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March 22, 2023
Cameroon: New Single 'Hola Me' By Blick Bassy From New Album 'Madíbá'
In recognition of World Water Day Blick Bassy announces the release details for his new album, 'Madíbá', due out on May 26, 2023 via InFiné (Sabrina… Read more »
March 15, 2023
Guinea: Sylvain Leroux Visits L'ecole Fula Flute in Guinea
Sylvain Leroux is a New York-based musician and bandleader who plays multiple instruments but specializes in the Fula flute of Guinea. He's been traveling to that West African… Read more »
March 09, 2023
Togo: Dogo Du Togo Puts Togolese Music On the Map
Massama Dogo--A.K.A. Dogo du Togo--is a Togolese singer/songwriter/bandleader who has lived between the Washington D.C. area and his birthplace in Lomé, Togo since 2000. His… Read more »
March 02, 2023
Nigeria: Ado Gwanja Stirs the Pot in Kano With 'Warr'
When we visited Kano in northern Nigeria, in 2017, we interviewed scholar and culture aficionado Abdalla Uba Adamu,officially professor of Science Education and Mass Communication… Read more »
February 09, 2023
Mali: Ali Farka Touré´s "Cherie" Featuring Oumou Sangaré Debuts
Voyageur, the new album from the legendary African guitarist and singer Ali Farka Touré, is out March 10 on World Circuit Records. In anticipation of the forthcoming record… Read more »
February 03, 2023
Gambia: Ears of the People - Ekonting Songs From Senegal and Gambia
By now, it's widely recognized that the original model for the American banjo, and really all banjos, lies in West Africa. The essential idea of this percussive, plucked-string… Read more »
January 11, 2023
Gambia: Sona Jobarteh, With Feet in Two Worlds
Sona Jobarteh stands alone among contemporary kora players. The daughter of a Gambian griot father and an English visual artist mother, she grew up with feet in two worlds.… Read more »
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