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Vusi Mahlasela in Session

Lopa Kothari presents tracks from around the world and a studio session with South African singer-songwriter Vusi Mahlasela.

Lopa Kothari with tracks from across the globe, and a studio session with South Africa's Vusi Mahlasela.

Vusi Mahlasela was a leading anti-apartheid voice from within South Africa during the 1980s. He was invited to sing at Nelson Mandela's inauguration, and he has continued to work as an official ambassador to Mandela's HIV/AIDS initiative, 46664. Looking back on the 1980s, he has said 'Somehow you get some sort of courage. You look at what's happening to your comrades, and you see that their struggle has to be testified-and you don't have to be afraid.' He has continued to write songs with powerful social messages, including his hit 'When you come back', encouraging exiled South Africans to return, which became a World Cup anthem in 2010. His new album 'Say Africa' has just been released in the UK.

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Fri 25 May 2012 23:00
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ben Zabo

    Wari Vo

    • Ben Zabo.
    • Glitterhouse Records.
    • GRCD 763.

  • Sarazino

    El Fugitivo

    • Everyday Salama.
    • cumbancha.
    • CMBCD24.

  • Eusebio Martinelli & The Gipsy Abarth Orkestar

    Gazpacho

    • Gazpacho.
    • Self-Release.
    • 885767794283.

  • Mawkin

    Skymningspolskan / Betsy Likens

    • Crow.
    • goodform.
    • MKN003.

  • Catch-Pop

    Gyere ide Babe

    • String-Strong.
    • import.
    • WWE1CD30006.

  • Molotov Jukebox

    Give it a Go

    • Band EP.
    • Molotov Jukebox.
    • promo.

  • Vusi Mahlasela Session

    • Vusi Mahlasela

      Ubuhle Bomhlaba

    • Vusi Mahlasela

      Our Sand

  • Mariem Hassan

    Rahy El Aauin Egdat

    • El Aaiun Egdat.
    • Nubenegra.
    • Promo.

  • Criolo

    Bogota

    • No na Orelha.
    • Criolo.
    • promo.

  • Harp and a Monkey

    Molecatcher

    • Weirdlore.
    • folkpolice.
    • FPR006.

  • Show of Hands

    The Keys of Canterbury

    • Arrogance Ignorance and Greed.
    • HMCD 29.
    • HMCD-29.

  • Emicida ft. Fabiana Cozza

    Cacariaco

    • Back2Black Festival.
    • Back2Black Festival.
    • promo.

  • Vusi Mahlasela Session

    • Vusi Mahlasela

      Say Africa

    • Vusi Mahlasela

      We Come Back

  • Mokoomba

    Njoka

    • Rising Tide.
    • Zig Zag World.
    • n/a.

  • Bamboos & Kylie Auldist - What I Know

  • Teresa Salgueiro

    O Misterio

    • O Misterio.
    • Clepsidra Musica.
    • promo.

  • Mariem Hassan

    Ana Saharauia

    • El Aaiun Egdat.
    • Nubenegra.
    • Promo.

  • Majorstuen

    Sjoulken

    • Majorsteun Live in Concert.
    • Discovery.
    • MFC04.

  • Kapela ze Wsi Warszawa

    Hey You Yokel's Son

    • Nord.
    • JARO.
    • 4308-2.

  • Niyaz

    Parishaan

    • Sumud.
    • Six Degrees.
    • promo.

  • Vusi Mahlasela Session

    • Vusi Mahlasela

      River Jordan

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 May 2012 23:00
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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