It's easy to think of Gaby Lita Bembo as the Wild Man of '70s and '80s Zaïre/Congo music - his unrestained stage antics m...

I've been hesitating to post here the cover of Zazou Bikaye's 1985 LP  Mr. Manager  (Pow Wow WOW 7401). I don't know who th...

Here's another classic from the last "Golden Age" of Congo music, the 1980s! Wuta Mayi is best known as a member of two...

 A few weeks back I got a request for something by Woya from Ivory Coast and I'm happy to comply! The group was formed in 1984 and ...

I've been unable to find out much about Asare Bediako, who is responsible for today's offering, the very enjoyable Lovers Hi Li...

Congolese musician Pablo Lubadika Porthos began his career with several local assemblages in the 1970s, including Kin-Bantou, Lovy du Z...

As readers may be aware, I've had a long-time interest in Nigerian music and feature it often here at Likembe . However, all of th...

Here's another in Likembe' s continuing series of releases by Tanzania's legendary DDC Mlimani Park Orchestra, this one a ...

Ghana's highlife great Pat Thomas has been experiencing something of a career renaissance lately. 2015 saw the release of   Pat Tho...

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