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Dununya voted one of top albums by WNYC listeners

Breaking news: WNYC's New Sounds just release the results of its listeners poll of the best albums of 2008. Kakande's Dununya got on the list of the top ten!

Great African radio from Georgia

A friend of mine told me about an African music website and radio station, and I'm really enjoying it, so please visit panafricanallstars.com. It's well designed, and here's a blurb from the site:

For the best in African Music on the Internet, browse through our website. Check Out our African Music DVDs. From North to South and East To West we bring you the best Music from the continent. From soukous (Congo), Makossa (Cameroon), Highlife (Ghana, Nigeria), Mapouka (Ivory Coast) to music from South Africa, North African Rai. We offer sample audio and video.

Their website plays African music 24 hours a day, and you can listen to it by clicking the link below:

 

Kakande, Dallam-Dougou on BBC 3

The multi-talented Lopa Kothari will spread the Jumbie juju to the world... twice. On Boxing Day (December 26) she will start off her show with Nina Kaba from Kakande's CD Dununya.  She will play Mahala á la Mandingo by Dallam-Douogu on January 2, 2009.

Visit Lopa's myspace page here.

Dununya stays on the radio charts

Dununya keeps getting radio play. WMHB played us this week and last. And Spin the Globe has us at #4: