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“You just have to find the loop that you want. Cut it, duplicate the sample, and then add your effects,” she says. She is teaching a beatmaking class to five young women, each working intently on ...

DAKAR, Senegal — In a classroom at the House of Urban Culture, tucked away in the narrow streets of Dakar, Senegal, Aminata Thiam claps her hands in time with a beat she created on her computer. “You ...