{"id":367888,"date":"2010-02-26T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-1172168010466863508"},"modified":"2010-02-26T16:29:50","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T21:29:50","slug":"rebels-with-a-cause-and-plenty-of-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/367888","title":{"rendered":"Rebels With a Cause–And Plenty of Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oumou Sangare, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and the Kalahari Surfers performing in concert in the United Kingdom. They will be on tour from Africa until March 3. They are described as ‘rebels with a cause.’<\/a>
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Rebels with a cause \u2013 and plenty of joy<\/p>\n

By Elisa Bray
Friday, 26 February 2010<\/p>\n

From the soul: Sangare and her band at the Dome, Brighton <\/p>\n

The sixth African Soul Rebels package tour brings together three of Africa’s most radical artists, Oumou Sangare, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo and the Kalahari Surfers. <\/p>\n

It is the first major UK tour for Sangare, the queen of Wassoulou music and one of Mali’s biggest stars. Sangare invited the bands to join her because the three groups share a common goal in portraying African cultural richness to the rest of the world. <\/p>\n

For Sangare, there are other messages in her music: “My own cause is, and has always been women’s rights, and the rights of children. I want to both fight against hardship and inequalities but also show that there are strong African women with me in this struggle, and that we are making a difference. <\/p>\n

It’s true that when I sing it’s joyful, but in among that joy I always take the opportunity to slip in messages that educate my nation and my country (and beyond, when I go on tour). Where I come from, that’s very important. It’s true that people are happy to just listen to music, but they’re also interested in what the person is actually saying with the music.”<\/p>\n

It is also the first UK tour for Benin’s voodoo rockers Orchestre Poly-Rythmo \u2013 despite their 45 years as a band \u2013 and a rare sighting for Kalahari Surfers, who, since their 1984 debut album, have been censored at home in South Africa.<\/p>\n

On tour until 3 March
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