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Afropop travels to Zaragoza, Spain for the Strictly Mundial Festival. A hot spot is the Peña Flamenca club where we saw Falo, a hugely popular flamenco singer of gipsy heritage. We'll hear music and stories from Galician artists in northwestern Spain where a featured instrument is their version of…..bagpipes, of course! A twisted story from Galicia is that the fascist dictator Franco was Galician but forbid the Galician language to be used in schools and business so as to encourage the use of Spanish as a unifying force. Now that Franco is gone, there's a tremendous folk revival to reclaim Galician culture. We'll also hear fado in Lisbon and visit with all the artists backstage. This program proves once again that Spain is the most African country in Europe. |
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