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Sauti Sol on Making Pop Music During a Pandemic

Sauti Sol on Making Pop Music During a Pandemic

FromInto Africa


Sauti Sol on Making Pop Music During a Pandemic

FromInto Africa

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Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

What role do musicians play in politics and advocacy, especially during a health crisis? For this special anniversary episode, East Africa’s biggest pop band, Sauti Sol share their thoughts on the music industry’s adaptation to the pandemic, the state of Kenya’s health system, and efforts to remain outspoken about police brutality. Lauren Blanchard (Congressional Research Service) and Damola Durosomo (CSIS) also join Judd Devermont to discuss the state of Sudan’s political transition two years in and Mali’s interim government’s National Transitional Council appointment of musician Salif Keita. 
Background Reading  

Rethinking Crisis Responses in the Sahel – Judd Devermont and Marielle Harris 
Released:
Jan 14, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Fearless music activists. Savvy tech entrepreneurs. Social disrupters. Into Africa shatters the narratives that dominate U.S. perceptions of Africa. Host Judd Devermont, Africa program director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington D.C., sits down with policymakers, journalists, academics and other trailblazers in African affairs to shine a spotlight on the faces spearheading cultural, political, and economic change on the continent.