Maxwell’s 30-minute playlist includes current tunes from Morocco(Oualid & Norel), Kenya (Nyashinski), South Africa (Tyle), Nigeria (Shallipopopi), Togo (Santrinos Raphael), Senegal Jahman X-press) plus a classic soukous from the DRC (Pharaon N Shoraa). Drop the Needle kicks off the back half of the hour with American University student Nicolai Tochilin, and Word on the Tweets brings up-to-the minute American entertainment news in 90 seconds. Heather speaks with the youngest generation of Nigerian Afrobeat royalty Made Kuti about his headlining at the Sauti za Busara Festival in Zanzibar, East Africa and much more, including samples of his music from the Legacy + album.