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Sunday, September 30, 2007

Tanzania Hit Parade '88

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Note: This post was updated on September 20, 2008 to incorporate a translation of the song "Marashi ya Pemba" by reader/listener...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

Nigeria's Unsung Prince of Juju

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Most people who have a passing acquaintance with African music are familiar with juju music from Nigeria, and its most famous practitioner,...
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

Aster Aweke Live in Addis

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I just came across this - real Ethiopian music the way it was meant to be heard, played on real musical instruments and not cheap synthesize...
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

By Request: Mbaraka Mwinshehe

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A reader/listener requested some music by Mbaraka Mwinshehe, and I'm more than happy to oblige! Mwinshehe was the great Tanzanian guit...
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Monday, September 17, 2007

Ikenga Super Stars: Kickin' Ikwokilikwo!

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The Ikenga Super Stars of Africa, led by Victor Okoroego, weigh in here with a funky slice of Ikwokilikwo . The Ikengas were born in 1973 as...
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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Dakar Divas Pt. 2: Daro Mbaye

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Although I love the new generation of female vocalists out of Senegal - ladies like Viviane and Aby Ndour - there's still a special p...
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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Sikinde Ngoma Ya Ukae!

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With our laptop out of commission for a while, the household is down to one functional computer, which the kids have commandeered for their ...
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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Some Recent Tunes From Ghana

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If you're a homesick Ghanaian who's hungry for the taste of Banku , Kenkey or Shito , Makola Super Market in Chicago (1017 W. Wilson...
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Sunday, September 2, 2007

Cross-Dressing Fun with Area Scatter

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I've recently learned that several years ago the Igbo traditional musician Area Scatter was killed in an auto accident. Area was a p...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

Dakar Divas Pt. 1: Kiné Lam

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One thing that's always irritated me about the whole "World Music™" thing is the tendency to reduce whole genres of music to o...
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