As you may have noticed, I've been writing quite a bit lately about the music of Nigeria's "Eastern Minorities." By this I...

Note: This post was updated on December 30, 2008 and January 19, 2009. Get ready for another blast of raw, uncompromising Ethiopian funk, ...

The Ijaw people , who number close to ten million people, are the fourth largest nationality in Nigeria. They are a majority in Bayelsa Stat...

A glorious Christmas to our readers and listeners who follow the Christian faith! To commemorate this joyous occasion I present Oliver de Co...

People seemed to enjoy the Ibibio tunes I put up in a previous post , so I thought it would be fruitful to return to the area, namely the...

Pour a tall cold one, sit back and relax with this sweet track by Moges Habte , formerly of the Wallias Band in Ethiopia. The tune is "...

Uchenna over at With Comb and Razor posts a song by Uyo-based band Sunny Risky and the Vitamin Explosions, which he says is the "Best....

In an earlier post I wrote of the brilliant Ethiopian singer Tilahun Gessesse , posted a couple of songs from a recent CD, and promised I...

In the last twenty years or so there has emerged a trend in the African music scene toward "Greatest Hits" compilations rerecorded...

Some years ago an acquaintance passed on a cassette of a Nigerian musician who was previously unknown to me; the tape was simply labeled ...