The 30-minute playlist includes afropop, bonga flava, jazz, hip-hop, desert blues, and vintage Zamrock. Drop the Needle challenges Schulyer Van Tassel and Lady DJ’s “Word on the Tweets” gives the very latest, American pop music news. In Ghana Samed Gaida speaks with Kologo player Stivo Atambire from Bolgotanga about his latest album 24/7: and from Nairobi, Bill Odidi reports from the “Serenades from the Nile” concert featuring displaced Sudanese musicians living in Nairobi.