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tiscert wrote: I’ll end up with some music news from Cameroon: I was there this summer and there’s a thriving scene there. It’s a shame nobody in Europe will ever get to hear that music probably because it’s not deemed sufficiently ‘exotic’ or ‘ethnic’ (whatever that may mean).
Charlie wrote:Back in 1984, when she was a guest on my Capital Radio show Lucy Duran played a track from a Baaba Maal cassette which was heard by Ian Anderson, who tracked down the owner and released the album as a CD in the UK.
Ian A. wrote:One thing I know to be true, looking at the racks of lo-fi, often locally pirated K7s that I used to bring back by the dozens from West Africa in the mid 80s, is that we've hardly made a tiny scratch on the surface of the amazing music being released on K7 in Guinea, Senegal and Mali at that time.
tiscert wrote:Dear Charlie,
Thanks for the Victor Uwaifo interview. Nice stuff. I first heard Uwaifo’s music in the mid-sixties in Cameroon - about 40 years ago! And he’s still going strong.
Charlie wrote:email from Andy Pollard:
You may want to pass on the info to Forumisters that PLAY.COM have the Sir Victor Uwaifo CD in their sale at a remarkable £2.99 at the moment.
Am I missing something or is the deal history ?
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