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Dancer Fatou Mboup during JERI-JERI's video for "Gawlo."

May 10, 2013 A video highlights the collaboration between Senegalese musicians and a German techno producer.

The cover image of Dur-Dur band's Volume 5.

May 5, 2013 A decades-old recording by a Somali dance band has caught the attention of critics.

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Femi Kuti.

May 3, 2013 "A groove with a message" is how the director of Femi Kuti's new video describes the song. It's apt.

Baaba Maal.

May 2, 2013 In this 1995 performance, one of Senegal's most influential artists showcases his unique sound.

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The Miami group Tiempo Libre combines hip-hop, R&B, rock and pan-Latin sounds to create a distinctive version of Cuban party music known as timba.

April 28, 2013 Hear world music DJ Betto Arcos' picks from Cuban artists.

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A Chinese and a North Korean embrace in a pledge of everlasting (political) love. From Raid on the White Tiger Regiment, 1971.

April 26, 2013 Explore the extravagant, but politically dogmatic, operas of China's Cultural Revolution.

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