Africa: Humans Can’t Survive Without a Healthy Ocean – UN Envoy: [UN News] The Ocean is in deep crisis. Factors such as acidification, declining fish stocks, rising temperatures and widespread pollution are contributing to a catastrophic decline in biodiversity: over half of marine species are at risk of extinction this century. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Afro-Cuban Masters Return to New England – June 13-15: [Afropop] If it’s June, there’s deep roots Cuban music happening in Holyoke, Massachusetts and Old Lyme, Connecticut! – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Taj Mahal and Keb Mo in Deerfield, Massachusetts: [Afropop] Taj Mahal and Keb Mo have been fellow travelers on the road that leads from American blues, back to Africa, and home again. So it’s natural that they would team up for an album and a tour. Their just-released album Room on the Porch is something of a return to roots, a set of ten down-home tracks ranging from funky, gut-bucket blues (“Junkyard Dog”) to soulful swing (“She Keeps Me Movin”) to love songs that tug at the heartstrings (“My Darling My Dear) and the title track with its sing-along invitation to – AllAfrica News: Africa
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