The anti-extractivism of Mdou Moctar
'Funeral for Justice' is a bracing recording that blends the critical sensibility of Frantz Fanon with the melodies of a genre born from an ongoing liberation struggle.
rock
Hope and optimism howled at full volume
A people’s history of Zimbabwe’s first mbira punk band, Chikwata 263, who wanted a soundtrack for the country’s post-post colonial blues.
Tuareg Rock
The unexpected popularity of British rock band, Dire Straits, among North Africa's Tuareg communities.
Independence August
Since we’ll be on break for a minute (details tomorrow) when the following central African countries
'White Music for Black People'*
It must be the weather. Something (“Everlasting Gobstopper,” released in 2008) from the brothers, Daniel and