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Friday, January 30, 2009

Red Spots, Black Beats and Stargazers

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Reader/listener Malam Bala, in a recent comment, reminded me that this blog is long overdue for a posting of good old Ghana highlife music. ...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The Anioma Sound Pt. 2

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As I wrote in "The Anioma Sound Pt. 1," the Anioma region comprises the Igbo-speaking areas of Delta State in Nigeria. The name...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

The Anioma Sound Pt. 1

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The Igbo people live in all parts of Nigeria, but are the big majority of the population (over 90%) in five states: Imo, Anambra, Abia, Enu...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Spear of the Nation

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What a shame that South African saxophonist Dudu Pukwana died in exile on June 30, 1990, four years before the coming of democracy to his ho...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Gospel Highlife from "New Calabar"

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As you may have noticed, I've been writing quite a bit lately about the music of Nigeria's "Eastern Minorities." By this I...
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Sunday, December 28, 2008

The Return of The King

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Note: This post was updated on December 30, 2008 and January 19, 2009. Get ready for another blast of raw, uncompromising Ethiopian funk, ...
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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Awijiri: Ijaw Music from the Niger River Delta

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The Ijaw people , who number close to ten million people, are the fourth largest nationality in Nigeria. They are a majority in Bayelsa Stat...
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Monday, December 22, 2008

Merry Christmas!

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A glorious Christmas to our readers and listeners who follow the Christian faith! To commemorate this joyous occasion I present Oliver de Co...
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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Cross River-Akwa Ibom Sounds

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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...
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Friday, December 19, 2008

Instrumental Break

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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 "...
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