Hi John, I have been a fan of your website Likembe for a couple years since I came across some thing you posted about Kuku Sebsebe. I also w...

Researching that last post has got me to pondering the ways in which the kora , the traditional 21-string harp-lute of West Africa, has bee...

The Casamance region of southern Senegal has been the scene of sporadic fighting over the years between the central government and the separ...

I didn't know what to expect when I posted a recording of Fela Sowande's African Suite a couple of weeks ago, but the reaction has ...

Over the years there have been efforts to adapt African music to Western "classical" instrumentation and forms. One of the countr...

If you like the music of Somalia's Iftin and Dur Dur , featured some time ago in this space, let me direct your attention to Andreas We...

In 1971, after several years of musical experimentation following the breakup of the super-group Cream , British drummer Ginger Baker made ...

Here's another Fela rarity for your musical enjoyment: The Afrodisia disc I Go Shout Plenty!! (DWAPS 2251), released in 1986 but appa...

By way of Undercover Black Man I learn that Knitting Factory Records intends to remaster and reissue the "entire catalog" of Nig...

For all I know, recordings like Simon Sene's Magal (Afrique Dioundioung/KSF) could be as common as dirt in Senegal, so the title of this...