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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

E Ku Ọdun, Eku Iyedun!

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The Good Women Choir was founded in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria in 1975 as the musical expression of the Christ Apostolic Church, ...
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

From Benin City to the World

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Some years ago I discussed the former Benin Empire (not to be confused with the present-day "Republic of Benin"), its prem...
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Thursday, December 14, 2017

The Manding Archangel

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Here's another recording that was featured not too long ago on another site - in this case Mangue Music , which posted it on Janua...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

The "New" Guinea Sound

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From Independence in 1958 until the death of dictator Sekou Touré in 1984, there was only one record company in Guinea, the legendary S...
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Urban Azmariwotch

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The azmari is the Ethiopian equivalent of the West African griot - a troubadour, a truth-teller and "court jester" all in o...
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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Conspiration

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Les Officiers of African Music were a "super-group" formed in the 1980s by Congolese musicians (mainly from the Brazzaville...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

The Voice of Arewa

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A while back I posted about northern Nigeria's greatest female singer, Barmani Mai Choge . I devote today's post to Alhaji Ma...
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017

A Belated Farewell to Seydou Zombra

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In 1987 French producer Jean Philippe Rykiel produced Soro , an album by the legendary Malian vocalist Salif Keita that was acclaimed...
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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Sweet Sounds From Baba Gaston

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I was all ready to post today's selection - Baba Gaston's wonderful 1983 release  Condition Bi-Msum (ASL ASLP 971) - when I re...
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Saturday, November 4, 2017

Zouglou Gnakpa!

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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...
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