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RADIO REPORTS AND PROGRAMMES Three latest: Libya: Musicians for the first time on national radio (11 October 2011) Cameroon: BBC radio interview with singer Joe la Conscience (17 August 2011) Egypt: BBC radio interview with singer Ramy Essam (10 August 2011) All radio reports and programmes sorted by author's first name: Radio Freemuse: 'Music censorship in Africa 2008' Listen to or download a 15 minutes radio report explaining about music censorship in Africa today. Hear what the African musicians have to say themselves about the topic By Freemuse 27 February 2008 Radio Without Borders: Listen to the Banned Here on Earth - Radio Without Borders, a one-hour live programme on Wisconsin Public Radio broadcasted a special feature programme about the album ‘Listen to the banned’ By Jean Feraca 10 November 2010 Pakistan: Music and militancy in the frontier (radio report) This radio report tells about religious militants' attacks on music centres, and the reactions from the owners of the music business in Swat Valley of North-West Pakistan. By Marvaiz Khan, Freemuse 25 February 2008 Egypt: BBC radio interview with singer Ramy Essam Listen to BBC's interview with Ramy Essam, the Egyptian singer-songwriter who became famous for turning protesters chants into catchy songs in January 2011 By Matthew Bannister, BBC World Service 10 August 2011 Libya: Musicians for the first time on national radio Three weeks earlier, guitarist Fuad Ramadan could have been arrested for performing most of his songs in public. Now he is for the first time invited to perform on national radio By NPR 11 October 2011 Cameroon: BBC radio interview with singer Joe la Conscience “I am the most banned artist in Cameroon today. The radios are afraid to play my music,” Joe la Consience told BBC in August 2011. By Randy Joe Sa'ah, BBC Network Africa 17 August 2011 Zimbabwe: Radio programme about music censorship Radio programme about music censorship in Zimbabwe - with radio manager K. Nyoni, lawyer K. Phulu, poet A. Nyathi, and radio presenters R. Moyo and S. Mkhithika By Zenzele Ndebele 07 June 2007