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The Global Sounds of Africa

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Western music has demonstrated its global reach in countless ways, and in recent years this has been particularly pronounced in the sounds of Africa. Groups like Amadou & Mariam, from Mali, and Buraka Som Sistema, from Angola, blend electro-pop and urban dance forms. Music journalist Will Hermes joins us to explain.

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Will Hermes

Comments [1]

Sue Young from Montclair, NJ

A year or two ago I heard a recording of a night in Mali when an American musician went there and invited all the best singers to a jam session at a club.

I don't know whether it was your program or not, but it was one of the greatest programs I ever heard.

I don't know how to find it.

Apr. 01 2009 02:44 PM
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