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Watch: Derek Gripper Talks West African Kora Music

“Start collating these little records of human freedom in different cultures: That’s what interests me.” Watch South African guitarist Derek Gripper talk about his spellbinding translations of West African kora music for the six-string guitar on CNN’s African Voices program. He brings this special project to Big Ears 2019.


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