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Afro-Semitic Experience: Plea for Peace

by Joel Roberts
January 25, 2007

As a Jewish guy married to an African woman and with a new baby boy we like to refer to as “our little Jewfrican, the music of the Afro-Semitic Experience resonates in my household. When we first saw them perform a few years ago at Tonic, we said, “The Afro-Semitic Experience... hey, that's us. As the group's name suggests, it's dedicated to exploring the deep connections between the African and Jewish musical traditions. If that sounds a ...