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YANNA MOMINA recorded Afar Ways (Giltterbeat) in Djibouti, on the horn of Africa.
Music is a serious business for the rural Afar people. Most of them do not have a television so music is performed every night.
Producer and author, Ian Brennan visited Djibouti in the spring of 2018 and discovered Momina accompanied on a two-string shingle played with nails and a matchbox for maracas. She has a stunning vibrato and writes her own songs.
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