Showing posts with label The Soaring Impulse. Show all posts
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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Habib Koite, Malaria and More

I have been a fan of Habib Koite and his band Bamada since I heard this great song several years ago. I don't know the meaning of the word "wassiye" but through the music it conveys to me a sense of something one longs for. Perhaps a person, a place or a state of being. I have also included the recorded version; mostly for my own listening, as when I get re-hooked on this song; I want to listen to it over and over again.

I don't know now in what order I placed the videos and the jukebox in this post but one of the videos is of Habib Koite talking about the malaria epidemic in Africa; something I was enlightened to only very recently by a blogger I was introduced to by my dear friend Dianne at Forks Off The Moment. His name is Maithri. Check out his his incredible, inspirational blog The Soaring Impulse.

And if in lieu of giving that one extra gift to someone who may already be getting many, you want to send a donation to a great cause, check out Malaria No More. If you contribute now, you donation will be doubled.
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