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Back to Africa

February 4, 2006 Saturday 2PM CT ( listen)
This hour on Here on Earth, Jean Feraca and her guests talk about Ghana's invitation to its descendents to "come back home," and why so many African Americans want to answer that call.

Guest

  • Kwame Dawes, Professor of English at the University of South Carolina, award-winning poet, musician, playwright, and literary critic
  • Fabu Carter Mogaka, poet, storyteller, teacher, consultant in African-American culture
  • Eileen Hocker, freelance writer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Intervarsity Christian Fellowship

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Soundbites and Music Used in the Program

  • Bob Marley - "Africa Unite" - From the album Survival - Island Records
  • Bob Marley - "Natty Dread" - From the album Natty Dread - Island Records
  • The Pleb - "One for Senegal" - From the album African Groove - Putumayo World Music


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