A brass band brings these Congolese youth more than music
In this lovely multimedia piece by Dutch duo Rachel Corner and Laurens Nijzink, we meet three Congolese kids with tragic pasts — and the…
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African Music Friday, or, Why I wish I had Congolese thumbs
Why you should go to church. At least, if you live in Kinshasa
Anybody know where I can get some more of this?
Someone just shared with me this link “Ururabo,” an old Kinyarwanda song, by a band known as Rossisendi & His Group. The link has…
Read MoreOn being on the other end of stereotype
There are a lot of ridiculous assumptions Americans hold, wittingly or not, about Africa. That it’s a country. That it’s always at war. That…
Read MoreOn hearing what you want to hear
I have been keeping track, for no explicable reason, of the number of places outside of the States where I hear a song that…
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