertisment for a competition for new plays, she wrote one and won the competition though she'd never done any creative writing before.