BBC World Service - Spice Taxi

Coconut Climbing in Tanzania

Coconut tree climbing in Tanzania. Plus Olayinka Burney-Nicol and Fred Eboka

Why are material items becoming increasingly important in a world of diminishing resources

Trip to a fish market; plus Frank Chipasula talks about being exile

Plus St Kitt's author Caryl Phillips and Malawian music

Artist Francis Johnson from Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe acapella and modelling in South Africa

Panel discussion on ageing and respecting the advice of elders

Discussion of the film Lumumba - Death of a Prophet and an interview with Francis Bebey

Sierra Leone magician Lloyd Forster and the Akef Circus in Egypt

Writer Kole Omotosho offers an interesting perspective on the end of Apartheid

Actress and Alexandra Duah from Ghana and Kenyan director Anne Mungai talk about filmaking