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Music with a message

Interview: Kate Müser, Natalie MullerDecember 11, 2013

For Genda, music is a means to convey peace. He chats in the Pulse studio about being inspired by a woman carrying a bucket in Sierra Leone and the danger of turning people like Nelson Mandela into commodities.

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Ahmed Nyei aka Genda, Photo: Bugs Steffen
Image: Bugs Steffen

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Click on the audio above for the complete studio interview with Genda. Watch the video by Christian Roman below for more on the activist turned artist.

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