Sunday, May 19, 2013

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Knitting Factory Records are reissuing 10 Fela Kuti albums. Clyde Macfarlane explains some of their original political messages.
The return of a funk gem from C.S. Crew, Nigeria’s unsung session musicians.
It is rarely explained how poverty is perpetuated, leading many to see it as natural and inevitable. If poverty is truly to be tackled, the logic of the debate must be changed.
This latest Analog Africa compilation features more vintage tracks from Benin’s Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou.
Family Atlantica's long-awaited debut album fuses African and Latin styles to bring out the best of both.
Owiny Sigoma Band's new album offers an electronic twist on Kenyan folk rhythms.
Think Africa Press speaks to theorist Lilie Chouliaraki about how solidarity has become a consumerist choice rather than a conviction, and more about ourselves than others.
A circus from the town of Debre Berhan is trying to communicate important social messages to Ethiopians through the medium of acrobatic entertainment.
From Timbuktu to Zanzibar and Senegal to Sudan, music can both unite and divide Muslim communities. Some see it as a problem, some as the solution.

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