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En la lucha with Omar Sosa, Seckou Keita, and Gustavo Ovalles—at the Outpost

Suba Trio dancing in Paris (l2r): Omar Sosa, Seckou Keita, Gustavo Ovalles

The Suba Trio—Omar Sosa from Cuba (keyboards), Seckou Keita from Senegal (kora), and Gustavo Ovalles from Venezuela (percussion)—rolls into the Outpost for a two-night stand, riding on the wings of their second and profoundly beautiful album, Suba, the word for “dawn” in Keita’s native Mandinka language. They are on a mission.

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