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AFRICA IS A COUNTRY RADIO IS A MONTHLY DEEP DIVE INTO THE MUSIC AND CULTURAL POLITICS OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT AND BEYOND.

HOSTED BY CHIEF BOIMA, THE SHOW FEATURES A MIX OF MUSIC AND INTERVIEWS WITH MUSICIANS, HISTORIANS, JOURNALISTS, AND MORE.

THIS MONTH WE HEAD TO ETHIOPIA WITH KENYAN AUTHOR MUKOMA WA NGUGI, WHO IS SET FOR THE RELEASE OF HIS MOST RECENT WORK UNBURY OUR DEAD WITH SONG.

THIS NOVEL TAKES AS ITS SOURCE OF INSPIRATION THE ETHIOPIAN/ERITREAN MUSICAL GENRE CALLED THE TIZITA. SO, IN THE SHOW WE WILL PLAY SOME MUSIC INSPIRED BY THE LITERARY THEMES OF THE BOOK, AND TALK WITH MUKOMA ABOUT HIS WORK.