Kenyan producer and TED Fellow DJ Bill “Blinky” Sellanga gives a comprehensive talk that explores the intertwined influences of African music with funk, jazz, hip hop and so on. His goal? To bring to light how African music influenced pop.
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Enjoy this unedited talk by Bill "Blinky" Sellanga.
Filmed at TEDGlobal Fellows 2014
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