oh in more ways than one from the e.u. smallest member states malta. box we begin with a nigerian author and poet he came to fame in the nine hundred ninety s. when he was the youngest ever winner of the booker prize one of the world's top literary awards since then he's written novels plays and poems and he may not call himself this but believe me he's a philosopher too he's here in berlin to open the african book festival and will be my guest in a minute after this report. back in berlin award winning writer been acri visits the german capital every now and then sometimes as a tourist sometimes a director and now has a book. the sixty year old lives and works in london was born in one area and spent his formative years between the two countries after finishing high school well chris studied comparative literature at essex university chris passion for literature started at an early age. the real turning point for me was my

father's library. board a great collection of books from england. and my job was to dust them every day. my father was so to meet the books but don't read them before one thousand nine hundred ninety one or korea was awarded the prestigious man booker prize for fiction think it's novel the famished road the book addresses the coexistence of the spiritual and material world through the life of a spirit child living in an unnamed nigerian city. the river became a road. on the road branched out to the whole world. because the road was want a river it was always hungry. the author is in berlin to headline the african book festival which starts on thursday then all create is a philosopher a mesmerizing and thought provoking author and someone who's not afraid to step up

and speak his mind. joins me now thank you very much thank you for correcting me about the pronunciation of your neck it's it's a pleasure to be and i'm glad you disobey joe father and read the books i think everybody is. you said of the families wrote the book the book prize winning book you wrote it to give yourselves reasons to live things evolves it changed a great deal for you since then so what inspired the new book the freedom artist i think i wrote the freedom artist. myself some of the central questions that i feel faces us as human beings and faces us in our times how free are we. what are we prisoners of what ideas what cultural assumptions what political ideology is what limited visions of the world we prisoners of.

and indeed the book which i have here as the freedom artist it has a title almost or a sometimes above it who is the prisoner can you reveal that or can anybody reveal that you know i think if you have to read the book and you have to do a lot of contemplation you have to ask yourself awkward questions it's a it's a question directed at the world or not the individual is the piece of graffiti it's an act of rudeness or great questions are a bit rude and it also in the book. this is the sleek police i also came across the phrases to be like everyone else was the highest distinction a citizen could hope for in a few pages later it had therefore been decided that everyone would be spied on this for me has shades of elders huxley's great book brave new world was that intentional and inspiration that side yes the freedom artist is very much in

a very great tradition. outspoken books about the human condition books that are these or could questions books like brave new world ninety two for the trial. their books of the twentieth century their books. look at. the state the individual in the state when the state has become awkward. and difficult illusion to the individual and i feel we're living in a strange time the idea for this before about twenty years. but it's only recently that the food pressure of it became necessary this leads me on to the inevitable question about. the subject concerning your adopted country written before we go our next from a poem you wrote about rex it you told me to read it so i will have delegated do

that yes wonderful responsibility just a little a little bit to fold is not to fall from space or height it is to fall from unity from one but it is easier to walk out than to work it out easier to fall apart than to stay together the romance of independence of freedom is stronger than the truth of unity. bearing that in mind and also in your new book you talk of a fictional society that is tearing itself apart is that what's happening in britain now do you feel yes i think britain has been the most divided i've known that in all the years i've been. the division is is it's not a superficial one it's actually very deep very passionate. and i don't know how it's going to be healed because it's not just a philosophical division it's. it's really cow can poetry help in

situations like that terrible tragedy and indeed breaks it down i think months in poetry is eminently good it is. touching the so. it's good it resonates and i humanity is good it reminded us. of the things our connect us. poetry is very powerful helping us to really. and really appropriate. humanity. very briefly. i'll revise president of penn the worldwide association of writers which of course concerns itself with freedom of speech. i have feeding the feeling that things are getting worse for journalism writers very briefly do you yes things are getting worse for certain for journalists because in many troubled areas where journalists must speak the truth and when you speak the truth in those places

sometimes are killed i have a very good friend who died. she was a legendary reporter. but i think that just strengthens actually the necessity of what writers and journalists and poets do absolutely ben operates been a pleasure having you here thank you very much a day of voters online thank you. now our continuing series baking bread where our europe correspondent mathis is investigating this staple from every e.u. member state all twenty seven of them or perhaps twenty eight if he does britain very soon also dog fills us in on the local political situation as he's needing the talking of dough dealing with it is an important part of the multis economy. in malta if you say someone spread. it means that person has a lot of dough. letterbox companies gambling and tax avoidance of the bread and

butter of the e.u. smallest state regulation no thanks who wants to do without. all this oil all capers on their bread especially on a traditional multis slice. it's an undercover operation traditionally multis bread is made from sourdough the dough needs to prove over night and in the morning all is exposed but if you've come to dish the dirt on someone you better be careful. journalist who investigated corruption in high places was murdered in broad daylight. her stories involved money laundering tax avoidance the sale of e.u.

passports to rich foreigners in multi everything is thrown together in our recipe to. water yeast olive oil salt sourdough and of course flour six hundred fifty grams of plain flour and one hundred fifty grams of strong bread flour that's one gram of strong growth flour that flows into a multi bank account. every. vote total of one hundred fifty billion one multis idiom has it multan never refused any wheat in other words never look at gift horse in the mouth. now we need to work the dough just like several you committees. propes mulder's justice minister. tough love tough needing eight minutes in the food processor he hasn't lost his bread as

they say in malta meaning his job in fact nobody has lost their job in the wake of the journalist mara. brussels is demanding action malta needs to show to europe and indeed the world its rules and regulations are healthy and robust. as healthy and robust as monti's bread. sourdough is a top helper for the intestinal police good bacteria that wash out the toxins and doubled the dough in just two to three hours. but don't wait too long or their gluten britches will collapse something else. experience off. now poor out the door and handle with kid gloves just like multi continues to treat those mega corporations. finally bake for thirty minutes had two hundred fifty

degree celsius on a hot stove just like multiple the island has always been a sunny stepping stone between continents for the greeks the romans the arabs the normans the french and the british. but at some point the fire went out for all of them no guns are now demanding this for all the shady dealings to. cause another multi. you can't buy heaven for money and why would you with bread like this simply buy. that soul for today we leave you with some quotes from our guest ben okorie which may give you some food for thought thanks for watching and join us at the same time tomorrow if you can.

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