Please join me in welcoming to the Blogosphere our good friend Fabian Altahona Romero of Barranquilla, Colombia. His new Africolombia blog promises plenty of wall-scorchers, not only from Colombia but from Nigeria, Congo and points farther afield. Since starting the blog on January 2o, Fabian has posted: Ernesto Djedje, a cumbia remake of Fela's "Shakara" by Colombia's Pedro Beltran, a number of other killer Colombian 45s (I haven't had time to download them all yet), Nigeria's Imo Brothers, Bopol Mansiamina, and much, much more!
I check the Google Analytics statistics for Likembe every morning, and I'm amazed at the number of hits that come from Colombia, most from the Cartagena-Barranquilla area. There are some serious African music fans around those parts! If you enjoy Champeta and the other African-inflected sounds of Colombia's Caribbean coast as much as I do, and are interested in further explorations, you could do a lot worse than to check Fabian's blog out.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Another New Blog
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5 comments:
John,
Thank you for your welcome at you wonderfull blog, it is an honour for me
Respetos.
Fabian--
Africolombia isn't exactly "new," is it? i could've sworn it had been around for a while, albeit dormant....
...or am i thinking of a different Afro-Colombia-based blog?
Yes, there now two "Africolombia" websites: Fabian's old one, which is still there, and the new Africolombia BLOG. You'll find both of them in the sidebar of this blog under "Listen."
Sure, Amigos!
I have 2 web sites.
the first is (www.geocities.com / africolombia) and now the new Blog. But I will stay with the (blog) is much faster and work tools are more comfortable, much easier to use. (Personal opinion)
Fabian--
okay.. i see. i got confused and became scared that i was imagining things because i remembered an old Africolombia site!
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