The University of Gnawa
The new video for the song “Alf Hilat” by Moroccan lute player and singer Aziz Sahmaoui
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The Jazz of Samuel Yirga Mitiku
I was in Dubai recently, working on a documentary, and on the way back to Cape
Plenty Koko
We didn’t expect anything else: the video for FOKN Bois “Sexin Islamic Girls” goes all the
Music Break. Gasandji
DRC born, France based Gasandji‘s “Na lingui yo.”
Letter to the Republic
The duplicity of France's ruling classes preoccupy most of this week's entry - number 10 - of Paris Is a Comment.
Black Bazar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=841i137-CYg Alain Mabanckou’s 2009 novel Black Bazar spoke successfully to and about the African diaspora in
Friday Music Bonus Edition
Niagass comments on Senegal’s president Wade’s running for another term: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PqsCXR_l5o We’ve been listening to Robert
Bilingual MC’s
On ‘Super Mc’, a group of rappers (Omar Offendum, Lou Piensa, Ceschi, Jarabe Del Sol, M.O.A,
Music Break. Cabo Snoop
An older Cabo Snoop tune (kuduristas in Angola and elsewhere have been dancing to ‘Zagala’ since
Music Break. Vincent Segal & Ballaké Sissoko
French cellist Vincent Segal and kora master Ballaké Sissoko (from Mali) recorded the 2009 ‘Chamber Music’
Music Break. Molare
Some fresh coupé-décalé from Molare.
A Spaza Shop Job
Postapartheid South African music culture is one big cut and paste job.
The sound of Joburg label Iapetus
From Zetina Mosia’s upcoming album “The RoundAbout”, this track: ‘Lately’. We’ve said this before, but the
Friday Music Bonus Edition
It’s a mixed bag this week. Kenyan artist Ato Malinda created a video for one of
Music Break. Kaba Blon
http://youtu.be/afO9RSfdVEA Thinking about Mbalax Dub, got me wanting to share some more of Kaba Blon. It
Yasiin Bey, ladies and gentlemen
The rapper formerly known as Mos Def’s take on the Jay Z track with his own
Azonto Germany
The diverse histories and orientations of African pop, the diaspora, and its international dissemination and the speed with which culture travels now.
Music Break. Jeri-Jeri
Berlin based Dub and Techno producer Mark Ernestus (check his previous work with Rhythm and Sound) fell
Rare: Conscious Kwaito
South African kwaito house with an explicit message: we don’t get to hear it often. Shota’s
The Presidential Palace
Paris burned in 2005 and it has been left smoldering since. That's the message of Paris Is a Continent, Number 9.