In this Mainstream Asia special, Pete Myers meets Indian writer Anita Desai to discuss her life, her preferred writing language – English – although she speaks fluent Hindi and German, […]
Monthly Archives: October 1984
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These interviews with African writers, produced and presented by John Hammond (1933-2012) and Veronica Wilson, were first broadcast in “Afroscene” in 1984. Veronica Wilson meets Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta (1944-2017), […]
The weekly Afroscene programme frequently featured African music. The 1984-1985 season was no exception. Here’s a selection of some of the people John Hammond (1933-2012) and Veronica Wilson interviewed. John […]
To mark the 65th anniversary of the Happy Station, host Pete Myers takes the programme on safari to Aruba, just off the coast of Venezuela, which together with Bonaire and […]