Two women artistes fight prejudice and conservatism. Palestinian Amal Murkus and African-American Rhoda Scott have always refused to cower in sometimes hostile environments.
Murkus was born and raised in the Palestinian town of Kafr Yasif in the Galilee.
What is the intoxicating tea that Amal Murkus refers to as a metaphor for her attachment to land?
The answer is in the programme. You are invited to listen to it and send your answers to daniel.brown@rfi.fr.
That is where she operates from despite the censorship she experiences as an Arab and a feminist.
New Jersey-born Rhoda Scott has been living in France since 1967, but she has found it hard to be accepted by fellow-musicians here.
That is why winning the jazz prize Django d’Or a couple years ago was so important for the 72-year-old organist.
1) Muzikr, Carlou D ( World Village ), Senegal .
2) Chucho’s Steps, Chucho Valdés & the Afro-Cuban Messengers ( World Village ), Cuba .
3) Visions of Kamerun, Franck Biyong & Massak (Afroelectric Music), Cameroon .
4) Rainy Season Blues, Lobi Traoré (Glitterhouse Records), Mali .
5) Via Europa, Zaragraf (Melodia), France.
6) Monoswezi, Monoswezi (Parallell), Zimbabwe/Norway).
7) Songs about Leaving Africa, various artists (Out Here Records), Africa .
8) Afro-Beat Airways (West African Shock Waves), various artists (Analog Africa), Africa .
9) Libération, Fode Baro (LusAfrica), Guinea.
10) Sing For Me, Cherif Mbaw (World Village), Senegal.
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