Money Trouble
1. Triton Stars, “Wariko” (live at the Centre de Recherche Culturelle et Artistique) [audio - field recording]
At 9:30 P.M., the Triton Stars took the stage, right on schedule, kicking off with a track from their new album, a piece called “Wariko” (“Money Trouble”), a hard-edged and fast-paced Afropop arrangement. Lyrically, the song addressed a theme to which everyone present could relate: the socioeconomic precarity inherent to a loosely regulated and generally inequitable cash economy. (pg. 132)
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2. Man Ken with the Triton Stars, “Sabali” (live at the Centre de Recherche Culturelle et Artistique) [audio - field recording]
At the end of their set, the Triton Stars invited one of their guest emcees, animateur Man Ken, who earlier in the evening had implored the audience to purchase legal copies of the group’s new album, to join them on stage for one final song. As a radio and television personality, Man Ken is known for his admiration for and spot-on musical impersonation of Ivoirian reggae superstar Alpha Blondy. (pg. 150)
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