Up All Night - 14/06/2010

Dotun Adebayo broadcasts from Lagos in Nigeria. He talks to Richard Fuller, the director and founder of the Blacksmith Institute, about the extent of the acute lead poisoning outbreak in northern Nigeria. Guitarist and singer K-Lite is live in the studio playing blues. We hear from Vocal Slender, a musician from Lagos, who lives and works on a rubbish tip but has saved to produce an album. A visit to Badagry to explore the slavery museum. Dotun walks the exhibits with the curator, Peter. Nollywood is becoming a domestic and international film-making centre. Mike Bamiloye from Mount Zion Film Productions tells us about the demand for christian films. How bad is the drug problem in Nigeria? We talk to Ayedun Taiwo Shanana, Executive director of Narconon whose group works to help drug addicts. This week's Pacifica Archive focuses on Fela Kuti. Our regular Nigerian reporter, Sam Olukoya talks about the religious divide in Nigeria. Dotun interviews Tony Allen, the centre man of Fela Kuti's 'Africa 70'. Fela once stated that, "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat. "He has also been described by Brian Eno as "perhaps the greatest drummer who has ever lived.".