Jùjú music, so popular in the 1970s and '80s, seems to have gone into eclipse in southwestern Nigeria, the land of its birth. Even ...

Now, this is an album I've been wanting to post for a long time! Orchestra Simba Wanyika (Swahili for "Lion of the Jungle...

Two cassettes from Ivory Coast, both by the outstanding ensemble Système Gazeur, one of the many zouglou groups that emerged in th...

Popoko (EMI EO173292-4, 1992) is a lively cassette from Ivory Coast by the group Les Woanthios. All I know about them, and the cassett...

A few days ago I posted an album by King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal 1, one of the reigning triumvirate of fújì  music in the 1980s. The other...

Unbelievably, my last post here on Likembe was on April 23, 2013 - more than four years ago! There's no one explanation for the h...

Despite his great popularity back in the day, information about the late, great Igbo bard Show Promoter (Nelson Ejinduaka) is as scarce a...

Many many thanks to Andreas Wetter for translating the liner notes of 4 ዝናኞች ሲያዳምጡ በልብዎ ላይ ሰላምና ፍቅር ያገኛሉ - When You Listen to the 4 Fam...

Some years ago Sterns/Earthworks released a CD entitled Roots Rock Guitar Party . I remember thinking at the time: how can you assemble ...

A couple of years ago I posted some memorable Muziki wa Dansi , a tribute by Tanzania's Orchestra Vijana Jazz to their departed lea...