The all-female Gabonese choral group Missema was founded in the 1970s, apparently with some official sponsorship, with the purpose of p...

As the title would have it, Turbo-Hits '89 (Editions Haïssam-Records MH 112, 1989) is a collection of remixed makossa (and a couple...

Some sweet sounds conclude our presentation of the three-volume series l'ANPAC Presente with Volume 3 (AN 400 3, 1984). Like musicians...

Back in the '80s the three volume collection of Gabonese music l'ANPAC Presente was frequently on our turntable and, dubbed onto C9...

The small country of Gabon has never loomed large in the African music scene, although artists like Pierre Akendengue and Oliver N'goma...

With the kids back in school and monopolizing the computer, and me swamped under a ton of overtime, I just haven't been able to give thi...