World Music Matters

World music matters - South Africa's Laurinda Hofmeyr sets francophone African poets to music


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After setting the poetry of Afrikaans writers like Breyten Breytenbach to music to great acclaim, South African singer and composer Laurinda Hofmeyr has turned her talents to poets from French-speaking Africa. Backed up by Congolese vocalists from Cape Town, she talks to RFI about the Afrique Mon Désir (the longing for Africa) project and recently-released album.
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World Music MattersBy RFI English

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