Cote d’Ivoire: Afro-Country – From Abidjan to Nashville With Peter One

This week’s Afropop Worldwide program From Nashville to Nairobi: A History of Country Music in Kenya tells the remarkable story of Country and Western music’s enduring hold on listeners in that East African country. But this is part of a bigger story about country music in Africa.

Case in point: Born in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire, and now a resident of Nashville, Tennessee, Peter One is now emerging as US-based C&W artist, and one with a remarkable back story. So remarkable, that it earned a spot on…