Meiway, the musical genius of Cote d’Ivoire
By Michaela Bewa On March 17, 1962 in Cote d’Ivoire’s coastal city of Grand-Bassam, West Africa, a boy was born in the Ehui family. His parents named him Frederick Desire. …
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Rediscovering African music legend Manu Dibango
By Soumanou Salifou It was a gorgeous Saturday evening in a cozy, very elegant theater on a West African beach. Red carpet, first-class decorations… nothing, really, like the rest of …