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World Service,14 Feb 2013,18 mins

Salif Keita

The Strand

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Salif Keita, one of Africa's biggest musical stars talks about his new album Talé, featuring jazz singer Esperanza Spalding and British rapper Roots Manuva. He reflects on the political turmoil in his home country, Mali, and using music to bring people together. Amour - Best Foreign Film nomination Stefan Grissemann - Culture Editor for Austrian magazine Profil -explains why he thinks Michael Haneke's film Amour should be a certainty to win at least one of the five Oscars for which it has been nominated. We find out why footballers should learn to love music - a new study shows it will improve their game. (Photo: Salif Keita Sia Kambou. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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