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Friday, June 29, 2012

The School of Verckys

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Note: This post was updated and corrected on July 3, 2012. The rambunctious saxophone stylings of Kiamwuangana Mateta "Verckys...
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Monday, June 25, 2012

Birth of a Nation

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If you've been around here a while you'll know that I have a major obsession with the 1967-70 war in Nigeria, when the Eastern Re...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Real Rumbira Sounds

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A major force in the Zimbabwe music scene of the 1980s, the Real Sounds of Africa were in fact founded by a group of Congolese musician...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

DDC Mlimani - Nelson Mandela

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The subject of many musical accolades over the years, South African liberation fighter (and President from 1994-99) Nelson Mandela r...
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Monday, April 9, 2012

Rest in Peace Jerry Hansen

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Jerry Hansen, founder of Ghana's influential Ramblers International Dance Band, passed away in Accra Saturday, April 7th. He was 85...
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Friday, April 6, 2012

The Alasa of Ibadanland

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To an outsider, Lanrewaju Adepoju's Èwì would seem to be just another one of the many Yoruba percussion styles that are so popular ...
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Sunday, January 1, 2012

Sabar Attack!

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Bonne Année! Sixty-six minutes of red-hot Mbalax from Senegal's master of the sabar , Mbaye Dieye Faye, help us kick off the New Ye...
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

In Praise of "Mami Wata"

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For many months now I've put off posting this in an effort to find out more about our featured artist, Bob Sir Merenge. Unfortunately, ...
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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Adventures in Angularity

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I hate to say this, but it's been ages since Ebenezer Obey has waxed anything worth listening to. For the last twenty years he's be...
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Sunday, October 9, 2011

A Heads Up

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Kudos to Siemon Allen at the always-worthwhile Electric Jive blog for Miriam Makeba - Tracks Less Travelled (1958-98), a fascinating overv...
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