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Radio Africa Continued

from Latin Quarter Revisited by Steve Skaith Band

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RADIO AFRICA CONTINUED
( S k a i th / K e e f e / J o n e s )

They’ve still got trouble, never seems to end
And it’s not just Mugabe, who you can’t defend
The UN and Rwanda keeping the Congo on its knees
And those gouging fortunes in the ANC

Still hearing all this bad news on Radio Africa
Still hearing all this sad news on Radio Africa

Every second child here, lives out on Orphan Street
Looking out with eyes, eyes they know the west can’t meet
Needing more than handouts and much more than seeds to sow
But they need antiretroviral, and a chance to grow

Still hearing all this bad news on Radio Africa
Still hearing all this sad news on Radio Africa

There are flames from a fire of a burning witch
And there’s a war for the earth that is coltan rich
Oh the market curse just turned from bad to worse
And the promise just rots in the mud
There is a diamond mine and the oil pipeline
Both of them running in blood

So many movements went nowhere
But ‘investment’ means and ‘interest’ means it’s harder to fight
Independence had a hidden expense
When the hands on the purse strings were white

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from Latin Quarter Revisited, released January 22, 2010
Catherine Burke | clarinet, backing vocals
Siobhan Culhane | accordion, backing vocals
Ricardo Serrano | percussion
Steve Skaith | guitar and vocals

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Latin Quarter UK

Latin Quarter are celebrating the 40th anniverary of their 'Modern Times'-album this year. They first burst onto the scene with their singles "Radio Africa" and "New Millionaires" – songs that stayed for months in the German single charts in the 80s. The band split up in 1998. In 2011 five of the original musicians got together again. 7 new albums released after this reunion. . ... more

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