Africa Express: a magical mystery tour

Eighty musicians, one train and a string of stops across Britain. This could be the most extraordinary tour of the year…It's late afternoon in west London and the Senegalese star Baaba Maal and Damon Albarn, from nearby in the neighbourhood, are lounging on a scrap of grass in the sun. Messing about on a bike beside them is east London rapper Kano, while tottering by on a pair of heels is Shingai Shoniwa from the band the Noisettes. She's another Londoner, although her mum comes from Zimbabwe....

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