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07/10/2020

Les voisins du 12 bis, Episode 1/13: A chaotic arrival

Billie's arrival at 12 bis rue de Paradis is disrupted by a transport strike and a medical emergency.

07/10/2020

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8 min
21/10/2020

Les voisins du 12 bis, Episode 3/13: Looking for Awa

A police check for Zirek, and news from Awa: Rosa and Billie make a bold decision.

21/10/2020

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7 min
14/10/2020

Les voisins du 12 bis, Episode 2/13: A mysterious delivery

A postman in a hurry, a mistake in the address... but where is the recipient of the package?

14/10/2020

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8 min
13/02/2021

Les voisins du 12 bis, Episode 13/13: Awa

A missed appointment can be made up for forty years later... but another surprise awaits Rosa!

13/02/2021

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8 min
03/02/2021

Les voisins du 12 bis, Episode 12/13: Mark Constantin

Billie has a lead! How to contact Rosa's first love?

03/02/2021

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8 min
30/09/2020

'Les voisins du 12 bis', new podcast online from 7 October

"Les voisins du 12 bis" (The neighbours from 12B) is a new bilingual story for immersive listening to familiarise yourself with the French language. The first episode of the podcast will be online on Wednesday 7 October.

30/09/2020

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1 min
13/07/2023

Podcast: A deeper look at urban and police violence in France's banlieues

As the dust settles on a week of intense urban violence triggered by the police shooting of a young man in the northern working-class suburb of Nanterre, we look at the causes and what, if anything, has changed in these poorer, multi-racial neighbourhoods since the 2005 riots. What role has police violence played in the worsening relations between the state and banlieues residents? And the life and music of singer-poet-anarchist Léo Ferré.

13/07/2023

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35 min
13/09/2018

Les Rencontres d'Arles - America Great Again

America Great Again was a major section of one of the biggest photography conventions in the world, held in the picturesque southern French town of Arles. Rosslyn Hyams reports on the higlights of Les Rencontres d'Arles, which runs until 23 September 2018. Listen to this week's Culture in France by clicking on the arrow on the photo.

13/09/2018

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10 min
01/02/2019

Freedom at any cost: Saudi woman escapes to France

In this week's Mid-East Junction, we meet Julia*, a young woman who escaped her life and marriage by force in Saudi Arabia to find freedom in France.

01/02/2019

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25 min
15/11/2018

Giacometti's rough-edged frailty on show in Paris

Paris's Maillol Museum was founded in 1995 by Dina Vierny, a model and close associate for 19th and 20th-century sculptor Aristide Maillol. It is currently showing the works of Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti, along with several works by artists such as Maillol, Aguste Rodin and Germaine Richier. Interesting to compare. To listen to Rosslyn Hyams's radio report click on the arrow in the top right hand of the photo.

15/11/2018

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10 min
01/12/2019

Why Female Genital Mutilation must end

The practice of Female Genital Mutilation, FGM, is so deeply ingrained in some cultures that it has only recently been brought into question. But what are its origins? Where is it practiced? And why does it need to stop?

01/12/2019

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23 min
28/10/2017

Who are the Kurds?

Iraq’s Kurds have been making international headlines since September after forging ahead with their independence referendum, despite regional and international warnings. They are the only one of the Middle East's Kurdish communities to have their own regional government. The other notable communities are in Turkey, Iran and Syria. So who are the Kurds?

28/10/2017

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16 min
03/07/2020

Hachalu Hundessa: the Oromo singer who helped transform politics in Ethiopia

"Everyday I walk in this city, I know I walk alongside death," singer Hachalu Hundessa said just days before he was shot dead in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on 28 June. We hear how the 34-year old protest singer became the voice of the Oromo ethnic group. "He was the soundtrack of the 2018 revolution that brought change to Ethiopia" Awol Allo told RFI.

03/07/2020

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16 min
13/03/2018

Exploring South African photography at the Paris Pompidou Centre

The Georges Pompidou Centre this spring is hosting three photographers from South Africa. David Goldblatt's critical work during apartheid and emigré South African photographers Oliver Chanarin and Adam Broomberg, in their conceptual work. RFI's Rosslyn Hyams has this report.

13/03/2018

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10 min
18/10/2018

Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga explores post-war trauma in "This Mournable Body"

The lasting aftereffects of the Liberation War on Zimbabwe's society creates the backdrop for Tsitsi Dangarembga's new novel, "This Mournable Body". The story is set in 1999, 10 years after the war, taking a look at the daily life of Tambudzai Sigauke, a Zimbabwean woman who is trying to get ahead. It is part of Dangarembga's groundbreaking trilogy that began with her award-winning novel "Nervous Conditions", but can be read as a standalone book. Dangarembga spoke to Africa: Stories in the 55 about this poignant look at Tambudzai, a Zimbabwean everywoman.

18/10/2018

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13 min

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