—– If alive today, Miriam Makeba would be turning 81, in case you missed the tribute paid to her through this week’s Google Doodle. The South African singer is considered the voice of World Music. During the 60s she had her South African passport cancelled and was prevented from returning home following her overseas travels. […]
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Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of the Voiceless Ones
March 6, 2013 
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—— The Argentinian folk Singer, Mercedes Sosa, was known in Latin America as the “Voice of the Voiceless Ones”. She represented a powerful source of resistance against the Military dictatorships that took over Latin America during the 60s and 70s. With a career starting in the late 50’s, Sosa was at the forefront of the […]
Continue reading Tizumba: rescuing and valuing Afro-Brazilian culture
January 4, 2013 5 Comments
I have planned to write about Tizumba since the first edition of Berimbaudrum. I could never get away with talking about the Music from Minas Gerais, without talking about Maurício Tizumba. When I met him during the Freshers week at Fafi-BH in 1990, we could all see that there was more to that musician. His broad smile […]
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