Les Officiers of African Music were a "super-group" formed in the 1980s by Congolese musicians (mainly from the Brazzaville...

A while back I posted about northern Nigeria's greatest female singer, Barmani Mai Choge . I devote today's post to Alhaji Ma...

In 1987 French producer Jean Philippe Rykiel produced Soro , an album by the legendary Malian vocalist Salif Keita that was acclaimed...

I was all ready to post today's selection - Baba Gaston's wonderful 1983 release  Condition Bi-Msum (ASL ASLP 971) - when I re...

Les Côcôs were one of the innumerable groups that popped up during the first wave of Zouglou   in the Ivory Coast during the economic c...

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...