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 01:44:02 -0000 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:06:00 -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=53352C07-D29E-B210-92726BD3B3378B8B Several weeks ago, I distractedly picked up my ringing phone to hear a colleague ask, 'haven't you been trying to get in touch with Bereket Mengisteab?' I had, in fact, wanted to interview the Eritrean music legend for quite some time. 'Well', my colleague continued, 'he has just stopped by the VOA's Horn of Africa service.' Later that afternoon, Mr. Mengisteab was kind enough to spend an hour in the studio talking with me, through a colleague who interpreted, about his life and music. At se... Eritrea Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:06:00 -0000 /english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=53352C07-D29E-B210-92726BD3B3378B8B