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Transcript: Africa Rising Brings its Runway to D.C.
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MICHEL MARTIN
NPR Tell Me More
07-31-2008
Africa Rising Brings its Runway to D.C.
Host: MICHEL MARTIN
Time 9:00-10:00 AM
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MICHEL MARTIN, host:
I'm Michel Martin, and this is Tell Me More from NPR News. We admit it, we spend plenty of time on the bad news out of Africa. Genocide in Darfur, post election violence in Kenya, Zimbabwe's economic collapse, but there are other stories to tell, stories about music and art and, fashion. And one man has made it his mission to highlight what they are, by creating the Africa Rising Music and Fashion Festival to reflect Africa's social, political and economic culture. Founded in 2006, Africa Rising is the brain-child of Nduka Obaigbena, ...