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[#] Log in Home music Music news Artists Album reviews Listen Special reports Concert dates RFI Discoveries award english.rfi.fr Special reports 50 years on… African music and independence Africa is celebrating 50 years since the year when a large swathe of African countries gained their independence. 1960 was a dramatic turning point in the continent’s history, triggering massive political and social change. Music benefited substantially from the changes, with independence providing the inspiration for an astonishing burst of creativity. New musical genres were created, while governments committed themselves to supporting musical development. The result was a cultural explosion that saw Africa finally taking its rightful place on the international music scene. Music news All music news African music Angélique Kidjo, standing up for women Angélique Kidjo is one of the world’s great voices. The artist with Beninese roots has rubbed shoulders with some of the greats, like Aretha Franklin, Desmond Tutu, Alicia Key, and Obama at his inauguration as President. Malian music Mamani Keita on acoustic tracks Up until now, Mamani Keita’s studio work had always involved an ... Haitian music Haitian compas from the days of vinyl Re-releasing old tunes has been all the rage over the last few years, but ... English Français Listen to RFI Musique Music News Live RFI in French Listen to RFI Music: Minor swing - Django Reinhardt Minor swing performer : Django Reinhardt Next: 00:00 00:00 Playing : What was that track ? Display tracks played on RFI Music for the last 24 hours around 0:00 0:30 1:00 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 3:30 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 Last 24h on RFI Musique RFI MUSIc ON SMARTPHONES AND TABLETS On iPhone, with Pure Radio RFI On tablets and smartphones with TuneIn Artists from A to Z Artists A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Videos RFI Music RFI SERVICES Write to us Press The mediator Pro Service Become a partner STAY CONNECTED Listen to RFI RSS Twitter Podcast Mobile Flickr Facebook Newsletter Most popular Most read Most commented music news World Music /Africa Chanson Pop rock Hip hop Jazz electro Artists Artists from A to Z RFI Music Team RFI Music Team RFI store (in french) Store homepage Books CD/DVD Sound Archives Showcase of World Music Practical About RFI Press (fr) Contest (fr) Write to us The mediator (fr) Legal notices Pro Services Home service pro Talent + MFI Programme archives Jingles Planète radio Become a partner radio services Listen to RFI filiales Monte Carlo Doualiya RFI Roumanie Foreign languages Arabic (Monte Carlo Doualiya) Cambodian Chinese Spanish French Hausa Persian Portuguese Romanian Russian Vietnamese OTHER WEBSITES RFI RFI Music in french French language Close