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Get Me To Africa Mixtape

This weeks tape is an explosive little number. Representing Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda, and more, it’s as diverse as it is exotic. I’ve loved the entire continent for decades and this is a little cross section of my gatherings. As a side note the bird on the cover is a Kori Bustard of central Africa, likely shot in or around the Namib/Kalahari deserts. Some of the tracks are cinematic in scope, others will get your blood pumping. In the end though I love sharing this sort of thing in hopes that you might be exposed to something new and exciting. The continent is home to some incredible sounds. Enjoy!

Also – I was able to figure out how to have the individual tracks show up in iTunes (thanks Bobby), so that’s a nice new feature.

The second track, N’kosi Sikeleli Africa, is the national anthem of South Africa, and means God Bless Africa. This song has so much meaning in world history, considering the struggles they have faced over the last several decades & freeing themselves from colonial rule.

The songs by Geoffrey Oryema are equally moving, as they are both from the incredible film, War Dance. In the face of Ugandan turmoil, some the youth of the country have overcome through tribal dance, and have become much more than children of war. Incredible. One of my favorite quotes from the film:

Music is our tradition,
even war cannot take it from us