Thursday 28 November 2013

Why lions need historians

On Rendez-vous à Bobo this month I ask why lions need historians with artist Deanna Tyson whose exhibition "Until lions write their own history" is at the Centre of African Studies in Cambridge.


Baaba Maal by Deanna Tyson

Musical highlights include Fatoumata Diawara...  



Better known in Mali as an actress for her role in Burkinabé director Dani Kouyaté's film Sia le rêve du python, Fatou is one of the most exciting voices to emerge from Mali in recent years, and an outspoken advocate for Mali's culture of tolerance during the recent crisis.

We also hear from elder of South African music Sipho Mabuse, and kora player Ballaké Sissoko who performs with his quartet in Cambridge on Saturday 30th November.


Tuesday 5 November 2013

Écoutez!

One of my hopes for the Rendez-vous à Bobo project was to highlight the creative energy of a group of musicians in Burkina Faso who I'm also very lucky to call my friends.  

The ideas, innovation and resourcefulness that spring from Africa, offer an alternative narrative to what Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche has called `The single story' often told about the continent.

And so in this spirit, I'd like to invite you to pass an hour with me on the last Thursday of every month on Cambridge 105.  From Casablanca to Capetown, Dakar to Dar es Salaam, please join me for my new radio programme Rendez-vous à Bobo!