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Black music in Europe: 1970-1980

Clarke Peters hears from Alex Wheatle and Pat Thomas on the rise of sound systems in London, Burger Highlife in Berlin and the music of Carte de Sejour and Marie Daulne

Clarke Peters explores a variety of different scenes in the late 1970s and early 1980s. We hear from Alex Wheatle on sound systems in London and Pat Thomas on Burger Highlife in Berlin. We also explore the music of Carte de Sejour in France and hear how singer Marie Daulne escaped conflict in Africa for a new life in Belgium.

Producer: Tom Woolfenden

(Photo: Three men stand next to a Sound System, Notting Hill Carnival, London, UK, 1983. Credit: PYMCA/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

鈥婣 Loftus Media production for 麻豆社 World Service

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27 minutes

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Sat 26 Mar 2022 02:32GMT

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