http://author.voanews.com/english/africa/blog/index.cfm African music treasures is a Voice of America blog that allows you to discover rare African recordings from the VOA's unique African music library. Many of the recordings featured on the blog are unreleased recordings of traditional and contemporary music that were originally recorded for the VOA program MUSIC TIME IN AFRICA. en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:45:21 -0000 Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:52:00 -0000 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss mlavoie@voanews.com mlavoie@voanews.com http://author.voanews.com/english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=8DC92121-9F33-ED7A-D547329B08561449 I have recently fallen into the end of the year holiday-induced doldrums, and have not had the time to finish the research on several posts I have been working on. Nonetheless, I wanted to end 2008 with some good music (recordings that don't need much commentary). I thought I would feature what is arguably the most 'famous' tape in our archive; Leo's never-released 1965 reel of Fela Ransome-Kuti and his Koola Lobitos that caught the Afrobeat pioneers at an interesting time in their careers. F... Nigeria Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:52:00 -0000 /english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=8DC92121-9F33-ED7A-D547329B08561449 http://author.voanews.com/english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=2F108668-F762-ACBE-748AAEF8F43A9DA4 In 1965, Leo Sarkisian launched the Voice of America radio program 'Music Time in Africa', a show that featured traditional and contemporary music from throughout Africa. Today, 43 years later, Music Time is still on the air, presenting, every Saturday and Sunday, music from throughout the continent, to listeners across Africa. It was also in 1965 that Leo made some of his best recordings; the tapes I treasure most in our collection.In 1965, Leo was living in Monrovia, Liberia, where he was work... Nigeria Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:51:00 -0000 /english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=2F108668-F762-ACBE-748AAEF8F43A9DA4