{"id":3789,"date":"2021-06-06T02:25:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T02:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/?p=3789"},"modified":"2021-06-06T03:31:59","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T03:31:59","slug":"featured-artist-abel-maxwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.afriquenouvellemusique.org\/site\/artists\/featured-artist-abel-maxwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Artist: Abel Maxwell"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3789\" class=\"elementor elementor-3789\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b29f8ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b29f8ac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 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