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Mdou Moctar of Mdou Moctar performs at Circolo Magnolia of Segrate on August 22, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images)

Long live rock – as long as it is African

Three new African rock albums show how the genre has been given a new lease on life on the continent

Charles Leonard