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Under Mugabe: the Zimbabwe we're not supposed to see

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The award-winning photojournalist Robin Hammond tells us about a country in chaos and how his photos got him thrown in a Zimbabwe jail. Also on the programme, the torch bearers of South Africa's movement for change - we meet the choreographers who are showing France their world-changing dances. Finally there's music from Ivory Coast, as reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly sings for change in Africa.

CULTURE
By Eve JACKSON
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