
Legendary singer Tina Turner, who died recently at the age of 83, marked the whole world with her music, especially Africa, a continent to which she remained attached.
On March 6, 1971, Ike and Tina Turner and some of America’s greatest Black artists traveled to Accra, Ghana to take part in the Soul to Soul Festival which later became known as “African Woodstock.” At the airport, they were greeted by a huge crowd of people together with traditional drummers and dancers, an honor usually reserved for…