Anyone who has felt the sting of tears while listening to a bugler play “Taps,” swooned to a love song or cringed with irritation as a neighbor cranked the heavy metal knows that music can exert a powerful emotive effect.
Musician Moussa Traoré, far left, leads a djembe drum circle in a West African rhythm.
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