I've been going through my record collection, pulling out and digitizing Ghanaian LPs that I got hold of back in the '80s whe...

Cheikh Lô has been a sensation on the World Music™ scene since the release of his album Né la Thiass , produced by Youssou N'Dour ...

Mwakaribishwa na Maroon! That's Swahili for "Welcome to Maroon." It's also the title of today's featured recor...

In the early '80s, Touré Kunda, founded by brothers Amadou, Ismaïla and Sixu Touré in the Casamance  region of Senegal, were slated...

Who is Tayo Jimba? I have no idea. I do know that I enjoy this 1988 LP, Ise Aje (Leader LRCLS 65), a great deal. The label lists the...

Over the last few months we've been exploring the origins and development of zouglou music in Ivory Coast, and listening to some ...

I think the Pressmen Band, described as "teen sensations" in their heyday, are still extant and catering to the tourist tra...

There was growing interest in South African music during the 1980s. The initial impetus came from the Soweto uprising of 1976 and the s...

It's about time we returned to Ihiagwa, just outside of Owerri, capital of Imo State, Nigeria and home of the Obi Wuru Otu Dance Gro...

I've been collecting Nigerian music since the 1970s, but never actually made it to the country until 1994 and 1995. By then it was...