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Mokoomba

Posted May 6th, 2016 at 4:38 pm (UTC-4)
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Mookomba in Studio 4 April 6, 2016. Studio 4 at the Voice of America in Washington DC. In 2012 I discovered Mokoomba through by way of the common internet surf. The young Tongan group from northern Zimbabwe were making a smashing impression on the international music scene. They had just released their 2nd album Rising […]

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Thirty Minutes with Oliver Mtukudzi

Posted August 13th, 2013 at 2:14 pm (UTC-4)
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On July 23rd, the legendary Oliver Mtukudzi and his group The Black Spirits were my invited guests on Music Time in Africa. They’re on tour promoting Sarawoga, Oliver’s 61st album to date. I met the whole band as it rolled into the VOA headquarters parking lot. But Oliver entered the building alone, just he and […]

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Heather Maxwell produces and hosts the award-winning radio program “Music Time in Africa” and is the African Music Editor for the Voice of America. Heather is an ethnomusicologist with Doctorate and Master’s degrees from Indiana University specializing in African Music. She is also an accomplished jazz and Afrojazz/Afrosoul vocalist and has been working, researching, and performing in Africa and the U.S. since 1987.

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