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A 16 year old US-American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.

"I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school."

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Zaïre 74 – the African Artists

https://amf.didiermary.fr/zaire-74-african-artists/

A côté des stars américaines qui ont fait le show à Zaire 74, il y avait aussi de nombreux groupes et artistes africains, dont congolais pour ce grand festival, aussi connu sous le nom “Soul Power” d’après le documentaire diffusé en 2009.

“Ali, boma ye” (en français : “Ali, tue le”)

Pour mémoire, ce grand festival […]

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Miriam Makeba:
🎵 Pata Pata

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https://miriammakeba.bandcamp.com/album/pata-pata

https://open.spotify.com/track/2H6qEsJZ3r5SUq07VJBnpR

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Somi revisits Pata Pata

https://amf.didiermary.fr/somi-revisits-pata-pata/

This cover of Pata Pata is from "Zenzile, The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba," released, at the end of 2022, in which Somi reinterprets 17 songs of Mama Africa with a jazzy approach. At regular intervals, we hear excerpts from an interview with Mama Africa who explains in no uncertain terms what apartheid is. Somi brought […]

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Miriam Makeba & Hugh Masekela – Soweto Blues

https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-hugh-masekela-soweto-blues/

Freedom song! Soweto Blues, released in 1977, is a protest song written by Hugh Masekela and performed by Miriam Makeba.

The song is about the Soweto uprising that occurred in 1976, following the decision by the apartheid government of South Africa to make Afrikaans a medium of instruction [...]

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Miriam Makeba – Brand New Day

https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-brand-new-day/

The song “Brand New Day” is part of the “Keep me in Mind” album, recorded in 1970. At that time, Miriam Makeba was in Guinea-Conakry, after an invite from President Ahmed Sékou Touré, following major changes in both her own personal life and politically within the USA.

Producer Lewis Merenstein suggested two Van Morrison songs […]

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