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As the hitherto isolated hip-hop scene in South Bronx is leapt upon by producers, critics and art collectors alike, new hip-hop singles are generated at a rate of knots in the early 80s, and create new movements around the globe, but as the profit is taken out of the hands of the creators of the innovative artform, some try to claim it back. We also hear some music from Irish and Jewish communities, hardcore punk and Philip Glass.

In Russian: Worldwide an estimated number of 6000 languages are spoken. About 60% to 80% of these languages are endangered, meaning that they might not be spoken in 100 years. Ensuring the preservation of languages can improve the quality of education, maintain cultural diversity and support nation building. In this clip, Elena Giniotyte talks about Archi, an endangered language in the Northeast Caucasus.

Sources: The Surrey Morphology Group, Recording of Archi language ‘The Bear Story’, Available from: http://www2.surrey.ac.uk/english/smg/

In Arabic: Worldwide an estimated 6000 languages are spoken. About 60% to 80% of these languages are endangered, meaning that they might not be spoken in 100 years. Ensuring the preservation of languages can improve the quality of education, maintain cultural diversity and support nation and identity building. In this audio clip, Samah Bushra Yousef talks about the example of bilingual education in Burkina Faso and its positive impacts.

While Egypt and Syria attract the full glare of the world media spotlight, and other countries like Bahrain and Yemen catch a few of its rays, there are also protest movements in the Arab world that remain firmly in the dark, such as the 25th of February movement in Mauritania and recent student protests in Morocco. Clearly, the protest movements that have swept across the Middle East affect the entire region in a much wider scope, than one could tell from mainstream media. Therefore we interviewed two young Sudanese, asking how the Arab uprisings are perceived in their country.

Guy Schalom brought his percussive skills to AWIL in this episode. The
London based dancer & composer also treated us to an exclusive preview of
his forthcoming album, Baladi Blues 3 which is set for release on May 21st.
A pop fan and musical chameleon, Guy enjoyed our closing track in this show
paying tribute to superstar Whitney Houston.

Cal Jader talks to Micheal Chanan - director of a new 3 part film on the protest movements in Chile "3 Short Films About Chile" who explains the background behind the films, the situation in Chile in general and the context of a highly privatised education system. Setting the scene with two hard hitting tracks by Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux, one featuring controversial Cuban rappers Los Aldeanos.

A proper mix, fix up globe trotting selection for today's show. Music from all over and covering all bases. From modal to raver, jump blues to rocksteady, cumbia, ragga, boogie, brazilian, kuduro, afro and soul. A celebration a great music new, old and international .