There they were, Tutsi, Hutu, and Twa. There he was, Australian Hugh Tracey, taking it in with his handheld microphone: praise songs, a love song, more praise songs. A decade later, it was all gone, the Rwandan tribes well on their way to warfarewhich makes Tracey’s audio snapshots almost unbearably poignant. Mark Williams
At the Court of the Mwami, Ruanda: Rwanda 1952
A few of the things we’re listening to this week, in no particular order