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Radio 3,20 mins

Abdullah Ibrahim's Inspirations

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Piano great and anti-apartheid activist Abdullah Ibrahim, once dubbed “South Africa’s Mozart” by Nelson Mandela, shares some of the music that inspires and influences him. Looking back over his five-decade career, he reflects on jazz listening parties in the townships, his mentor Duke Ellington, and his philosophies on life and music.

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