Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC – The Nations Future: The Algerian Conflict – December 3, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the 60s got underway, a way of Independence movements swept throughout Africa. One of the major hotspots in 1960 was the on-going situation
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Miriam Makeba – In Concert At The Hollywood Bowl – September 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the tributes continue to pour in and as reactions range from sorrow to celebration (sorrow for his passing – celebrating that he lived),
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Nelson Mandela Inaugural Address 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The sad news, reported just a short time ago, that former Prime Minister and voice of South Africa Nelson Mandela has passed away. As tribute to the man and a reminder
[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”10262″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”September 23, 1960 – Report From The UN – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] September, 1960 was a milestone year for The United Nations. With Africa going through Independence upheavals, Cuba flexing its newly gained Communist muscle and the Soviet Union tossing
Click on the link here for Audio Player – An interview with Stephen Biko – August 1977 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Among many other things on this day, September 12th in 1977 was also the day it was disclosed that Anti-Apartheid activist Stephen Biko was murdered while in custody
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Rokia Traoré in concert at Les Suds á Arles – July 11, 2013 – RFI Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traoré is much better known throughout Europe and Africa than she is in the U.S. – her last visit to the states was
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Idriss El Mehdi – live in session at RFI – Musique du Monde – July 20, 2013 – RFI Further evidence new music is happening everywhere, and clearly it always has. Tonight it’s coming from Casablanca via Paris in the form of
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Election Night – May 9, 1994 Click on the link here for Audio Player: Inauguration addresses – May 10, 1994 As news from South Africa today isn’t optimistic over the condition of former President and Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela, and as
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Back over to Wurzburg tonight for another wonderful entry in the 2013 Africa Festival. This time with the radiant Nancy Vieira from Cape Verde. Vieira’s music is as much a melting pot of styles as the country she comes from.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Since we’re smack in the middle of Festival Season in Europe, that means all kinds of music is being presented just about everywhere. The trick is hearing as much of it as you can via the myriad streams being made
