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Several songs in the playlist set the mood for celebrating Africa Day, May 25th. We also meet Kenyan singer Chimano (Sauti Sol). Bill Odidi speaks with him from Nairobi about his solo EP Heavy is Crown. Heather Maxwell presents the last voices of the OneBeat Sahara program she covered from Algeria in March. It features short clips of 4 young artists: Nazim Bakour (Algeria), Hind Ennaira (Morocco), Hadja Fanta Diabate (Mali) and Hind Boukella (Algeria) playing and singing original unplugged improvisations on acoustic guitar, oud, and gimbri.

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