Chimurenganyana: The Forest & The Zoo by Aryan Kaganoff (June 2012)

By Chimurenga on May 27, 2012 in Arts & Pedagogy, Books & Oration, Chimurenga Library, Healing & bodies, Library Book Series

Johnny Dyani offers a method to the Skanga (black music family) in this extended conversation with Aryan Kaganof. Photographs by George Hallett.

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