With some forty concerts in its line-up this year, the 32nd edition of Angoulême’s "Musiques Métisses" (16 - 19 May) festival proved to be an intense experience. Artists from Africa, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and closer to home, from France, put on some spectacular performances, offering the crowd a multi-cultural mix of beats.

One of the highlights of this year’s "Musiques Métisses" was, without a shadow of a doubt, "Acoustic Africa", a concert which was as rich as the juiciest, ripest mango about to drop from the branch. Read on