Africa Express provides a moveable platform

Train hired by musicians' collective including Baaba Maal and Jupiter Bokondji embarks on tour of British cities by railThe train ready for departure from Euston station at 11.30am on Sunday wasn't the usual Virgin service to Stoke-on-Trent.For one thing, the vintage Class 47 diesel-electric locomotive was decorated with flags from 37 countries. For another, Congolese musician Jupiter Bokondji and his Okwess International band were playing an impromptu gig on the platform's edge to an audience t...

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