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A special hour on Editions Syliphone Conakry, the Guinean state-funded record label that ran from 1967 to 1986, across the tenure of President Sékou Touré. The purpose of the label was to support and promote Guinean traditional and national music, at home and abroad. Since its independence from France in 1958, Guinea's artists had been radicalised by an official cultural policy that sought to modernise the arts while still being faithful to the traditional roots. It was a policy called authenticité, and music was its prime focus. Under the policy each region in Guinea, some 34 in total, were represented by artistic troupes. These consisted of an orchestra, a traditional music ensemble, a choir, and a theatrical group. The government purchased new musical instruments for the orchestras, at a huge cost, and encouraged the groups to write songs about topics such as African nationalism, anti-colonialism, and anti-imperialism. The Syliphone label thus captured a moment in African history when a new nation asserted its voice and placed music at the forefront of its cultural identity. Their’s is a story that is intertwined with the political struggle for independence in Africa.
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[From http://yuniwamusic.com/about] Born on April 27th 1997, Yuni Wa is a multi genre Producer and DJ from Little Rock, Arkansas. Yuni Wa is short for “Yunibasaru” which means universal - a name he gave himself for being able to make so many different types of music. His so-called “yunibasaru sound” ranges from Hip Hop, Trap, Electronic, House, Pop, Rock, Future Bass and Drum And Bass. He puts an emphasis on releasing diversity in the genres and styles of music he releases, with no two albums sounding the same. Being surrounded by music his whole life, he started making music at the age of 13 and now at the age of 20 has already made big accomplishments, two of them being his acclaimed Dance songs “All About You’ with 400,000 views on Youtube, and “So 1989” with over 1,000,000 -- and also has notable producer credit for “The God Father Is Here” by Chris Travis with over 1,800,000 listens on Soundcloud. He has released more than 30 projects since 2014 and has been nominated for best Electronic Artist/ DJ in the 2017 Black Apple Awards and has performed at the first ever Central Arkansas Music Awards where he was nominated for best Electronic Artist/ DJ again. He was named one of the visionary Arkansans for the year of 2017 by the Arkansas Times and also has been nominated for best Music Producer by the Black And Gifted Blog.
[From http://yuniwamusic.com/about] Born on April 27th 1997, Yuni Wa is a multi genre Producer and DJ from Little Rock, Arkansas. Yuni Wa is short for “Yunibasaru” which means universal - a name he gave himself for being able to make so many different types of music. His so-called “yunibasaru sound” ranges from Hip Hop, Trap, Electronic, House, Pop, Rock, Future Bass and Drum And Bass. He puts an emphasis on releasing diversity in the genres and styles of music he releases, with no two albums sounding the same. Being surrounded by music his whole life, he started making music at the age of 13 and now at the age of 20 has already made big accomplishments, two of them being his acclaimed Dance songs “All About You’ with 400,000 views on Youtube, and “So 1989” with over 1,000,000 -- and also has notable producer credit for “The God Father Is Here” by Chris Travis with over 1,800,000 listens on Soundcloud. He has released more than 30 projects since 2014 and has been nominated for best Electronic Artist/ DJ in the 2017 Black Apple Awards and has performed at the first ever Central Arkansas Music Awards where he was nominated for best Electronic Artist/ DJ again. He was named one of the visionary Arkansans for the year of 2017 by the Arkansas Times and also has been nominated for best Music Producer by the Black And Gifted Blog.
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