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Radio France Internationale
Melissa Chemam

Africa's sound, Cannes' snub and the World Cup kicks off

National Geographic composers and storytellers Dércio Muha Gomate and Labdi Ommes at The Storytellers Summit 2026, in Los Angeles, California, USA, 12  February, 2026.
National Geographic composers and storytellers Dércio Muha Gomate and Labdi Ommes at The Storytellers Summit 2026, in Los Angeles, California, USA, 12 February, 2026. © Joy Asico-Smith - National Geographic Society

This week, Spotlight on Africa explores cinema and music scoring for African documentary projects with storytellers from Mozambique and Kenya. We will also bring you news from the Cannes Film Festival, along with the African teams selected to take part in the football World Cup.

The next time you watch a nature documentary filmed in Africa, listen carefully to the soundtrack: you might be hearing music composed in the West, a product of "parachute" filmmaking, rather than authentic sounds and locally led stories from the continent.

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