South Africa: meeting between Kanak and South African musicians

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The statue of Kippie Moeketsi, South African jazz player in Johannesburg, South Africa, December 20, 2014 (illustration image). © THEGIFT777 / getty Images

By: Claire Bargelès Follow

In Johannesburg, music brings people together.

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The singer Edou is a Kanak musician, the indigenous population of the French archipelago of New Caledonia (east of Australia). This Pacific kaneka music star came to record six tracks with his South African friend Thuthukani Cele, former keyboard player for iconic reggae singer Lucky Dube. The album should be released by May. It is therefore a whole exchange that has been built around music and which allows two close cultures to dialogue.

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