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 01:31:55 -0000 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:33:00 -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=53691423-0F06-B3E7-6951441A2B1F6492 Nestled between Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique, Malawi has earned it's nickname as 'the warm heart of Africa'. And 'warm' is precisely the adjective I would use to describe Malawian music. There is a sunny optimism in much of the Malawian music I've heard, and after a grim weekend of cold, rain, and snow, here in Washington D.C., I figured I'd warm myself up with a few Malawian recordings from our collection. One of the most popular styles of music in Malawi, in the late 1960s was South African... Malawi Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:33:00 -0000 /english/africa/blog/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=53691423-0F06-B3E7-6951441A2B1F6492