Les Amazones d’Afrique
The Cultural Frontline celebrates the music and activism of the pioneering West African super-group Les Amazones d’Afrique
The Cultural Frontline celebrates the music and activism of the pioneering West African super-group Les Amazones d’Afrique - an all-female collective on a mission to fight for women’s rights in Africa.
Broadcaster and DJ Rita Ray hears from band members Angelique Kidjo, Oumou SangarΓ©, Awa Sangho, Mariam Doumbia and Mamani Keita, to find out how they use their music to change attitudes towards women and encourage access to education. Plus, producer Valerie Malot shares how she kick-started the group with Oumou SangarΓ© in Bamako, Mali.
This ground-breaking group embrace music as a campaigning tool to tackle taboos that affect women, such as forced marriages, domestic violence, and female genital mutilation.
Despite the challenges they face in West Africa, Rita discovers the strength of this courageous group, sound-tracked by a live set recorded by the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ on Les Amazones’ latest tour.
Image: Les Amazones d'Afrique band members. Credit: Valerie Malot
Presented by Rita Ray
Produced by Nicky Barranger
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- Sat 18 Aug 2018 02:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except Online, Australasia, News Internet & UK DAB/Freeview
- Sat 18 Aug 2018 08:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except East Asia, Europe and the Middle East, News Internet & South Asia
- Sun 19 Aug 2018 19:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
- Sun 19 Aug 2018 23:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Mon 20 Aug 2018 03:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Australasia, Online & UK DAB/Freeview only
- Mon 20 Aug 2018 06:32GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service East Asia
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