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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Divided Loyalties

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The recent dénouement of the 25-year Tamil insurgency in Sri Lanka was reminiscent in many ways of the end of the Biafran war in Nigeria in...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

Another Ethiopian Songstress

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If you're a fan of Aster Aweke or Kuku Sebsebe , you'll no doubt enjoy this cassette by Ethiopian vocalist Martha Ashagari. Ärä Bak...
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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Welcome Back, Matt!

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We're all thrilled that Matt Yanchyshyn is back on the scene and posting once more on his blog, Benn Loxo du Taccu , after a long hiatus...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Some More Seldom-Heard Tracks by Remmy Ongala

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Like Comb and Razor , I seem to be experiencing some difficulty managing to get a post up, not, as in Uchenna's case, because I'm te...
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Sunday, May 10, 2009

A Fulani Voice

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I linked to a video by Senegalese musician Abou Diouba Deh in my last post about Fatou Laobé without realizing that I've had one of his...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Dakar Divas Pt. 6: Fatou Laobé

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Barely known to me until I picked up a few of her CDs in NYC's Little Senegal a few weeks ago, Fatou Laobé is a huge star in Senegal, a...
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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Ramiro Naka Ramiro

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Since achieving independence from Portugal in 1974, the small west African nation of Guinea-Bissau hasn't been much in the news until re...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Tilahun Gessesse is Dead

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I was saddened to hear of the death Sunday of a true master of Ethiopian music, Tilahun Gessesse, who has been the subject of several posts ...
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Friday, April 10, 2009

More Senegal Swag

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Aku and I recently returned from a trip out East for Installment Two of the Spring Break College Tour . I'm happy to report that she...
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Sunday, March 22, 2009

Africa Roots Vol. 4

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I'll be out of town for a week and don't expect to be able to blog, but I wanted to get something in, so this one's a quickie. I...
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