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African Perspectives for September 25, 2022

The final episode in the month of September is our annual personal thanksgiving special. It is a hopeful celebration of life, particularly about our gratitude for the grace of God. The episode offers a general celebration of the independence era of the 1960s which saw most countries in Africa gaining their political independence from European colonization. The episode also laments the socio-economic and political challenges facing the continent in the form of an Afro-lamentation venting. The episode offers the entreaty that the African Union’s Agenda 2063 will be the balm to soothe all the aching joints and regions of the African continent. The episode rounds up with our annual birthday anthem for September, the month in which the World started. As always, the episode features selected enjoyable music from Africa and/or by Africans including wonderful selections from

September 25 playlist

Album: Igwe (2008)

Artist: Midnight Crew

Tracks: 1) Igwe

2) Yin baba logo

3) This Fuji Thing (Extra Track)

Album: Cabaret (1967)

Artist: Louis Armstrong

Tracks: 1) What a wonderful World

Album: Seven Degrees North (2007)

Artist: King Sunny Ade

Tracks: 1) Congratulations

2) Solution

3) Ode Ma ti P’Ogidan Soko

Album: Barry Wonders @ 40

Artist: Sikiru Ayinde Barrister

Tracks: 1) 4 Song Medley

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