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The so-called “Jimi Hendrix of Africa,” Salah’s hometown of Gao in Mali’s northern region faces an uncertain future as religious extremists wage a war that threatens the city’s rich cultural heritage. Amid this fighting comes Salah’s first international release Dangay, which he views as an act of defiance against the intolerance of the zealots that seek to ban music in Mali.
Listen: “Dangay—The North”