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New JJC column on BBC ‘Africa On Your Street’

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26 February 2005 No Comment

‘Africa On Your Street’ is a BBC Radio 3 Interactive website where you can find out about the African music scene in the UK and beyond. A number of on-line hosts offer tips on gigs, clips of their favourite CDs, news and gossip. One of these hosts is London-based Nigerian artist/ producer JJC…

Check out his current column:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/africaonyourstreet/
Or go directly to: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/africaonyourstreet/jjc.shtml

Read about the exposure of African music in in the media (such as MTV Base Africa and BBC 1Xtra’s D.N.A.), explore some great African talents, such as Rocky Dawuni and Zubz, and listen to audio clips. Make sure to leave your thoughts in JJC’s comments section at the bottom of the page. 

If you are previously unfamiliar with this column, don’t forget that you can still check out all the previous columns such as:
November 2004 – about music coming out of Kenya and Tanzania, such as the Nairobi Yetu project, a great new Bongo Flava compilation, and albums by Sugu and X Plastaz: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/africaonyourstreet/jjc_nov04.shtml
August 2004 – about the Nigerian music scene, including 2Face, Paul I.K. Dairo, D’banj and Kween:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/africaonyourstreet/jjc_aug04.shtml

For those of you that want to hear more African music coming out of the UK, check out ‘World On Your Street’ web radio, part of the BBC Radio 3 website. Last year JJC presented the fifth edition (March/ April ‘04) of this one-hour programme and he showcased his eclectic selection of African music by UK-based artists from hip-hop (A.Y. etc.) to Afrobeat (Dele Sosimi etc.) and more. To listen to the show go to:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/onyourstreet/woysradio.shtml

For more information on JJC please visit: 
http://www.jjc2uk.com

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