The music of the Central African Republic is little-known. There are some excellent recordings of traditional music on the Ocora label ( Emp...

Some sweet sounds conclude our presentation of the three-volume series l'ANPAC Presente with Volume 3 (AN 400 3, 1984). Like musicians...

Back in the '80s the three volume collection of Gabonese music l'ANPAC Presente was frequently on our turntable and, dubbed onto C9...

The small country of Gabon has never loomed large in the African music scene, although artists like Pierre Akendengue and Oliver N'goma...

Best-known for his work with the super-group Kékélé and last year's release Apostolo , the honey-voiced Bumba Massa is one of the great...

Back with a reminder of much, much happier days in Somalia, our good friend Sanaag passes on almost 80 minutes worth of music by the legenda...

By way of Makossa Original and Freemuse we receive the happy news that Camerounian musician Lapiro de Mbanga was freed April 8 after three...

Once again I'm forced to apologize for the infrequency of my posts lately. As usual, I have several projects in the hopper, but all kin...

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...