Mixing Music and Politics in Africa
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Senegalese singer and songwriter Nuru Kane is carrying his sound, and his message, to the West
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania  - Cajoling diamond  dealers in Antwerp, pressing for peace in strife-torn Ivory  Coast and building bridges at a central African summit, Thabo  Mbeki has a schedule that only the busiest diplomat could love.
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A stroll through a Sudan music shop is a historical journey - from British colonial rule to the war-torn modern era.
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A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal
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Everyone needs a soundtrack &#151; even politicians.
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Thereâs an ideological conflict between those who believe that Africa needs better aid and those who think entrepreneurialism and technology will lift the continent.
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Description: Commentator Meri Danquah lives in Ghana. The recent unrest in neighboring Ivory Coast has her thinking more than ever about the stability of West Africa.
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Centinaia di seguaci del Rastafarismo ad Addis Abeba
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Never mind the Bruce Springsteen-led Vote for Change movement, the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, punkvoter.com or even the two "Rock Against Bush" albums. The most thought-provoking  musical statement made this election year just might be a CD of heartbreakingly beautiful songs for babies.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia  - A reggae concert in honor  of musical legend Bob Marley, which drew an audience of more  than 200,000 Ethiopians to Addis Ababa, could become an annual  fixture across Africa, its organizers said Monday.
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The South African composer Philip Millerâs piece, REwind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony,â includes the voices of victims, resistance fighters and government oppressors.
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BELIEVE it or not, I still have personal friends who are ardent Zanu PF supporters with whom I socialize now and then. With one of them however, our political differences were beginning to affect our personal relationship.
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What do thumping beats and rap music have  to do with France's presidential election?
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A generation ago, reggae anthems by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh preached concepts of "one love," legal marijuana and social justice.
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Africa&#39;s new representative body, the Pan-African Parliament, has opened its first session in its new home in South Africa. South African President Thabo Mbeki was joined by drummers and dancers to welcome
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As young Afrikaners strive to to move past their ancestors' racist legacy, a pop song strikes a chord.
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Corporate South Africa's surge into other African countries is fueling perceptions of hegemony.