Program January 17, 2018

My grandparents came to the USA from Italy in the first couple of decades of the 20th century.  Back then, plenty of Americans wanted to keep out people from shithole countries like Italy.  The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The whole idea of the Global A Go-Go radio show is that we live in a post-colonial, hybrid, "flat world" -- no country or culture has any business lording it over another, we all have plenty to learn from each other, and cultural walls are rapidly being torn down.  If you like music and you don't listen to music from around the world, why not?

So let's listen this week to music from places the USA's president calls shitholes.  We'll start with Haiti, a country he singled out.  Then we'll move over to Africa, focusing on the poorest nations on the world's poorest continent.  You'll hear great music from places you're being told have nothing to offer to America.  And you'll hear for yourself why that idea is dead wrong.

P.S.  If you want a counterbalance to the president's point of view on this subject (aside from my radio show, of course), let me recommend this Instagram feed: https://www.instagram.com/everydayafrica/?hl=en.

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Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Ti Paris | Haiti | Cochon St. Antoine | Ti Paris Et Sa Guitare | Haiti | 1958
RAM | Haiti | Tout Pitit | 6: Manman M Se Ginen | self-released | 2016
Rodrigue Milien Et Son Groupe Combite Creole | Haiti | Rapadou | Coutt Bas Residence | Marc | 1975

Lakou Mizik | Haiti | Zao Pile Te | Wa Di Yo | Cumbancha Discovery | 2016
Les Loups Noirs D'Haiti | Haiti | Jet Biguine | Les Loups Noirs D'Haiti | Hit Parade | 1973

Trio Da Kali & Kronos Quartet | Mali-USA | Sunjata | Ladilikan | World Circuit | 2017
Iftiin Band feat Mahmud Abdallah "Jerry" Hussen | Somalia | Anaa Qaylodhaankan | Sweet As Broken Dates: Lost Somali Tapes From The Horn Of Africa | Ostinato | 197x

Mariem Hassan | Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Magat Milkitna Dulaa | Deseos | Nubenegra | 2005
Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited | Zimbabwe | Nyoka Musango | Ndangariro | Earthworks | 1983

O.K. Jazz | RD Congo | Bazonzele Mama Ana | O.K. Jazz 1964 No. 2 | Pathe | 1964
Tarika | Madagascar | Ady | Son Egal | Xenophile | 1997
The Very Best | France-Sweden-Malawi | Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (The Very Best remix) | Esau Mwamwaya And Radioclit Are The Very Best | Green Owl | 2008

Orchestre National De Mauritanie | Mauritania | Senam-Mosso | Orchestre National De Mauritanie | Sahel Sounds | 1973
Orchestre Tropical Fiesta Imperial | Central African Republic | Reverence A Nos Souverains | Hit Parade: Special Couronnement, 4 Decembre 1977 | Dasora Productions | 1978

Tal National | Niger | Tchana | Kaani | FatCat | 2013
Hamad Kalkaba & The Golden Sounds | Cameroon | Gandjal Kessoum | 1974-1975 | Analog Africa |
Roger Damawuzan & Les As Du Benin | Togo-Benin | Babaa Na Ayele | Tropicana Souvenir | Philips | 1973

Dry Yai feat Pupa Bajah & The Baw-Waw Society | Sierra Leone | Ease Di Tension | single | Modiba | 2007
Magic System | Cote D'Ivoire | Mamadou | single | EMI France | 2013