| African Soul Rebels Tour 2008 Confirms Dates |
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Created On: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 Hits: 76  African Soul Rebels A soul rebel to the core, Salif Keita’s life has been one of confounding expectations. Because of his noble surname, he should never have been a singer; as an albino he was considered an outcast from the day he was born. Now, more than 40 years after he became a musician, Keita can look back on decades of unparalleled international success: his album Soro (1997) has been labeled the best African LP of all time; both the albums he has recorded since returning to Mali in 2000, Moffou and M'Bemba, have been called classics. For this tour, he is going further back in time, to the acoustic sound he grew up hearing while working in his father’s fields. One of the founding members of West African rap pioneers Positive Black Soul, Didier Awadi, has spent two decades mixing contemporary American soul with traditional Senegalese music. In January, he releases a new album, Presidents D’Afrique, based on speeches by African leaders, which tackles questions of heritage, independence and debt. “What I’m trying to do”, he says, “is use hip-hop as an entertaining way to get Africans to re-appropriate their history and give these presidents their rightful place in our pantheon.” Fri 15th February Brighton Dome Sat 16th February Colston Hall, Bristol Sun 17th February Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry Mon 18th February Barbican, London Thur 21st February Lighthouse, Poole Fri 22nd February The Anvil, Basingstoke Sat 23rd February De Montfort Hall, Leicester Sun 24th February Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Mon 25th February Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Tues 26th February The Sage, Gateshead Share this article to:       
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