In 1987, two years before the Congolese grand maître Franco died (although never substantiated, it is

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4riYn1SozWo&w=500&h=307&rel=0] The young Lagos, Nigeria-band Che and the Continuous Highlife Evolution’s striking “Civil War.” As the

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Writer Imraan Coovadia, on lit magazine n+1‘s blog, writing about the tenplate for “the South African

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA23GnvAXWQ&w=500&h=307&rel=0] Yuri Da Cunha is a household name in Angola,and is on his way to becoming

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