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Here's some links to African sites you may find interesting. I've found that they aren't always "up" but please let us know
if you find consistently dead links.
The homepage of the Republic of Ghana, West Africa. http://www.ghana.gov.gh/index.php
Music Festivals and the Reggae Guide.
This is the Reggae Guide put out by great folks in Reno, NV. http://www.reggaefestivalguide.com
The annual Sierra Nevada World Music Festival is held every year in Marysville, CA. They also have links to other Reggae sites. http://www.snwmf.com/
The Mother of all Reggae festivals-at least in Northern California has got to be Reggae on the River. Great links. http://www.reggaeontheriver.com/
The World Music Festival is held in Grass Valley every July. Check out their lineup this year! http://www.worldmusicfestival.com/
Music in the Mountains is in its 18th year of presenting the best of musical concerts of all varieties in the Sierra foothills. http://www.musicinthemountains.org/
Nevada City and the Gold Country
This is the link to Nevada City Gold-a wonderful magazine full of information about Nevada City and the outlying area. It includes shops, restaurants and lot of events and is put out twice a year. You should definitely look at this site if you're planning a trip to Nevada City. http://www.ncgold.com/
There is wonderful live theatre in Nevada City and these are two of the oldest. The Off Broadstreet at: http://www.offbroadstreet.com/ and the Foothill Theatre Company at: http://www.foothilltheatre.org
There's a very special shop in Nevada City just up the street from Asylum Down. It's called The Truffle Shop and it's address is http://www.chocolategod.com
Here are just a couple African music and drumming sites.
The mother of all links. http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/ladzekpo/AfricaBookmarks.html
This site sells examples of traditional African music collected by the late ethnomusicologist Hugh Tracey. http://ilam.ru.ac.za/moa.php
http://echarry.web.wesleyan.edu/jembearticle/article.html
Click here to see some photos of work in Africa.
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