

Record producer Zev Feldman (left) and John Fowler, a charter member of the Left Bank Jazz Society, meet outside the Charles Theater in downtown Baltimore. The building once hosted some of the best jazz musicians in the country. Michael Zamora/NPR hide caption
Babacar Niang, known as Matador, raps at a recording studio at Africulturban's center in Pikine, Senegal. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption
Pape Dieye tells people it's not worth the risk to try to take a boat from Senegal to Europe. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption
U.S. President Joe Biden walks next to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his surprise visit in Kyiv on Feb. 20. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Moustapha Dieye on his boat in Guet Ndar, Senegal on October 5. Dieye took a pirogue to Spain in 2006, where he now legally resides. His family has a boat in Saint Louis, where he is originally from. Ricci Shryock for NPR hide caption
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