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Nana Kwame Ampadu – Yaa Amponsah https://amf.didiermary.fr/nana-ampadu-african-brothers-band-yaa-amponsah/ Nana Kwame Ampadu (31 March 1945 – 28 September 2021) was a Ghanaian musician and composer credited with numerous popular highlife tracks and he is known to have composed over 800 songs. He was the lead singer, chief songwriter, and founder of the “African Brothers Band”. He is regarded as a pioneer of highlife music […] #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic

The Free Music https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-free-music/ “The Free Music” est un album qui reprend neuf morceaux du groupe éponyme formé par l’artiste libyen Najib Al Housh, soigneusement choisis au sein de leur discographie de dix albums autoproduits à partir des années 1970, offrant un mélange unique entre funk, disco, soul et reggae… […] #70smusic #Libya #OldAfricanMusic #Reggae #Funk

Psychedelic Classics 3: Love’s a Real Thing https://amf.didiermary.fr/psychedelic-classics-3-loves-a-real-thing/ World Psychedelic Classics, Vol. 3: Love​’​s A Real Thing – The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa Tracklist Voir aussi: T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou – Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome West African Psychedelic Classics These twelve astonishing tracks are drawn from a broad spectrum of early 70s West African psychedelic c #70smusic #Compilation #ManuDibango #Psychedelic #OldAfricanMusic

Bhundu Boys – Jit Jive https://amf.didiermary.fr/bhundu-boys-jit-jive/ The Bhundu Boys were a Zimbabwean band, founded in April 1980 by Rise Kagona et Biggie Tembo, that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco, country, and pop influences. Their style became known as jit (also known as jiti, jit-jive and the Harare beat). The Zimbabwean group first flew into […] #80smusic #Mixtape #Zimbabwe #OldAfricanMusic

Ochieng’ Nelly, godfather of Benga music https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-ochieng-nelly-godfather-benga/ His death in 2014 came at a time when he had been making a successful comeback to the live music scene after a long break. Born Nelson Ochieng Orwa in 1943 in South Nyanza, he began playing the guitar in his teenage years after being taught […] #60smusic #Benga #Kenya #Soukous #OldAfricanMusic

Alpha Blondy – Brigadier Sabari https://amf.didiermary.fr/alpha-blondy-brigadier-sabari/ 2 classic Reggae tracks from Côte d’Ivoire… by Seydou Koné, better known by his stage name Alpha Blondy. Many of his songs are politically and socially motivated. His first success was “Brigadier Sabari” from album Jah Glory! (1982) with The Natty Rebels, known for its satirical lyrics about police brutality. […] #80smusic #CôteDIvoire #OldAfricanMusic

Dancing Under the Moon https://amf.didiermary.fr/dancing-under-moon-master-musicians-jajouka/ The Master Musicians of Jajouka, led by Bachir Attar, introduce us to centuries‑old Sufi musical tradition from Morocco, revisited in 2022. Jajouka is the name of a hidden village in the Jebala foothills of northern Morocco. You won’t find it on any roadmap. But Jajouka is the home of the tribe Ahl Serif, sometimes translated […] #Morocco #OldAfricanMusic

Lagos All Routes https://amf.didiermary.fr/lagos-all-routes/ Lagos All Routes (Juju, Highlife, Apala and Fuji) is a compilation of Nigerian music from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s, often considered the ‘golden age’ of African popular music. In Nigerian pidgin English, ‘chop-up’ makes figurative reference to a bountiful feast. ‘Lagos All Routes’ refers to the fact that while the [...] #60smusic #70smusic #80smusic #Fuji #Highlife #JùjúMusic #Nigeria #Remixed #OldAfricanMusic

Miriam Makeba – Brand New Day https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-brand-new-day/ The song “Brand New Day” is part of the “Keep me in Mind” album, recorded in 1970. At that time, Miriam Makeba was in Guinea-Conakry, after an invite from President Ahmed Sékou Touré, following major changes in both her own personal life and politically within the USA. Producer Lewis Merenstein suggested two Van Morrison songs […] #Apartheid #Madiba #MiriamMakeba #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic

K. Frimpong backed by Vis​-​A​-​Vis https://amf.didiermary.fr/k-frimpong-backed-vis-a-vis/ The legendary K. Frimpong on this reissue of a fantastic rare album, recorded in 1978 at Ghana Films Studio in Accra. Here he’s backed by the famous Vis-A-Vis band. […] #70smusic #AfroFunk #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic