where do the ancient statues go,after ISIS demolishes them?

It was yesterday evening that I realized that the youtube channel of my friend Ngoniba ,is no more.Gone..
He didn't inform me and I was too busy to follow what was happening around.
The truth remains like a bad joke:1600 videos of (mainly)Malian and West African music treasures,many of them of unique historical value  have vanished since 2 months from youtube due to Africacable claims of copyright infringement for some of their videos .
I was  shocked  though very familiar with the new (web  or  out of the web) practices.
It was like bombing a whole city for hosting 3 terrorists,or a very similar tactic to what those criminals of ISIS do in Iraq.I wasn't missing something.in my picture no!
Years of work and research have vanished with no good reason ,or I'm free to suspect   for a very good reason:
Real African culture (and Third World culture in general )is unwanted in a business system ( I won't call it a civilization,civilizations even the most barbaric have at least principles )  that promotes (scientifically and backed up with tons of money ) racism,sexism, materialism and their variations as their basic everyday drag .
there is no future for the human race in such a system.
but there is plenty of future out of it
I'm really sorry for them.

....and  I'm sorry for me too
for not protecting enough our heritage of those ancient statues

Antoninho Travadinha

“I heard the sound of the violin and I began searching who was playing it . 
It was there in the font , a small man, almost hidden, but his music was fantastic”.
from João Freire's memories

Antoninho Travadinha was one of the greatest violinists that ever came out of  Cabo Verde
and his name is still revered  among the next  generations of musicians at home and in diaspora.
Travadinha was born on the island of Santo Antão to a music family:
father violinist and seven brothers who played the violin.He  was participating to the local balls with his rabeca since he was nine, despite the objections of his father.
Besides the violin he played wonderfully well the viola(12 string guitar) the cavaquinho and  violão;
his  interpretations and improvisations  on the traditional mornas ,coladeiras and mazurkas had a unique style
Due to his humble social status the recognition of his talent was not easy:
Travadinha had  to wait until he was  40  to start becoming  little known as a musician,
particularly after 1981 and this thanks to  a visit  to Portugal 
where he was "discovered" and promoted by João Freire .

With the help of Associação De Amizade Portugal - Cabo Verde
his only record whille living,Feiticeira De Cor Morena was released in Portugal in 1986 and was welcomed  enthusiastically by the press and   music lovers.of the time....

Travadinha died few months later, in 1987....

Feiticeira De Cor Morena

for the record:
Antonio Travadinha: violono,viola de dez cordas,cavaquinho
Armando  Tito:violão solo,viola dez dez cordas,cavaquinho,baixo electrico,chocalho,reco-reco,voz
Ildo Ramos:violão
Micau:bongos,reco-reco,chocalho
Ana Firmino :voz

Spring Waterfall

 time for 

Foday Musa Suso-Pharoah Sanders-Eberhard Weber

Spring Waterfall

Foday Musa Suso Kora Music from the Gambia

Yarona

today was (another) revisiting Abdullah Ibrahim day for me
it's been (already)20 earth years since this  marvel  came out

Yarona

plus

wonders enough to last an eternity

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Sogo

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Rakotozafy-Valiha Malaza

in short 

we play valiha like in heaven...you cannot compete......"Lekatseka"

Rakotozafy (pronounced Rakoutzaf)-b.1933-d.1974,is the founding father of modern Madagascan music.
His origins were in the Sihanaka tribe from the Lake Alaotra region.
He was called the "Robert Johnson of Madagascar" and like Johnson, he was one of the best players on his instrument,
in this case a variation of the national stringed instrument known as the valiha,
called the marovany.
His instrument featured a total of 24 strings in the two sets, each set tuned to a different scale.
.Rakotozafy made his first recordings on singles and 45 EPs in the '60s for DiscoMad
and was frequently accompanied by Freddy Renarison and Rakotofra,the sodina player
 in live performances,
often supported by his son on percussion and vocals, that he really excelled.
He performed before the president Philibert Tsiranana in 1962 as well as thousands of his country people.
Reports suggest that he actually visited U.K. in the early 60s as a member of Sylvestre Randafison's group,
Ny Antsaly.
That so much confusing and conflicting information surrounds his life simply adds
to his reputation with numerous African musicians.

The circumstances of his death have never been established, although there are plenty of theories,
one of which maintains that he accidentally killed his son while performing by hitting him after he made an error,and died in prison a broken man.
Another suggests he received six years' back-dated royalties from Discomad and drank himself to death.
Neither theory appears to hold much in the way of truth.
Tao Ravao and Justin Vali created an extended musical work in honor of Rakotozafy,
entitled "Valiha Malaza,"which was first performed at the 2001 Festival Africolor.

like in  heaven :)

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Cliss

Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel  or  ***

also known as

Cliss

from the  permanently blistering   Guelewar