Roots of African America: Senegambia/Mali - Part 3 by Music In Culture: Sounds of the Black Experience

This installment of Music In Culture: Sounds of the Black Experience continues a series of the musical roots of African Americans! This episode features a dramatization of Maya Cunningham's ancestor who came into the US on the Potomac River in the 1800s, the roots of the Blues in the Senegambia region and an exciting interview with a special guest - Amadou Kouyate, a 150th generation Jali (Griot) who lives right in the Washington DC area.