This was an old favorite of mine. Fred Schruers is the same guy who wrote the 1997 cover story (The Lovingest, Fightingest, Druggingest Band).
Mick was really ahead of his time, not just with the musical project itself but his own political attitudes of settling in a foreign country for six weeks and not stripping the native musicians of their resources or pride.
In 1992, instead of making that bone-headed and rather dreadful cock-rock album with the guy from Australia, Mick should have returned to Ghana for a second album and concert. Maybe track down the kids who played in 1981 (who would have been young adults by then).
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