Africa - Chad Report: Artist Soléa Damascus Strengthens the Link Between Traditional Instruments and Modern Music

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In Chad, musicians are working to strengthen the link between traditional instruments such as harp, cithar and balafon and modern music. This is the case of Soléa Damascus, from the South, a sculptor, harpist and citharist musician, author of several titles dominated by these heritage sounds. His work, hailed for its originality after his first album in 2018, inspires many young people who imitate his steps, train in practice and make these inst…