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Pick of the Week - Johnston Mukabi & Friends (Kenya)
From 2022, a half-hour recording of a livestream by Mukabi and a few friends.
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Pick of the Week - Makanyaga Abdoul (Rwanda)
Our first foray into Rwanda looks at Makanyaga Abdul. The videos featured were recorded around the time of his fiftieth anniversary as a musician.
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Picks of the Week - Tinariwen Live (Mali/Algeria)
Catching up on a long-lived "desert blues" band that only came up on my radar lately.
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Picks of the Week - Public Service Announcements In Song (Various)
PSA songs in the service of Covid-19 (Botswana), HIV (Zimbabwe), and child nutrition (Malawi).
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Pick of the Week - Guitar (Various)
A rather broad topic this time around, looking back (and forward) at some of guitar music featured at Music of Africa.
Pick of the Week - Corruption Songs (Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe)
Songs on the theme of corruption from Thomas Mapfumo, Eddy Kenzo, and Femi Kuti.
Pick of the Week - Roots Rocking Zimbabwe (Album & Book)
Analog Africa's release of a collection of classic Zimbabwean music and an accompanying book were released yesterday.
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Pick of the Week - Shem Tube and Friends (Kenya)
More acoustic guitar music from Shem Tube, of Kenya. Two versions of a song, as recorded as part of the Singing Wells project.
Pick of the Week - Stiger Sola & Friends (Botswana)
An international trio hangs out down by the river in Botswana and plays a song by Stiger Sola.
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Pick of the Week - Peterson Tusuubira Mutebi (Uganda)
"...has an almost dreamlike quality that would not sound out of place on a soundtrack to a David Lynch movie."
Pick of the Week - Wells Fargo (Zimbabwe)
Some Zimrock to go with your Zamrock? Here's a collection of mid-Seventies singles from Zimbabwe's Wells Fargo.
Picks of the Week - Thomas Mapfumo (Zimbabwe)
Showcasing a new favorite and an old favorite from Thomas Mapfumo.
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