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Sonia Boyce OBE

04.30.2022 - By BBC Radio 4Play

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Her multi-media work celebrates the achievements of women in music and art, challenges racial and sexual bias and asks how our cultural institutions can become more inclusive. From pastels to a cappella, Mark Coles profiles the life and career of Sonia Boyce, winner of this year's Venice Biennale, international art exhibition. Sonia Boyce’s winning entry entitled 'Feeling Her Way' features the improvisations of five black female musicians, Poppy Ajudha, Jacqui Dankworth MBE, Sofia Jernberg, Tanita Tikaram and composer Errollyn Wallen CBE. Credit: Feeling Her Way by Sonia Boyce. Presenter: Mark Coles

Production team: Sally Abrahams, Diane Richardson and Janet Staples

Sound: Rod Farquhar

Editor: Richard Vadon

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