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One Thousand and One Nights
Carries a strong pull into music through after-hours and Western Europe.
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Music from Saharan Cellphones
Carries a strong pull into television through Various Artists and Southern Europe.
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The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
Carries a strong pull into television through Various Artists and South Asia.
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One Thousand and One Nights
800s
Scheherazade tells stories to survive. The frame narrative that contains an entire civilization.
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Éthiopiques
1990s
Golden-era Ethiopian jazz and funk from the 1960s-70s. The Éthiopiques series that changed world music.
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The Indestructible Beat of Soweto
1980s
Township jive, mbaqanga, and the irrepressible rhythm of Soweto during apartheid. Music as survival and defiance.
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Music from Saharan Cellphones
2010s
Desert guitar and synth music passed via Bluetooth across the Sahara. The future of folk.
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