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Womad 2022: Flamboyant, vibrant and carnivalesque
WILL STONE is engulfed by the magnificence of the returning festival
STALWARTS: The Gilberto Gil tribe in full swing
[Borkowski Arts/Womad]
NADIA JOSEPH welcomes a survey of the role that TV played in the debate over apartheid and race relations in Britain
New releases from Rosa Walton, Paul McCartney, and Aidan Thorne & Jason Ball
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ALEX HALL welcomes the memoir of a prominent British academic of Ugandan/Zimbabwean heritage
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WOMAD
Charlton Park, Wiltshire
THERE is possibly no other festival as flamboyant, vibrant and carnivalesque as Womad – the World of Music And Dance celebrating its 40th year after a two-year break due to you know what.
Every nook and cranny has something to explore, enjoy and be inspired by: whether that might be seeing Brazilian icon Gilberto Gil playing an unforgettable set joined by 14 members of his family, including his five-year-old great-grandson, or stumbling across Luke Jerram’s awe-inspiring giant moon installation located at a mysterious “secret forest” that nobody is quite sure where to find.
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