Note: This post was updated with better-quality rips of the original vinyl on July 26, 2012. Our good friend Sanaag comes through onc...

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

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

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

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

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

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)...

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

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

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...