Likembe
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

An Igbo Minstrel

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There is a parallel universe of popular music in Nigeria that exists mostly unknown to the international audience that listens to Fela, King...
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Sunday, December 5, 2010

Nigeria's Lady of Songs

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I'll admit to being a little mystified by the current fascination with the cheesier byways of African music - '70s and '80s Afro...
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Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Unsung Genius of African Music

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In a just world, Nigeria's "Gentleman" Mike Ejeagha would be considered one of the giants of African music, accorded the same ...
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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Shortwave Memories

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More Congo classics via Nigeria here! Music From Zaïre Vol. 3 (Soundpoint SOP 041, 1977) opens with "Ngalula Marthe" by Or...
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Saturday, September 25, 2010

More Desert Island Music

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Given that he's one of the most illustrious Congolese musicians of his generation, information about Côme Moutouari, better known as Kos...
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Another Rockin' One-Off

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Roaring out of Kinshasa by way of Paris with drum machine in tow, it's Rigo Star and Josky Kiambukuta with Jotongo (Mayala MA4005, 1986)...
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Saturday, September 11, 2010

Still Another Re-Up

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I've been unable to find out much about Congo's Bobongo Stars, but their unique blend of funk, rock & roll, Soukous and Mutuash...
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Sunday, August 22, 2010

Disco Benga!

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Those listening to the album Muungwana (CBS ACP-CBS 1203), by Kenya's Sylvester Odhiambo & the Ambira Boys, may be reminded of the 1...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

From Congo via Nigeria

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Priscilla tells me that in the 1970s, when she was a girl in Awo-Omamma, Nigeria, the family used to sit around the short-wave radio almo...
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Benin (The Empire, Not the Country)

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Back in Eighth Grade, my Social Studies class was given one of those typical assignments where we were supposed to pick out some country and...
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