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		<title>Teug ak naari loxo</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2007/01/31/teug-ak-naari-loxo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Pape down in Dakar for helping me brush-up on my Wolof this morning. Man, it&#8217;s amazing how quickly I&#8217;ve forgotten my grammar. Anyway, the title above translates into &#8220;use two hands to drum&#8221;. Miki N&#8217;Doye was a well-known musicians originally from a Wolof-speaking village in The Gambia who was chosen to represent his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lazy Gambian soirées</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These songs remind me of Gazelle-infused nights where you find yourself in a room surrounded by random dudes who suddenly bust-out a djimbe and break into song.  The recordings could easily be from several living rooms during the rainy season at relaxed parties in the Serekunda outskirts or Dakar HLMs.]]></description>
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		<title>Touba trip</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Saturday I took a daytrip to the epicenter of Mouride Islam: Touba, Senegal.  The trip proved to be a bit of a lengthy adventure (like nearly all roadtrips in West Africa) but I'm glad I went.]]></description>
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		<title>Accelerating the kora</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 23:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honour of the Hallowe'en Hangover I'll post a track by a group in "disguise".  The Mangingo Griot Society isn't actually an African band. It's a bunch of Americans, Carribeans and West Africans living in the US. ]]></description>
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		<title>More rock from out West</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2004 13:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started this site out with some old-school West African pop rock.  We're way overdue for some more.]]></description>
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		<title>Senegambia Rap</title>
		<link>http://bennloxo.com/archives/2004/10/10/senegambia-rap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2004 18:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Yanchyshyn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img class="pic_left" src="images/pbs.jpg" alt="PBS" />There's something about the language Wolof that makes it perfect for rapping.  Direct, hard angles, often vulgar, Senegalese rappers can spit lyrics at wild speeds in a way that sounds completely natural for hiphop, even to the anglo-hiphop trained ear.]]></description>
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