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		<title>My &#8220;To Hear Live&#8221; List</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 17:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Bi Kidude, join me in creating your own personal &#8220;to hear live&#8221; list focusing on elders who you haven&#8217;t heard in live before, before they pass from this life. My list starts with: Thomas Mapfumo Boubacar Traoré &#8230; <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2013/04/21/my-to-hear-live-list/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Oliver Mtukudzi April-May 2013 USA-Canada Tour Dates</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come see this living legend as he tours the U.S. and Canada this spring: California, Ohio, New York, Illinois, and more locations.  <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2013/03/31/oliver-mtukudzi-march-april-may-2013-usa-canada-tour-dates/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>From Tumblr with Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 01:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s been a bit since I published an entry here at African Music Diary. While partly due to demands in other areas of life, I&#8217;ve also been spending time, as I get some, over at Tumblr. While you can &#8230; <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/06/30/from-tumblr-with-love/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Early Music of a Great African Salsero</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While enjoying DJ Balele&#8217;s set, some tunes familiar and some new to me, I was struck in particular with two by Gnonnas Pedro. Something was so fresh, yet familiar about &#8220;Abigbedoto&#8221; and &#8220;Yiri Yiri Boum.&#8221; I couldn&#8217;t place it till &#8230; <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/04/15/early-music-of-a-great-african-salsero/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Solomon Linda, Mbube, and South African A&#160;Cappella</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A search for music by Miriam Makeba turns up a classic source by a cappella innovator Solomon Linda. Solomon Popoli Linda, born in 1909 in a small town in KwaZulu-Natal province, grew up with both the musical traditions of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/03/19/solomon-linda-mbube-south-african-a-cappella/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An African at Morehouse College</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before &#8220;Planet Drum,&#8221; before &#8220;Drums of Passion,&#8221; Babatunde Olatunji attended Morehouse College and collaborated with the Glee Club&#8217;s director on Betelehemu. In 1950, Olatunji went to Morehouse, a traditionally black college in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1911, through a scholarship. &#8230; <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/02/21/an-african-at-morehouse-college/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Tapera&#8221; and Temperament</title>
		<link>http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/02/14/tapera-and-temperament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What exactly makes &#8220;Tapera,&#8221; off Oliver Mtukudzi&#8217;s album Vhunze Moto, so soulful? What makes this song so poignant? The bright up-tempo rhythm section and the deeply intense vocals. Yes, that. The combination or major and minor scales. Yes. Is it &#8230; <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/02/14/tapera-and-temperament/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kin&#233; Lam &#8211; &#8220;I am a Griot&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/02/07/kin-lam-i-am-a-griot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Keeping the oral history of Senegal alive, Kine Lam sings with strength and tenderness. Much beloved in Senegal, Kin&#233; Lam comes from a family of griots, the keepers of the oral tradition in poetry and song. In &#8220;Guewel La,&#8221; translating &#8230; <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/02/07/kin-lam-i-am-a-griot/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Je chanterai pour toi&#8221; &#8211; Yes, Please</title>
		<link>http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/01/31/je-chanterai-pour-toi-yes-please/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The film &#8220;Je chanterai pour toi&#8221; (I&#8217;ll sing for you) follows Boubacar Traoré as he returns to his home village of Kayes, Mali. This documentary seamlessly combines archival film footage and photos, contemporary scenes of life, interviews with Traoré&#8217;s friends &#8230; <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/01/31/je-chanterai-pour-toi-yes-please/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Flavors of Congolese Rumba</title>
		<link>http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/01/17/first-flavors-of-congolese-rumba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Thompson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While many songs by Kékélé have a sure place in my heart, &#8220;Mbote ya Pamba&#8221; holds the honor of being the first song of theirs I&#8217;d ever heard. Not really knowing what I was going to hear when I pressed &#8230; <a href="http://www.africanmusicdiary.com/2012/01/17/first-flavors-of-congolese-rumba/">more&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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