Africa Regional Spotlights - Politics and Music in Senegal

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:41:43 +0000

In part II of this two-part special on 2012 Elections in Africa, our producers interview Senegalese artists and activists who discuss the political forecast for heavily contested presidential elections scheduled on February 26, 2012. There has been an uproar about standing President Abdoulaye Wade, 85, seeking a third term even though he initially promised to step down after his second term. The bulk of the opposition voices have been young men, with a politicised musical movement gaining momentum in poor communities throughout the country. Their message? They want change, and they want it NOW.

New York City Ramblings 6

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

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.

International Mother Language Day, 21st February 2012 - Bangladesh, Australia and the importance of Mother Language Education

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:03:17 +0000

In English: Peter Austin, Director of the Endangered Languages Academic Programme at SOAS talks about the Bangla-speaking students of the University of Dhaka who were protesting on 21 February 1952, against the then Government of Pakistan’s decision to promote Urdu as the sole national language. He also speaks about current review of bilingual education in Australia and the importance of Mother language education.

International Mother Language Day, 21st February 2012 - Archi, an Endangered Language in the Caucasus

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:26:36 +0000

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/

International Mother Language Day, 21st February 2012 - Language and Nation Building in Singapore

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:33:18 +0000

In Mandarin: Ensuring the preservation of languages can improve the quality of education, maintain cultural diversity and support nation building. In this clip, Lianhong Yo talks about the example of Singapore which shows how language policies that recognise and preserve important languages within a national territory can strengthen national cohesion and the building of a national identity.

International Mother Language Day, 21st February 2012 - Bilingual education in Burkina Faso

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:29:05 +0000

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.

International Mother Language Day, 21st February 2012 - Bilingual Education in Bolivia

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:22:16 +0000

In Portuguese: Ensuring the preservation of languages can improve the quality of education, maintain cultural diversity and support nation-building. However, implementing an educational reform for bilingual education on a national scale can be challenging. Helena De Moraes Achcar talks about the example of Bolivia, where an educational reform encouraged intercultural bilingual education in the rural areas, while urban areas were not incorporated into the educational policy.

Regional Spotlights Middle East: The 'Arab Spring' one year on, Part 3 – Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:54:03 +0000

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.

Zhongdong Wave - Bedouin People of Jordan

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:27:32 +0000

Zhongdong Wave is a show on culture and history of Middle-East in Mandarin Chinese and English.

Bedouins are a wide-spread normadic group among Arabic socities. In this fifth episode, we take Jordan as an example, exploring the geographic condition and historical tradition which help shaping Bedouin culture as a whole.

A World in London - Episode 31

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:37:31 +0000

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.

CAS 294 Empolga

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:02:56 +0000

It's Carnival time in Brazil and the Caipirinha Appreciation Society contrasts olden days festivities with the current street carnival in Rio.

Movimientos: Chile Focus

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:26:47 +0000

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.

Stop Making Sense Episode 69

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:20:10 +0000

FREEDOM IS AN AKA

Us music types like to hide behind acronyms, nicknames, aliases, nom de plumes or whatever you wanna call 'em. It gives us the freedom to reinvent ourselves when changing musical tack. No harm in that says MADERA VERDE aka BOIS VERT aka CHRISTO PACHANGA aka C*** although accusations of multiple personality syndrome could be hard to refute...Nevertheless, in the studio talking nuff sense about his new project AFRIQUOI, and a recent musical trip to Ethiopia, we have BOBBY GANDALF aka HAILE BADASSIE aka ANDRE MARMOT.

Hackney Globetrotter 84

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:57:57 +0000

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 .

Pervez Musharraf: Pakistan, Politics, and the War on Terror

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:28:01 +0000

Former President of Pakistan and retired General, Pervez Musharraf, visited SOAS to discuss, amongst other things, Pakistan, politics and the war on terror. The event was co-sponsored by the CISD and SOAS Pakistan Society and was chaired by renowned TV presenter Kamran Shahid, of SAMAA TV. The event addressed some of the most important topics of the last decade in International Relations and was followed by a Q&A.

Regional Spotlights Middle East: The 'Arab Spring' one year on, Part 2 – Bahrain and Yemen

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:19:55 +0000

In this episode we’ll look at two of the countries at the periphery of the Arab Uprisings, Bahrain and Yemen, where protests haven’t garnered as much attention in the West.
Dr Corinna Mullin, lecturer at SOAS in comparative politics, talked to us about the role that the international community is playing in Bahrain and how it affects the recent developments. And British-Yemeni freelance journalist Abubakr al-Shamahi informs us about the current situation in Yemen.

Yahoo! Chahe Koi Mujhe Jungli Kahe – The Golden Era of 50s and 60s

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:58:20 +0000

In today’s programme we are taking you on a journey back in time to the golden years of Bollywood: 1950s and 1960s. We will talk about the famous composers, singers, actors and directors. We will tell you what styles made people’s hearts tick at that time and what influenced and inspired the artists. We will introduce you to bhajans, ghazals, patriotic tunes and westernised melodies – all to have fun with the Bollywood Beat!

Many thanks to Dr Francesca Orsini, whom we interviewed in this episode.

Get in the Groove 2

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:13:39 +0000

After the cool success of Episode One last month, Get in the Groove is back with more exclusive rare waxy waxy dust. Phonic pearls for SOAS radio, authentic frantic 60's jazz, original Cumbia, Wild Cuban percussion, French 60's erotic sound, Swing, Rare Reggae, 50's garagy soul, gospel heaven and all songs on original 45s vinyl supplied by Healer Selecta and El Nino

Show produced by Tony Diavolo

Sema Sasa Episode 7

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:22:40 +0000

At Sema Sasa we are celebrating World Radio Day! UNESCO has set 13 February as the World Radio Day and SOAS Radio has put up an event to celebrate this day. We talk about the importance of community radio and radio as a means of learning languages. We discuss the growth of Kiswahili, and focus on the Kiswahili colloquium in Bayreuth Germany which is a forum that promotes and revitilizes the use of Kiswahili. The colloquium is one not to miss and is a chance to meet writers like Said Mohamed and Abdi Latif Abdallah. Listen for more details!

Tracks:
Nasfi Huru and Kaktus - Baada ya Kazi

Movimientos meets Los Charlys Orchestra

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:32:18 +0000

Movimientos: Los Charly's Orchestra

Cal Jader is joined by DJ/ producer, lmagenes label head honcho and one of the men behind Latin Disco outfit Los Charly's Orchestra Jorge Montiel for a chat about the new Los Charly's Latin edition EP. They play tracks from the new EP, some of Los Charly's recent hits, plus a few exclusives. Plus Cal drops unreleased tracks from Lokkhi Terra and from the new Quantic and Alice Russell album, a track from the Ray Lugo Boogaloo album out last year and more from Venezuelan's Bituaya featuring Los Van Van's Mayito Rivera.