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African Voices Podcast: Episode 7!

Posted on April 27, 2012 | 1 Comment
Standard Podcast [ 28:30 | 26.48 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (343)

African Voices, Episode 7! In this episode:

  • Top news stories from the African continent.
  • Upcoming Events.
  • An exclusive interview  with Paul Mataruse, a Zimbabwean singer from the band Ruzivo based in Seattle, WA on Legend Talk Radio.
  • Advice Box:  A summary of the 6th Annual African Summit
  • Music from Ruzivo, from Seattle.
If you would like to contribute news, events, issues, interviews or music to our podcast, email us: podcasts@uniteafricans.org or call: (312) 949 9980 between 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri.
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African Voices: Episode 3

Posted on December 16, 2011 | 1 Comment
African Voices Podcast, Episode 3 [ 38:01 | 34.81 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (316)

United African Organization’s third African Voices Podcast is here! In the December episode:

  • News and events from the African community in Illinois this month.
  • Information about the UAO’s free ESL (English as a Second Language) classes.
  • Feature on Liberia and Sierra Leone: Interviews with authors Jonny Steinberg from South Africa (Little Liberia) and Bobby Gboyor from Sierra Leone (Clouds of a Ghoulish War). Full versions of the interviews will be available soon.
  • Music from the new album Tassili by Malian band Tinariwen, who played in Chicago recently. Look out for next week’s Special Holiday Edition of African Voices Podcast, featuring an interview with Tinariwen and more of their music.

If you would like to contribute news, events, issues, interviews or music to our podcast, email us: podcasts@uniteafricans.org or call: (312) 949 9980 between 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri.

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Posted in African immigrant events, African immigrant news, African news, Africans in Chicago, Citizenship, Community Organizing, Immigrants in the US, Immigration advice, Immigration issues, Leadership, Oral history

African Voices: Episode 2

Posted on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment
African Voices Podcast, Episode 2 [ 25:01 | 22.91 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (367)

United African Organization’s second African Voices Podcast is here! In the November episode:

  • News and events from the African community in Illinois this month
  • Short interview with Masankho Banda, artists and performer from Malawi
  • How to access benefits and resources with the Immigrant Family Resource Program
  • Africans in Chicago oral history interview with Anslem John-Miller, from Nigeria
  • Music from Nomsa Mazwai, South African singer who won the South African Music Award for Best Newcomer in 2011

If you would like to contribute news, events, issues, interviews or music to our podcast, email us: podcasts@uniteafricans.org or call: (312) 949 9980 between 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri.

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