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A Tale of Two Angolas: Old and New, Semba and Kuduro, Weird and Weirder

A Tale of Two Angolas: Old and New, Semba and Kuduro, Weird and Weirder Filed under: Around the World "Angola's a really weird place." That comes not from a tourist, not from a xenophobic businessman, not even in an unguarded moment from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who just visited the southwestern African coastal country. It's from an experienced traveler, someone who's spent much time in a wide range of situations in Africa and elsewhere. "This was quite different from any trip I'd gone on to Africa," says Benjamin Lebrave, intrepid voyager and proprietor of the adventurous Akwaaba Music label, some [...]
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