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Probably one of the most internationally successful Western African musicians from the ’90s, Ali Farka Touré was referred to as “the African John Lee Hooker” thus many times it probably started to grate on both Touré’s and Hooker’s nerves. There’s a large amount of truth towards the assessment, however, and …

Mixing African gospel with traditional hymns, Jamaican reggae, American pop, and spiritually themed secular tunes, the Soweto Gospel Choir are an extraordinary performing unit. Created in Soweto in 2002 by choir directors David Mulovhedzi and Beverly Bryer, the group contains 30-some members as well as the display it produces is …