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Haïti: a singer becomes president
Popular compas singer Michel Martelly wins presidential run-off
05/04/2011

HAITI SOCIETY MICHEL MARTELLY

Fair Play Campaign - Call For Video Entries
The global anti-corruption campaign Fair Play has launched a video competition. Young bands are invited to submit their music videos before the March 2011 deadline.
02/02/2011

MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION ANTI-CORRUPTION SOCIETY

Tunisia. Emel Mathlouthi: "The morphine we’ve been injected with for 23 years is no longer enough to dull our pain”
We asked the Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi about the current unrest in Tunisia.
12/01/2011

TUNISIA SOCIETY EMEL MATHLOUTHI

Ivory Coast: artists speak out
Shots were fired in the streets of Abidjan yesterday and 20 people are reported dead, as supporters of rival political parties clashed following disputed electoral results. Alpha Blondy and Tiken Jah Fakoly speak out.
17/12/2010

IVORY COAST SOCIETY TIKEN JAH FAKOLY ALPHA BLONDY

South Sudan Referendum
Millions of southern Sudanese voted in the referendum this week which may result in the secession of South Sudan. Harry Johnstone reports.
11/11/2010

SUDAN REFERENDUM SOCIETY

Titi Robin: on the crimes of a state
Thierry ‘Titi’ Robin talks to Mondomix about the current wave of repression against the Roma in France
01/10/2010

TITI ROBIN SOCIETY

Didier Awadi completes his epic Présidents d'Afrique project
Five years in the making, Didier Awadi’s labour of love – the album Présidents d'Afrique – has been released in Senegal
27/07/2010

AWADI HIP HOP SENEGAL FILM SOCIETY

Haiti: download and donate
Mondomix has created a compilation of Haitian music to help raise funds for the reconstruction effort in Haiti.
22/02/2010

HAITI SOCIETY MUSIC MEDIA

Next stop Soweto
From Mbaqanga to jazz and soul, Andy Thomas investigates the early sounds of change in South Africa through Strut's amazing new series.
14/04/2010

music society south africa

Freedom
Music plays an essential role in all Tony Gatlif’s films, including his latest, Korkoro (Freedom). We talk to the director about how he combines his cinema with music. Your new film Korkoro (Freedom) is set in Nazi-occupied France. How did you...
17/02/2010

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The Year Before The Flood : A Story of New Orleans
It would be hard to qualify Ned Sublette in one paragraph. He is a New York musician with Louisiana and Texas roots who has long had a fascination for American roots and Afro-Cuban music. He has worked as a music journalist for years. His label Qbadisc...
27/01/2010

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No One Knows About Persian Cats : The Tehran Underground
In 2008, the celebrated Kurdish-Iranian film-maker Bahman Ghobadi ventured into the Tehran underground and encountered a buzzing clandestine music scene. The discovery led him to make the “90% true” movie ‘No One Knows About Persian...
13/01/2010

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Jerusalem
Patrick Neate’s satirical new novel Jerusalem explores the fractured notions of identity and authenticity in the aftermath of British colonialism in Africa.   Over the past decade, hip hop loving south Londoner, Patrick Neate, has notched up a...
16/12/2009

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Made In Amerikkka
The Last Poets unleashed the word as the ultimate revolutionary force in African American politics. Claude Santiago’s documentary looks at 40 years of their radical poetry. It’s impossible to convey now what it was like hearing The Last...
02/12/2009

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Nigeria’s Soul Sister
The MOBO award winner for Best African Act 2009, young Nigerian soul singer Nneka talks to Mondomix about her music and her message.   When Shell’s new CEO Peter Voser opened his inbox back in July, he found a hefty report from Amnesty...
28/10/2009

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Fela: This Bitch Of A Life
First published in French and then in English back in 1982, this recently re-issued authorized biography of the late great Fela Anikulapo Kuti by Carlos Moore provides a raw and unique insight into the turbulent life of this African musician who...
15/10/2009

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Buena Vista Exile Club
Off the island, a whole new generation of artists is cooking up the latest sounds of the Cuban vanguard. Mondomix tracks them down.
16/09/2009

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Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio
A band with a calling and a unique sound, Rome’s Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio gives voice to the city’s cultural diversity. Mondomix meets them ahead of their UK debut at the Barbican on 17 July.
01/07/2009

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Puglia Sounds
It will be the window of Puglia Sounds in France and in all Europe. This blog will show all the i...

AFRO by SOUL
Africa is the future and the future is now…as the prophecy unfolds Eric Soul is as always ahead o...

The Center for Black Music
The Center for Black Music in Salvador, Bahia, and the International Exhibition of Black Music in...

Charlie Gillett
Charlie Gillett was one of the UK's leading World Music journalists. For years he presented a wee...

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