One thing Christopher Kirkley can't be accused of is lacking ambition. Since 2008, through his Sahelsounds blog and record label, the Portland "guerrilla ethnomusicologist" has collected and shared music from West Africa that had previously only been traded by locals via cellphone MP3s. A year ago, he took the next logical step: directing a remake of Purple Rain in the Sahara.
i didn't even think this was possible..
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