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![Haiti's Fight For Copyright](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup September 5, 2017
![Soundin' Like Weself: The Trinidadian Rapso Tradition](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup August 15, 2017
Here we encounter the musical and philosophical movement called rapso–an infectiously danceable rhythmic oration style that comes with a philosophy championing a Trinidadian identity in the face of a colonial history and a globalized present.
![Salaam, Amani, Peace: Festivals in Goma, DR Congo](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup July 25, 2017
In a context of ongoing violence and N.G.O. intervention in Eastern Congo, a festival culture is emerging based on the concept of “peace-building” through the arts.
![A Beginner’s Guide to Lusophone Atlantic Music](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup June 19, 2017
A lightning tour of some of the most important groups that helped pull together the often-overlooked Afro-Lusophone sonic universe.
![Mali: Politics Behind the Music](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup May 30, 2017
![Congolese Rumba: Surviving the Pop Apocalypse](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup May 16, 2017
![A Conversation With Pedrito Martínez: Part Two](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup April 25, 2017
![A Conversation With Pedrito Martínez: Part One](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup April 11, 2017
![Haitian Radio on American Airwaves](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup March 14, 2017
![Fees Must Fall: A Voice of Change in South Africa](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup February 28, 2017
![Mabiisi: Accra Sessions](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup February 7, 2017
![Talking Peace in Mali](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup January 26, 2017
![Political Fiction: Music and Partisan Violence in Jamaica](/pgs/img/optimized/transparent.gif)
Closeup December 20, 2016