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News reporting via remote I'm David Burd
Spain's prime minister announced Saturday

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an extension of the country's lockdown
to combat the coronavirus saying the

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measures are bearing fruit as the
number of deaths fell for a 2nd day in

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a row Pedro Sanchez said the cabinet will
meet again to ask for authorisation on

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Tuesday from Parliament to extend for

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a 2nd time the state of alert
until April 25th at midnight

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a nationwide 15 day state of emergency was
1st announced March 14th barring people

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from leaving the home except for essential
outings such as buying food or seeking

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medical care it was sent to and April 11th
after being extended by 2 weeks Canadian

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prime minister Justin Trudeau says his
country will not bring retaliatory or

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punitive measures against the United
States after the trumpet ministration

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announced it would prevent the export
of the n $95.00 protective masks. At

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a news conference Saturday
Trudeau told c.t.v.

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He's been having constructive
conversations with u.s.

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Officials after President Trump's pledge
to block the export of medical supplies we

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recognize that our countries are
deeply interlinked in sometimes very

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complex ways the necessary goods and
services that flow back and forth across our

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border keep us both safe and help us on
both sides of the border manufacturing

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giant 3 m.

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Says there are significant humanitarian
implications of seizing and 95 masks to

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health care workers in Canada
and Latin America where 3 m.

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Is

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a crucial supplier of respirators for more
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News China held

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a national mourning ceremony on Saturday
for martyrs who died in the new

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coronavirus outbreak flying the national
flag at half staff across the country

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right here is Edward Barron has more China
on Saturday moon the thousands of people

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who died in the new coronavirus
outbreak the national flag flew

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a tough match throughout the country the
defense in time was suspended the 10 am

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Beijing time the country of the 3 minutes
of silence cars trains and ships sounded

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the whole and. More than 3300 people
in mainland China have died in the

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epidemic and we've had the epicenter of
the ants break all traffic long it's an

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urban areas to render 10 am and road
traffic sees 3 minutes women 75 percent

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of the country fatalities we're
hearing these next it's even that

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a 1000000 people. President Donald
Trump has fired another member of the

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intelligence community this time its
watchdog who was the 1st to inform Congress

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about an anonymous whistleblower complaint
last year that described Trump's

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pressure on Ukraine to investigate Democrat
Joe Biden and his son A.P.'s Ben Thomas

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reports Michael at concerned was the 1st
to inform Congress about the anonymous

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whistleblower complaint last year that
described Trump's pressure on Ukraine to

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investigate Joe Biden and his son
Senator Mark Warner calls the move on

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conscionable the ranking Democrat on the
Senate Intelligence Committee Warner adds

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Americans should all be deeply disturbed
by ongoing attempts to politicize the

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nation's intelligence agency the president
informed the Senate Intelligence

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Committee late Friday of his decision to
fire at concern saying he no longer had

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confidence in him when Thomas Washington
the spread of the new coronavirus is

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bringing big changes to the business
and shopping environment a.b.c.

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Correspondent Jackie Quinn reports Wal-Mart
has announced new social distancing

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guidelines the world's largest retailer
will be setting up lines for customers to

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ensure there are new More than 5 customers
for every $1000.00 square foot of store

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craft store Hobby Lobby is bowing to
pressure and closing its doors several major

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u.s.

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Airlines have filed for federal relief
grants air travel measured Thursday is 90

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per cent lower than the same time last year
even Corona beer is being shut down by

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the new coronavirus most breweries in
Mexico suspended operations but in the Us

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done sales are up 85 percent higher than
this time last year I'm Jackie queen for

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Hello everyone this is music time in Africa
and Heather Maxwell broadcasting from

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Washington it is like last week this
week I'm bringing you today show from my

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home studio in Capitol
Hill Washington d.c.

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Due to post it 19 I hope you're all doing
well and staying safe from wherever

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you're listening much of today's

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a playlist features music and memories of
2 elderly legends of African music Manu

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debunk all of Cameroon and I only use my
Binay of the Republic of Congo both men

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passed away earlier this week from covert
19 but there's also an amazing feature

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from Tom And they gonna buy reporter some

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a guy who types in to the current situation
on the whole bit $1000.00 vets on

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artists and the entertainment industry in
Ghana bet comes at the back half of the

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hour there is also song of the
week which is a hop losing

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a lot of Nigeria and more beautiful tunes
from Algeria Kenya Mali and Guyana

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So sit back and relax just enjoy the
show I want to start out happy we

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all need this people especially in
these times so happy yourself. And

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chick from gonna.

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Go darling take me I'm so
glad you. Believe in your

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sparkling. Darling.

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You know.

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Gla

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. 11.

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Simpler.

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Slip. A.

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Pledge.

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Below.

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Me it was you that was from featuring

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chicken from Ghana with capping yourself
Hi everyone I'm Heather Maxwell and your

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at the top of music time in Africa.
Here's to can from called the flour

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and Molly with his 2900 single called Gold
me he says you can say whatever you want

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about you're not my leader. I'm
arrogant color is probably

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a great. Place with

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a look at the polls. Closest

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.

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Thank. You.

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Good.

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To us. To

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you. To.

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Us.

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Us.

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You.

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Everybody that was. Going to I'm have

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a match Well I hope you're all doing good
I've got music and news for you in this

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hour about the fallen legends Manu
de Bongo and our loose mob l.a.

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About how the corona virus is affecting the
artist and the music industry in Ghana

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song of the week and other great songs so
keep it lax and just try to relax with me

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in this our city easy excuse country
by National Ski from Kenya.

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Just like.

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The blameless are. Going to.

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Be.

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Saved because. The strong. Women.

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Who clung to the Muslims was the message.

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That. To pick up the.

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Next day. Let.

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Go.

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Yeah that was now Shinseki with
free Hello everybody. And I mean

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music time enough to go with the head in
the Voice of America. All right so as I

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said at the top of the hour we lost 2
elderly music icons this past week to this

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horrid pandemic call that
night. One of them was

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a minute. For the next 15 minutes or so
we're going to honor with some of his music

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and hear from

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a couple of Cameroonians who respond
to his death born in minute. And

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while

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a Cameroon on December 12th
1933. Died Tuesday March 24th

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at age 86. Released 44
albums over his long

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career he was one of the earliest musicians
to use an African rhythm with his 1st

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international guests from 1972. Is
often cited as one of the 1st disco

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records in. The world it was so hot that
Michael Jackson stole it to make his mega

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hit you want to be started something the
opening track of the biggest selling album

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of all time

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a thriller not copy crude as he was also
widely known was also regarded as one of

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the founding fathers of funk he was

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a saxophonist but also pianist of all
time instead mentalist a songwriter and

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a producer Bongo was also

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a mentor and inspiration to
musicians Boston Globe jazz funk in

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Homs Celso reggae and of course African
artists all the all kind people said I come

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to him with his deep voice and saxophone
and his lengthy swag he projected

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a cool jazzy funky positive 5 phone
camera room end of Africa to the

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home world. My heart goes out to him and
to his family but also to everyone that he

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touched I called one of my
dear friends is in camp she's

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a contemporary artist splinter time
between France Cameroon I want to get

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a feel farm call people are reacting to
Mama's death right now so Mark it speaks in

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French so I'll interpret.

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Hello Heather Maxwell from Cameroon I
met Mark Colvin Yesterday we heard the

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news that Kano did Bongo died

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a real monument of Cameroon music and
we're really sad because so important

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for us Cameroon and for music all over the
world so people have been really really

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sad especially because we won't be able
to pay our respects to him right away so

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you know that people are really her children
everyone from any generation is so sad

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. So that was Mark Boal
speaking from the ground

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in Cameroon I assume the reason that people
won't be able to pay respects to manu

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right away is because of Colvin 1000 security
measures with regard to limiting mass

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gatherings and things like that. So well
look now Let's liven up and listen to mano

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bongos solo from 1972. Miles.

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To.

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The back. To. Try.

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To combine.

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The 2 I got. To.

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Stop. We've. Got.

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All right hi everybody this is Heather
Maxwell We are coming off the tail end.

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Goals so. And we continue honoring the
life and legacy of this great music

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icon with Sylvia Bello she
is the founder and c.e.o.

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Of the Cameroon American Council
based right here in Washington d.c.

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. Right now. Name Cameroon
comes from the remember the

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neighbor that managed to ban guns Harry to
make an arrest it's great that children

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write that if we're calling the name
Cameron It comes from the models which is

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present in

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a river from under the bank or comes
from right. Where it's from that area

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right where we are before Michael said.

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And I got. My sister's name is my no right
Her name is my new i live we call bad no

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votes in many parts in the least we
grew up with my new my new revenue.

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Name I'm new. To me personally
I just grew up where I go

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you will see

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a good one when my book
the Bible was spoiled. By

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the battle for that for
Campbell cream we have

00:26:20
a country of the amount of stale bread

00:26:23
a country on the radio play and they're
right and next Sunday so we know whatever

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it is I'll be kept on the back
to keep it as I want great.

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Stuff going you know read about taken away
from Cameron 500 years ago right plenty

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of the g.

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D's and he pleaded Cameroon right
then and the new thing next

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to him

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a close up from every room to say you want
to go around the world and connect up

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black people and to say that you don't
care for one you know there can move from

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the tree to being made to Cameroon for one
minute I'm going to close down and put

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on and just keep any many many many
others and inspiration for the next time

00:27:16
by right with what that in today's. The
fate of. Michael. We may have left

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500 years ago you may have left 50 years
ago or like those of us in the back years

00:27:29
ago just to the next
day when. You're sick.

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I can tell your story was shot 2000 I was
in you know Obama denies are and the

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folks who were good enough to go
ahead. And did never heard of

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Cameroon until I went to college how did
you read about Cameron in college. I would

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think. The.

00:28:17
Data about that was
Jonjo breaking up Sure.

00:28:25
That's true and power and right now
in some less your. Part of that now

00:28:31
that's your sense to Campbell to both of
us were for an increase in. Their school

00:28:38
studies that have been inspired by the.
Book on the multiple of the by me make

00:28:45
even claim we have all those 200 trite
about if you talk about money that's hard

00:28:51
enough finding.

00:29:00
Someone is

00:29:00
a shocker you know he even write to
him as the song you need to go to

00:29:07
camera.

00:29:20
Complain about. Our children too
as recent as. 7 feet right where

00:29:27
we want to play the waiting room I
need to thank you for that great.

00:29:43
I frankly thought for.
A. Brief period you know

00:29:50
to write

00:29:51
a carriage everybody it's not. Really
what he's talking about the let's

00:29:58
just bury your name right here
but we're still. In the fire is.

00:30:17
All right hey everybody this is Heather
and you just heard the voice of Sylvie

00:30:20
benzo talking about the shock and
sadness of. Those passing and its

00:30:26
significance and then particularly in

00:30:30
a sense that that's where he's from going
on that this song can send the welcome to

00:30:35
Cameroon play out until it's end and then
we'll move on to more great music another

00:30:41
step.

00:32:18
Yes So all right hello everybody this is
Heather Maxwell that was given. By the

00:32:23
late. Next stop Les Gold the cult and
Song of the week right after this.

00:32:31
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00:32:57
They go to court there was an all female
trio of singers and dancers that formed

00:33:02
a way back in 1903 and. It
lasted for nearly 2 decades.

00:33:09
From Guinea must take

00:33:10
a tough and good man and I was somebody
from Mali those were the 3 that you

00:33:17
know that Mahmoud bungled. Produced their
997 debut album I didn't know until this

00:33:24
week when I was listening to. All
week long. Way from our tribute with

00:33:31
this track from the self-titled album. It's
called That's the man singing word for

00:33:37
.

00:33:49
It.

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All right that was. D'Ivoire
Hi everybody how you all doing

00:37:09
I hope you're staying safe and taking all
of the protocol precautions that you

00:37:13
should be to avoid infection from that awful
coronavirus As for me. Heather Maxwell

00:37:20
I'm home producing and broadcasting
right here at home in my Capitol Hill

00:37:26
Washington d.c.

00:37:27
. Now it's time for our.

00:37:34
List as the song as. Normally for you
is in the studio with me to present

00:37:40
a song of the week but you know in these
times so I'll just introduce the song

00:37:44
which I did pick out and we'll be on
our way the song's called nobody.

00:37:53
Mr Easy from Nigeria is brand new
mommy says he loves it because it's

00:37:59
a simple love song no worries. And it just
makes you want to I agree let's listen.

00:38:14
To one point. That's.

00:38:22
Certainly.

00:39:08
The. History books.

00:39:47
Alan.

00:40:13
All right Ok everybody the seller Maxwell
and you just heard and nobody. Featuring

00:40:20
Joe boy Mr Easy from Nigeria Well sorry
picked up the song and that was.

00:40:35
A good read this is

00:40:37
a bad example if you're listening
to music I am sorry. Ok

00:40:44
so in the rest of the time we have left
together today we're going to hear

00:40:48
a powerful report from Sam Ed and Tommy
Lee gonna It's about the impact that the

00:40:54
coronavirus is having on artists and the
music industry in. The interviews Ghana's

00:41:00
top artists stone boy. Fancy God
and some Tommy stars to Don

00:41:07
signally straw and flower and ask
Yeah it's great and also there's

00:41:12
a brand new gorgeous song by Algerian
superstars King and shed money but 1st let's

00:41:19
. Stop for

00:41:20
a 2nd time this hour and honor the memory
of another great music legend who lost

00:41:26
his life to call that 19 are loose.
That all these singer and composer

00:41:33
commonly known as the king of soup passed
away on March 19th he was 66 years old

00:41:40
he was born or Reilley and not
so mama on October 26th 1953 in

00:41:46
a possible Republic of Congo Mr Bell

00:41:49
a rose to fame across
Africa in the 1970 s.

00:41:53
In the eighty's with his uptempo skits and
his high octane performances highlighted

00:41:59
by spectacular dance moves he gained
popularity with his group Leighton didn't and

00:42:06
Brazzaville with recordings of songs
like a walk off and. In the 1980 s.

00:42:12
He moved to France and continued his
career there until his death peers.

00:44:31
That was the late hours my bed lay with.
Our Lives passed away March 19th due to

00:44:37
complications from cold at 19 May he rest
in peace. Hello everyone this is had

00:44:44
a Maxwell and now we turn to some.

00:44:50
Group just to you have

00:44:52
a mock swell and musical of us
across the world gonna hit with

00:44:57
a coronavirus pandemic and
this has affected us but it's

00:45:01
a flight including danger Tim an industry
gun now and this reports you'll hear how

00:45:07
the pandemic is affecting
and entertainment industry.

00:45:18
Just any come. Actually across the world
hits by the coronavirus pandemic the

00:45:22
president of Qana has also shot governor.
And has advised Daniels to stay indoors

00:45:29
to avoid the spread of the virus this
meet new public concerts and new public

00:45:35
entertainment gunnin artists and event
organizers who have scheduled Yeah events

00:45:40
this year have I had consulates also
suspended its storm boy who is currently in

00:45:46
America on

00:45:47
a tall has canceled all his
concerts and ready to return to. It

00:46:04
you know the good idea. Well you're running
running. You feel that who is who we

00:46:11
are because you know how to get out there
you know we can't put somebody anywhere

00:46:17
you are being led down the boardwalk road

00:46:19
a lot but I'll be coming will merely be
really cool because you're cool school and

00:46:24
cold Ok I'm going to pull their eventual
far and they're creepy I'm looking to join

00:46:30
my family and you'll gonna go out all to
continue to move. Educate our children

00:46:36
encourage. Heroes you
know. Suck idea who was

00:46:43
also cheated recently about his
upcoming told us consulate to.

00:46:55
Obviously you guys know serious serious
times you know that this whole corner of

00:46:59
ours then you know in the beginning we
ought to think you know something about

00:47:02
a comedy cool but I think it's really good
intense and I like the edge and everyone

00:47:08
of you guys should take the precautions
very very serious. And stay safe my heart

00:47:13
goes out to those who have lost death and
I just I think you 2 are like I posted

00:47:19
about. A tall man I don't know is going
to come for that you know sometimes you

00:47:25
really have to you know take nice us and
see that we don't really control was about

00:47:30
to happen the next day. I pray guys
make it safe for the maids obviously

00:47:37
they're not going to do Nikon says another
not include any time out of the gun and

00:47:42
artists also be so excited to be getting
the affronts about the virus and also

00:47:46
a preventive measure just in your local
languages we are the Minustah for Africa is

00:47:52
one of them with d.n.a.

00:47:54
We're not going to call the here who are
not virus wash your hands with soap under

00:48:00
running water she sees all use a sanitized

00:48:03
a frequently she ceases to protect yourself
from the virus he says we are not in

00:48:09
line with our feet let us all right. But
will not buy us out of this world for

00:48:16
good thank you. And

00:48:22
terminate France to go down on us compose

00:48:25
a song about cruel Navarro's to be
keep these people God. God is God the.

00:48:36
Long. History. Lesson I want.

00:48:46
Not me I just in time I also shed

00:48:50
a fix of coronavirus one get Korea music
time in Africa Yeah my name is almost on

00:48:56
my d.s. And I'm

00:48:57
a musician No no I just don't signal it
so how's the grown up arrows pandemic

00:49:02
affecting us an artist I think I'm one of
the odd is that this particular. Sunday

00:49:08
make is affecting the most you know
it has been a day that's played

00:49:12
a very big rule in the reason why I could
not go to Canada for to pick up where I

00:49:17
was just recently you know I. We applied
for visas our detonated numbers and

00:49:23
because of this pundit make the not given
he says and this was actually going to be

00:49:27
my 1st international short that's on the
stage and the discuss actually affected me

00:49:32
and not us edition yams like I didn't
exist and I do news it. Is my profession

00:49:40
How's the grown up I was funded make affects
us and the system. Like it is really

00:49:46
really affecting us because because of this
disease we've come so many of our shoes

00:49:53
and it is really affecting because it is 2
shoes limitations placed on life invite

00:49:59
now clone of batteries this isn't the
system we come to any show any mom was sure

00:50:06
enough on 28th of cause the national opt
to allow Youssif stage name that stroll

00:50:13
all gobbled up and take it easy shan't
in the north sure how's the coronavirus

00:50:19
pandemic affecting us an artist.
Is really affected we just we just

00:50:26
don't we are just scum she was not our
story of what to do because musically

00:50:32
everybody's afraid to come out
or to having to. Play music.

00:50:39
As the famous music video director in Tamil
he also lamented on one of the facts of

00:50:45
the pandemic on business that I choose
to phone like 70 percent of our major

00:50:52
clients

00:50:52
a custom least half an hour result that's
always sold some protein they're poor not

00:50:59
biros campin or the sensitize agent and
therefore they are doing and tracks

00:51:06
that I just don't was sensitized in the
citizenry on safety measures to take

00:51:13
to avoid it so like the all hoping
so because of that that was

00:51:17
a stroke every major production. And yet
some folks in the UK ceased to to move to

00:51:21
the. Tracks by Should you should use for
them to call the shots and all I seem.

00:51:29
To do you should see in

00:51:30
a couple of videos which is inform fussy
that one we should use for the dozy will

00:51:35
be shooting for

00:51:36
a. Stroll from the sea. Coming

00:51:48
the frights again screwing

00:51:49
a virus is global and slow musicians in
tumbling gonna be kids and yet time talent

00:51:56
and resources in composing music to educate
the public on how to prevent the spread

00:52:02
of the virus is I did he kill Coon

00:52:04
a virus it kills yet Caria reporting
from Tamani gunna I'm someone gave up

00:52:11
over to you had

00:52:12
a mock swelling could.
Come to. Come for. Me to.

00:52:22
Live thank you so mad my heart goes out
to all of you there in Ghana as to all of

00:52:28
you everywhere we are in
this together. RINGBACK

00:52:41
'd now for the new single out of Algeria
that has nothing to do with coven 19 thank

00:52:46
God because you know we need

00:52:48
a break from end to the song called something
it is on it's been year this school

00:52:54
King and Siobhan 2 of Algeria's top singers
the new generation and the old it's

00:53:01
really sad and depressing song but it's
beautiful and plus some of us are saddest

00:53:06
depressed it's Ok both singers here
expressing the brutal hearty that life has

00:53:12
dealt for his part singing
and Eric says My life was

00:53:17
a roller coaster and. Wrong I've lived in
my youth and still no one cares about.

00:53:26
Anyone why they did like me some
dykes and still keep basically at

00:53:33
the sentiments he says we need.
We don't need it since the

00:53:40
roses we're there and no one to help me
when I fall in the world. After the sun

00:53:46
comes the storm just when you think your
problems are over. Again there certainly.

00:54:01
Is

00:54:01
a long. List

00:54:11
on.

00:54:47
The Morning. On the day.

00:55:15
There's

00:55:16
a song. I

00:55:37
think. It's Ok.

00:56:21
All right hey guys this is Heather Maxwell
and I was looking at. One single out of

00:56:28
Algeria something to do. With these few
minutes left I would like to take this back

00:56:34
to one more song by the late hour loose.
The kings of Sukhumi one settled in France

00:56:40
in the 1980 s.

00:56:41
And he helped start the band called locusts
which seems to. Miss the song by the

00:56:48
same title released in 1900.

00:58:42
Yes and with Alice my belly is located
so it is. Thank you for joining

00:58:49
and

00:58:50
a big thank you to Sam and Diana and all
of the artists in tribute to the past and

00:58:54
California. Simply and our

00:59:01
guys. Also thanks to be OK's
Jason. For providing me in his new

00:59:08
bellows and also to my dear
friend. And. You can always

00:59:15
reach everybody on my Facebook page
or page Instagram. Which is N's t.v.

00:59:20
. News it's time to ask for. My
You Tube channel on our f.m.

00:59:27
Station Saturday and Sunday at
755 with the 1st time then again

00:59:34
I'm sure radios. And
Saturdays and Sundays at

00:59:41
090-0520. 500 you. Can

00:59:47
always find. The. Search for me.

00:59:54
Music time and till next week
stay beautiful and stay safe.

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