Description: Explores Angelique Kidjo's 1994 album Ayé (Life) in the context of global Afro-funk scenes from the "Minneapolis sound" to European Afro-house, and through its themes of African cosmology, motherhood, and environmentalism.
Brief description: Sarah Politz is Assistant Professor of Music at the City College of New York, USA. She is the author of Transforming Vodun: Musical Change and Postcolonial Healing in Benin's Jazz and Brass Band Music (2023).