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New Orleans’ Batiste Family joins The Peace Train to Transcend Barriers across the USA-Mexico border

NEW ORLEANS – The Peace Train was founded in 1992 in South Africa to help Nelson Mandela spread his vision of equality for all. Sharon Katz and Nonhlanhla Wanda, two musicians who were born on opposite sides of Apartheid’s barriers, started by forming the country’s first 500-voice multiracial and multicultural choir. […]

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Growing up under apartheid shaped my music

BY: Jessie Moniz Hardy Jonathan Butler grew up in South Africa, hit the charts in the United Kingdom and now lives in Los Angeles. So it is no surprise that he calls his unique fusion of R&B, gospel and jazz, simply “world music”. “I’m a world music artist,” said the 56-year-old. […]

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9.26.2017 – Pan African Film Screening and Conversation

   FILM: The Pan African Festival of Algiers(1969) by William Klein DATE: Tuesday, September 26th TIME: 6:30 PM LOCATION: White Hall 208, Emory University Campus The National Black Arts Festival, in collaboration with Emory University and First Congregational Church, UCC is pleased to present Black Music of the World: Tools of Revolution and […]

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Fania Records at 50

New York City is home to the earthshaking Latin dance music known as salsa. From the mid-1960s through the 1980s, Fania Records released many of the landmark albums of the era, creating a salsa boom that reverberated around the world. In 2014, Fania celebrated 50 years in the business; and […]

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