>my very loose understanding is that in a lot of countries without robust Internet infrastructure, music is often traded directly from phone to phone. You are

>my very loose understanding is that in a lot of countries without robust Internet infrastructure, music is often traded directly from phone to phone. You are indeed correct. https://sahelsounds.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-saharan-cellphones https://sahelsounds.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-saharan-ce... Africa has had a spoken-word radio radio culture for a long time AFAIK.