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Saturday, 7 November 2026
Richard Mwamba's Africa segment dominated this Saturday's 702 Music, pairing African songs with tributes to late artists and a note on Dakar's Youth Olympics.
- 17:16
Ghanaian highlife pioneer Ebo Taylor died on 7 February this year, and the show played one of his biggest hits as a tribute to his contribution to the genre.
- 17:19
Dakar 2026, the first Summer Youth Olympics ever held in Africa, is under way in Senegal's capital and runs until Friday, 13 November.
- 17:32
The late Ivorian ziglibiti king, whose song Zibote was played, died on 9 June 1983 aged in his 30s, and the cause of his death is still not clearly known.
- 17:59
Mwamba marked 18 years since Miriam Makeba's death at Castel Volturno on 10 November, correcting the date, as she collapsed on 9 November 2008 before passing the following day.