Leo Sarkisian, Founder of VOA's Music Time in Africa Program, Dies at 97

Leo Sarkisian, the creator and longtime producer of The Voice of America's "Music Time in Africa," has died. He was 97. Known by his fans as the "Music Man of Africa," Sarkisian spent a half-century traveling Africa, listening to local musicians and capturing their performances. Those recordings became the basis of VOA's longest-running English program. "Leo always left you feeling like you were special. He didn't treat anyone less or greater based...

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