{"id":668,"date":"2021-10-15T14:50:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showcase.lsa.umich.edu\/history\/?post_type=showcase&#038;p=668"},"modified":"2023-06-27T18:15:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T18:15:52","slug":"season-3-episode-1-music-time-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"showcase","link":"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/season-3-episode-1-music-time-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 3, Episode 1: Music Time in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#4d4d4e\">Duty called in 1941, and duty called again in 1964. But what happened when music came to be a weapon in the information wars of the Cold War?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/music-time-in-africa16-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-843\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: Season 3, Episode 1: Music Time in Africa\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" style=\"[object Object]\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/68b1hrBJxIT2CShSSLjMsP?si=21d281c6a42e4980&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-twentytwentyone-columns-overlap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"--col-width:100%;flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/reverb-effect\/id1486434428\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9yZXZlcmJlZmZlY3QubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M\">Google Podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-25\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4Otp5KrKnJYZVd1S8guPe6?si=UC24WtvISZaa_B_7JbXrIA\">Spotify<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leo Sarkisian signed up and in 1965 created&nbsp;<em>Music Time in Africa<\/em>, which has continued for more than 50 years.&nbsp;<strong>Christopher DeCou<\/strong>&nbsp;follows Leo\u2019s story to examine how entertainment can be caught up in political conflicts and asks the question, what makes propaganda?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The adventure began in 1961, when Leo Sarkisian and his wife Mary were living in West Africa. They traveled across the region documenting traditional and pop music for Tempo Records. But one day, Edward Murrow came to Guinea and asked if Leo would be willing to join the Voice of America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalscholarship.umich.edu\/lsa-history\/showcase\/season-3-episode-1-music-time-in-africa-transcript\/\" data-type=\"showcase\" data-id=\"678\">View the full episode transcript and sources<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"historian-biographies\">Historian Biographies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong><strong>Christopher DeCou<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;is a second year PhD student. He typically works on histories of science, technology, and East Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"production-credits\">Production Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Episode Producer:&nbsp;<\/strong>Christopher DeCou<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Voice Actors:<\/strong>&nbsp;Talitha Pam, Teyei Pam, and Taylor Sims<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Host and Season Producer:&nbsp;<\/strong>Allie Goodman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Executive Producer:&nbsp;<\/strong>Gregory Parker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Editorial Board:&nbsp;<\/strong>Alexander Clayton, Henry Cowles, Christopher DeCou, Allie Goodman, Gregory Parker, Hannah Roussel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Special thanks<\/strong>&nbsp;to season two producer Hayley Bowman and season two editorial board members for their work on this episode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Image:<\/strong>&nbsp;Leo Sarkisian, Leo Sarkisian VOA African Music Collection, Sound Recordings, University of Michigan Music Library,&nbsp;UM Tape 0015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"music-and-sounds\">Music and Sounds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Musical selections and images come from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/quod.lib.umich.edu\/cgi\/f\/findaid\/idx\/m\/mlibraryead\/umich-mlib-sarkisian?byte=43618;focusrgn=scopecontent;subview=standard;view=reslist\">Leo Sarkisian Archive: Voice of America African Music Collection<\/a>&nbsp; and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sounds.bl.uk\/World-and-traditional-music\/Syliphone-record-label-collection\/025M-C1583X4X105X-0003V0\">British Library Sounds Archive<\/a>.&nbsp;Sounds in order of appearance:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Anno Domini Beats,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1VVmB7mk8Dk\">Drop<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sue Moran,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mtia.labs.si.umich.edu\/broadcast\/1977-11-27\/\">Broadcast for Nov. 27, 1977,<\/a>&nbsp;MTiA Archive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lisa Mullins, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2018\/07\/10\/leo-sarkisian-music-time-in-africa-voa\">The Legacy of Leo Sarkisian, American Broadcaster Devoted to \u2018Music Time in Africa<\/a>,\u2019\u201d WBUR, July 10, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yenovk Der Hagoopian, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/78_yenovk-der-hagopian_yenovk-der-hagopian-s-haidostian_gbia0067246h\">Dulhey<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leo Sarkisian, Leo Sarkisian VOA African Music Collection, Sound Recordings, University of Michigan Music Library, UM Tape 0226<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Orchestre de la Garde Republicaine &#8211; 1er Formation, Leo Sarkisian,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sounds.bl.uk\/World-and-traditional-music\/Syliphone-record-label-collection\/025M-C1583X4X105X-0003V0\">Syliphone Record label recordings from Guinea<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sons Nouveaux d\u2019une Nation Nouvelle,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1d_KmYxCpeE\">Tempo 7012<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voice of America, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-k3bkvDDfgU\">Voa\u2019s First Broadcasts: \u2018The News May be Good or Bad, We Shall Tell You the Truth<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Louis Armstrong, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/leehite.org\/listeningstation\/\">Louis Armstrong Sins VOA Station ID<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leo Sarkisian, \u201cYoruba High Life,\u201d Leo Sarkisian VOA African Music Collection, Sound Recordings, University of Michigan Music Library, UM Tape 0149<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/fthgurdy\/sounds\/376705\/\">Writing with Pencil 2,<\/a>\u201d FreeSound<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leo Sarkisian, \u201cHeartbeats,\u201d Leo Sarkisian VOA African Music Collection, Sound Recordings, University of Michigan Music Library, UM Tape 0015<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Share your thoughts about&nbsp;<em>Reverb Effect<\/em>&nbsp;by messaging&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:reverb.effect@umich.edu\">reverb.effect@umich.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a9 2021 Regents of the University of Michigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duty called in 1941, and duty called again in 1964. 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