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Inspiring: Baaba Maal for Playing For Change

As we get ready to fly out to Ghana to meet with local music studios, it is very inspiring to listen to Baaba Maal singing in Kirina, Mali. He’s there with the Playing For Change foundation, who have started building music schools in Africa. In their own words: “The Playing For Change Foundation is building [...]

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Oumou Sangaré – Sounsoumba (acoustic)

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Alou Sangaré acoustic in Bamako

Thanks to Toni Polo of Radio Groovalización for this beautiful piece he cut with Alou days ago in Bamako.

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04/21 Alou Sangaré’s Buranké on iTunes

04/21 Alou Sangaré’s Buranké on iTunes

Alou Sangaré’s abum Agoh comes out today in the iTunes music store, cop it while it’s hot!

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Alou Sangaré on Myspace, at last!

Alou’s not a big Myspace user, so we here at Akwaaba created a page for him. We forward all inquiries to him in Bamako. By phone, you know he likes to use his bluetooth, especially on calls with the US ;p

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