Soul to Soul at 50 - A Look Back at Ghanas Legendary Music Festival
b'On March 6, 1971, a group of some of the top musicians from the United States \\u2013 Ike & Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, The Staples Singers, Santana, and more \\u2013 boarded a plane bound for Ghana to perform in a musical celebration that was dubbed the \\u201cSoul to Soul Festival\\u201d. Thousands of audience members filled Accra\\u2019s Black Star Square for a continuous 15 hours of music. The festival was planned in part for the annual celebration of Ghana\\u2019s independence, but also an invitation for a \\u201chomecoming\\u201d for these noted African-American artists to return to Africa. This episode revisits the famed music festival at its 50th Anniversary and explores the longstanding legacy of cultural exchange with African diasporans originally set forth in the 1950s by Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana. Tune in for interviews with noted musicologist John Collins, poet and scholar Tsitsi Ella Jaji, concert goers and more. Produced by Brandi Howell.\\n\\nAPWW #829'