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Sister Fa: Sarabah-Tales from the Flipside of Paradise (Piranha) As you in-the-know world music fans know, hip-hop is huge in much of Africa, and particularly in Senegal. You've probably also noticed that it's pretty exclusively a male affair. Think Daara J, K'naan, Positive Black SOul, MC Solaar, Gokh-Bi System, and the like. Could this album be the harbinger of change? Sarabah has plenty of male voices, but heading it all up is the powerful voice of Sister [...]