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Losing Entire Generations Of People – June 27, 2000

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup: Late Edition – June 27, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this June 27th, fourteen years ago was somber and pessimistic on a number of…

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June 27, 2014

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Africa In Transition – Interview With Sir Roy Walensky Of Rhodesia – 1963 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Sir Roy Walensky of Southern Rhodesia on Meet The Press – October 27, 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the Independence movements in Africa began to gather steam, so too…

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May 19, 2014

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Do As I Say, Not As I Do – The Saga Of Boko Haram And An Interview With Founder Mohammed Yusuf – 2009 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC Africa Service – BBC World Service News – July 23-29, 2009 With the latest horrifying news, regarding the kidnapping of some 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria by the extremist-fundamentalist group Boko…

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May 7, 2014

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Biographies In Rhythm – Music Of Africa 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC News Special – Biographies In Rhythm – July 26, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In the 1950s, as Jazz evolved and as Rhythm & Blues and Rock n’ Roll…

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April 27, 2014

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Bibi Tanga & The Senelites – Live At Au Fil des Voix – 2014 – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Bibi Tanga & The Senelites – live at Au Fil des Voix – Feb. 8, 2014 – RFI Monde A taste of Central Africa by way of Bibi Tanga & The…

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April 17, 2014

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U.S. Policy On Angola -1976 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NPR: Options – U.S. Policy on Angola – Feb. 13, 1976 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the independence movements unfolded in Africa, and as nations emerged and went through the…

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April 10, 2014

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Report On The Congo – February 24, 1960 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS – Eyewitness To History w/Walter Cronkite – Report On The Congo – February 24, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As a reminder that independence movements are often bloody, endless…

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February 25, 2014

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Bubbling Under – Boiling Over – North Africa – February 13, 1958

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Life And The World – Hot Spots in North Africa – February 13, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the movements for independence from European powers gained…

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February 13, 2014

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Dag Hammerskjold Has A Few Words About The People’s Part In Peace – February 4, 1958

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Dag Hammerskjold – The People’s Part In Making Peace – February 4, 1958 Probably one of the more Herculean tasks in the world is being Secretary General of The United Nations.…

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February 4, 2014

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Cosmosoul – In Session At RNE Radio 3 – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders/Session Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Cosmosoul – In Session At RNE Radio 3 – Radio Nacional España – January 15, 2014 Staying in Madrid this week for another session, this time by Cosmosoul, a band consisting…

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January 28, 2014

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