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Helping hand: The Strut record label relaunched the career of Ethiopian musician and arranger Mulatu Astatke, who is considered the father of Ethio-jazz.
Photo: Alexis Maryon

Move over, Indiana Jones

The reissuing of African music is far more than merely an exercise in nostalgia and ‘retromania’

Charles Leonard