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Music Fridays: Tinashe

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Music Fridays: Tinashe

By
Sean Jacobs

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My friend, Wendy Willems, former Londoner now teaching media studies at Wits University, pointed me to the music of part-Londoner, part-Zimbabwean Tinashe. This is the single “Saved,” of his debut album out in early August.

Below is a recent video interview Tinashe did with culture blog, Afripop:

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More at his Youtube channel.

— Sean Jacobs

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