The News Review:
- Various Artists The Rough Guide to West African Gold
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- Vote for Wisconsin’s Greatest Hometown Heroes
- Guinea Drops Charges against Russia’s Tanker
Various Artists The Rough Guide to West African Gold
PopMatters – Aug 26, 2006
“I was playing highlife jazz when Geraldo Pino came to town in ‘66 or a bit earlier with soul,” Kuti reported to his biographer Carlos Moore. “Ahhhhhh, this Sierra Leonean guy was too much. Geraldo Pino from Sierra Leone! I’ll never forget him. I never heard this kind of music before-o, I’m telling you. Only when I went to Ghana shortly after that did I hear music like that again, soul music … After seeing this Pino, I knew I had to get my shit together. And quick!” In the West African Gold interview, Phil Stanton wonders why Pino isn’t better known, and after listening to “Let Them Talk” I was wondering the same thing. It sounds like music that a lot of people would love: American soul with an African flavour, good but obscure…
“You haven’t heard him before, but wow, hey?” And then you’d all start dancing along like idiots. Sinnock pins the reason for our neglect of Pino on a combination of Kuti’s reputation, which was powerful enough to push his musical forebear out of the public eye, and Pino’s nationality. Sierra Leone doesn’t have a huge international profile, musically speaking, and indeed everything else-speaking as well, unless you want to talk about atrocious civil wars. Rogie is about it as far as their international musicians go—there will be people reading that and thinking, “S.
Daily Sun – Aug 26, 2006
What has Eguavoen done to me? Nothing! You could see that he came here (Calabar) to give me support, because he knows that I am with Heartland FC. ” Coaching offers “I have some offers in the pipeline, but we are still discussing. I have a very strong feeling that the one from Sierra Leone will pull through. Apart from that, I also have an offer from the Gambia. I believe at the end of the day one of them will pull through. ” HOME | ABOUT THE SUN | SPORTS | POLITICS | NEWS | COLUMNISTS | CONTACT US I ADVERT RATE © 2006 THE SUN PUBLISHING LTD. This service is provided on The Sun Newspapers’ standard terms and conditions in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Vote for Wisconsin’s Greatest Hometown Heroes
Indiacar.net – Aug 26, 2006
4, 2007 to view the 250 semi-finalist stories — five per state — and vote for the individual they feel is “America’s Greatest Hometown Hero. ” The overall grand winner will receive a $50,000 charitable contribution and a new Volvo every three years for the rest of his or her life. Who in Wisconsin would you give a Volvo to? Representing Wisconsin in this year’s Volvo for life Awards are:*Abu-Hassan Koroma, originally from Sierra Leone and now living inMadison founded the 21st Century African Youth Movement (AYM). Thisorganization serves to empower and unify Africa’s citizens in the areasof education, health, and economic development by facilitating dialog,communication and action for positive change. *Ron Ziolecki, coordinates a collaboration of over 300 homes in WestAllis that put up Christmas lights for the Candy Cane Lane project. As visitors drive or stroll through an army of volunteers collectdonations to support research and effective treatment of childhoodcancer through the MACC Fund. *Bao Xiong, came to Wausau as a refugee — as did most of the over4,000 Hmong in the area.
Guinea Drops Charges against Russia’s Tanker
Kommersant – Aug 26, 2006
Our embassy keeps in touch with the crew and Guinean authorities to help settle the issue, Krivtsov said. Ten armed men wearing black uniforms boarded the vessel August 22, 44 miles off Freetown. The captain was charged with illegal operation in Sierra Leones countrys economic zone. The men took the ship to the port of Conakry for an inquiry. The Luchegorsk tanker is still in the port of Conarky, with 20 men on board 19 Russians and one Chinese citizen.