Known as "The Barefoot Diva," Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora helped bring the amazing musical legacy of her homeland to the world’s attention.
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Ivoirian singer and bandleader Alpha Blondy is one of the best-known reggae artists in Africa. This track is taken from his 1999 album Elohim, and confronts the assassination of journalist Norbert Zongo.
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Senegalese singer Baaba Maal is a world music superstar. Unlike most Senegalese stars, who come from Dakar and sing in Wolof, he comes from the northern region and sings in the Peul language.
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Malian singer Salif Keita was born into nobility, but he gave it all up for a career in music. Today he uses his superstar status to speak out for the rights of albinos in Africa and other causes.
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Singer Mariam Doumbia and guitarist Amadou Bagayoko met at a school for the blind in Bamako, Mali as teenagers and formed a romantic and musical partnership that’s lasted ever since. Here they perform a song from their 2005 album Dimanche à Bamako.
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Senegalese singer Baaba Maal is a world music superstar. Taken from his 2001 album Missing You, "Miyaabele" is a traditional Peul fisherman’s song, which Maal transforms into a call for African unity.
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Two brothers from the Cote D’Ivoire started Les Freres De La Rue, a group which plays African reggae mixed with a rhythm called goumbe, generally played on large drums.
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