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Ep. 33 - Zaire '74, Muhammad Ali, and "The Rumble in the Jungle"
Publisher |
Amy Lively
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
1970s
History
Music
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Music
Music History
Publication Date |
Apr 23, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:46:35

"The Rumble in the Jungle" featured heavyweight boxing legends, Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, but they were not the only legends who gathered in Zaire in the fall of 1974. The music festival known as Zaire '74 brought African and African American music icons such as B.B. King, Bill Withers, Manu Dibango, and the Godfather of Soul, James Brown together in what Lloyd Price envisioned as a day "the beat would return to its roots." This episode of For the Record: The 70s examines the importance of both the fight and the music festival in an era when Ali and many of the musicians who performed in Zaire were at turning points in their careers.

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