How Improvisation Saved My Life

Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim recalls how a quick-witted act of improvisation helped him survive a dangerous moment under apartheid in South Africa.

A jazz legend's true survival story, told in his own voice with lively hand-drawn animation.

A story of a survival during Apartheid in South Africa. Narrated by pianist and composer Abduallah Ibrahim for NPR's 'Jazz Night in America'

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