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  Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection https://amf.didiermary.fr/vusi-mahlasela-norman-zulu-jive-connection/ A lost recording from the archives of producer Torsten Larsson with a 2002 collaboration between acclaimed South African folk singer Vusi Mahlasela, singer songwriter Norman Zulu and Swedish Jazz / Soul collective Jive Connection. The links between South Africa and Sweden have long been strong with Sweden one of the most supportive European [...] #AfroFunk #Apartheid #M...

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  Willy N’For – Hustle (From the Jungle) https://amf.didiermary.fr/willy-nfor-hustle-jungle/ A compilation of most-sought after Nigerian LPs with Willy N’for. The album has the Mighty Flames at their prime. The quality of musicianship and production is soaked with timeless class and funkiness. For any budding African musician in the mid-seventies, Nigeria was the place to be. “We left Cameroon without any contacts in Nigeria, [...] #AfroFunk #Cameroon #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic

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  Guitar Music of Western Kenya: 45s from the archive of Shem Tupe Abana Ba Nasery (Nursery Boys): Shem Tupe, Justo Osala, Enos Okola https://olvidorecords.bandcamp.com/album/guitar-music-of-western-kenya-45s-from-the-archive-of-shem-tupe #Kenya #Folk

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  Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950–1965. https://amf.didiermary.fr/zulu-guitar-blues/ Zulu Guitar’s Pioneering Tricksters But for this compilation of rescued songs masterfully restored from rare 78 rpm shellacs, few could imagine the diversely beautiful roots of Zulu Guitar Music emerging during the period 1950 – 1965. Story-tellers and master musicians [...] #50smusic #60smusic #Blues #Compilation #Mbaqanga #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic

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  Nakhane – Tell Me Your Politik https://amf.didiermary.fr/nakhane-tell-me-your-politik/ South African artist Nakhane, who had already built a solid reputation for himself, invited fellow star Moonchild Sanelly and American guitar player Nile Rodgers on his single “Tell Me Your Politik”. #LGBTQ #SouthAfrica #Pop

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  Sun City is the only studio album by Artists United Against Apartheid, released on October 25, 1985. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fR2r8Qlyyk More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_City_(album) #SouthAfrica #Apartheid

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  Nana Benz du Togo https://amf.didiermary.fr/nana-benz-du-togo/ Groupe togolais produit par Peter Solo (Vaudou Game), Nana Benz est un groupe afro-électro-féministe, qui propose un digital vaudou, rythmé, moderne et futuriste, sur une base instrumentale presque 100% organique et recyclée (au moins pour les percussionnistes). Il y a un côté très “CongoPunk” dans ces rythmiques et cette musique… Leur nom se rapporte bien […] #LiveMusic #Togo #Electro

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  Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou https://amf.didiermary.fr/emahoy-tsegue-maryam-guebrou/ Since the 80s, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (born in Addis Ababa in 1923) had been living quietly in a small cell of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem (the Debre Genet or “Sanctuary of Paradise” monastery on Ethiopia Street), between God and her piano, after a life shaped by exile, both political and self imposed. (RIP […] #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #Piano #Global

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  Nana Benz du Togo – AGO https://amf.didiermary.fr/nana-benz-togo-ago/ A musical phenomenon, Nana Benz du Togo is a group of five artists (Kasanku, Lady Apoc, Parus, Toto and Izealedu), coming from an almost fortuitous meeting during a musical workshop. They take their name from the famous “nana benz,” these successful businesswomen from the Lomé market who like to drive in Mercedes. The band introduces […] #AfroHouse #LiveMusic #Punk #Remixed #Togo #Electro

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  Sekouba Bambino – Sinikan https://amf.didiermary.fr/sekouba-bambino-sinikan/ Sekouba Diabaté, aka Sekouba Bambino, is a Guinean singer and musician, born in 1964. Pre-eminent Guinean voice celebrating over three decades at the forefront of West African music. —Afrikafestival Hertme In 1983, at the age of 19, Diabaté was asked to join Bembeya Jazz, Guinea’s best-known musical group. He was given the nickname “Bambino” to distinguish […] #Guinea

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  Bela Fleck with Oumou Sangare – Ah Ndiya https://amf.didiermary.fr/bela-fleck-oumou-sangare-ah-ndiya/ Banjoist Bela Fleck released “Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions”, an expansive 3-disc collection that includes a duo album with Toumani Diabaté, named “The Ripple Effect”. Artists like Mali’s Oumou Sangaré, Tanzania’s Anania Ngoliga, Madagascar’s D’Gary and Uganda’s Nakisenyi Women’s Group also [...] #IndianOcean #Kora #Madagascar #Mali #OumouSangaré #Tanzania #Uganda

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  Zoe Modiga – Inganekwane https://amf.didiermary.fr/zoe-modiga-lengoma-tubatsi-mpho-moloi/ Inganekwane (“Zulu fairytale”), the second album by Zoe Modiga, released in 2020, is inspired by the theme of self-reflection to reveal messages of identity. Zoe Modiga born and raised in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, is the quintessential artist who represents the present and future of South African music. Drawing from the human experience, identity and […] #Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

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  Lalo Keba Dramé – Bamba Bojang https://amf.didiermary.fr/lalo-keba-drame-bamba-bojang/ An old griot song by Lalo Keba Dramé (Lalo Kebba Drammeh), the Kora virtuoso from SeneGambia. This song was composed in honour of Alhaji Bamba Bodian or Ledjè, a wealthy merchant of the XIX century, king of Suma Kunda (Gambia) who was also a generous patron (“djatigui”) to the griots of Gambia. Many Gambians consider […] #Kora #TheGambia #OldAfricanMusic

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  Duke Ellington – Fleurette Africaine https://amf.didiermary.fr/duke-ellington-fleurette-africaine/ Fleurette Africaine aka “African Flower” from album “Money Jungle” in 1962. “African Flower” or “Little African Flower” (Petite Fleur Africaine) is a composition by jazz pianist and composer Duke Ellington. He first recorded it for his 1962 LP Money Jungle. Ellington originally named it “La Plus Belle Africaine” when he composed it for […] #60smusic #Jazz

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  Wegz - Muqattel Feat. Amaka Jaji https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuHsiHL4mXI Libyan Tuareg musician Amaka Jaji sings about the Saharan warrior lifestyle. #Egypt #Libya #Tuareg

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  Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou https://amf.didiermary.fr/mystere-jazz-tombouctou/ The Orchestre Regional de Tombouctou, also known as “Le Mystère Jazz de Tombouctou”, did not release a recording until 1977. During the era of Mali’s first President, Modibo Keita (1960-1968), the government created regional orchestras and arts troupes in each of the nation’s seven regions. These groups were state-sponsored and from 1962 they competed in […] #Jazz #Mali #Tuareg #OldAfricanMusic

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  Togo Soul 70 https://amf.didiermary.fr/togo-soul-70/ “Togo Soul 70” are 3 compilations of rare and unusual recordings mostly recorded in Lomé during the 70s and 80s. A fusion of traditional voodoo chants, raw soul and even Electro Funk, […] a snapshot of some hundreds of rare and often forgotten tapes from the most prolific, professional and exciting phase of the country’s […] #70smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #Togo #OldAfricanMusic

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  Hugh Masekela – Don’t Go Lose It Baby https://amf.didiermary.fr/hugh-masekela-dont-go-lose-it-baby-hot-african-mix-1984/ The original version of “Don’t Go Lose It Baby”, here in a remixed version, comes from Masekela’s Techno-Bush album in 1984. Hugh Masekala and the Medu Art Ensemble offer via their album Techno-Bush an Afro-futurist vision of South Africa. Protesting through sound and dance, after returning [...] #80smusic #FullAlbum #Mbaqanga #Remixed #SouthAfrica #Electro

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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

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  Hugh Masekela & The Union of South Africa https://amf.didiermary.fr/hugh-masekela-union-south-africa/ Jonas Gwangwa (1937 – 2021) was a genius trombone player from Soweto, South Africa. That’s him in the middle between 2 other South African geniuses, the late Hugh Masekela on the left, and Caiphus Semenya (born 1939), on the right, for their band Union of South Africa. The album, released in May 1971, is an […] #70smusic #HughMasekela #Jazz #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz

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  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

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  Saxophone Jazz from Moçambique https://amf.didiermary.fr/saxophone-jazz-mozambique/ Moreira Chonguiça is a Mozambican jazz saxophonist, who started a jazz festival, Morejazz, in Maputo in 2010. He collaborated with Manu Dibango on M & M, an album which was released in 2017. United across the generations… the album came about from a 15 year friendship that started in 1999/2000. Moreira […] #Jazz #LiveMusic #ManuDibango #Mozambique #AfroJazz

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  Youssou N’Dour – Confession https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-confession/ “Confession” is the 2nd track released from Youssou N’Dour’s album “History” in 2019, with songs featuring Seinabo Sey & Babatunde Olatunji. #Mbalax #Remixed #Sénégal #YoussouNDour

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  Sénégal 70 https://amf.didiermary.fr/senegal-70-compilation/ The compilation “Sénégal 70 – Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings from the 70s,” released in 2015, offers an insight into the musical adventures that were taking place in the major Senegalese cities during the 60s and 70s. It reflects the unique fusions of Funk, Mbalax, Cuban Son and Mandigue guitar sounds that transformed Dakar […] #70smusic #AfroCuban #Compilation #Sénégal

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  What would be dance without music? https://amf.didiermary.fr/skeleton-pantsula-band/ Dance without music? No problem in South Africa. Pantsula offers an easy answer, as you can whistle instead… Watch these guys from the Skeleton Pantsula band. Check the short documentary below: “The story of the uniquely South African Pantsula dance and culture, from its beginnings as a street dance to its present status as a performing […] #AfroHouse #Documentary #Pantsula #SouthAfrica

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  Nimbaya – The Women’s Drum & Dance Company of Guinea https://amf.didiermary.fr/nimbaya-women-drum-dance-guinea/ A daring response to the taboo of women playing djembe in West Africa, NIMBAYA! is the first all women’s percussion and dance troupe from Guinea, sharing a new interpretation of traditional African drumming and dance. “Choosing Nimbaya! was intended to be a tribute to women’s beauty, strength, fertility and integrity.” In the late 1950s and […] #Drums #Guinea

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  Les Ballets Africains https://amf.didiermary.fr/les-ballets-africains/ Old footage of Les Ballets Africains, the national dance company of Guinea. Founded in Paris in 1952 by Keita Fodeba, it’s composed of dancers and acrobats (athletes!) with a full accompanying traditional band (balafon, percussions, Kora…) and plenty of djembefolas. They’re still active, although less & less outside Guinea… The video shows them performing for the […] #Djembe #Guinea #Kora #LiveMusic

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  Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou https://amf.didiermary.fr/poly-rythmo-minsato-le-mi-dayihome-marionnettes-typiques/ A nice old video with characteristic puppets from the West African region, with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou in the classic “Minsato Le, Mi Dayihome.” By the late 60s the earlier synthesis of western popular music and African idioms, purveyed by such luminaries as E.T. Mensah, Bobby Benson, the Star Band and Alfa Jazz was wearing […] #70smusic #AfroFunk #Bénin #OldAfricanM...

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  Ignace de Souza & The Melody Aces – Asaw Fofor https://amf.didiermary.fr/ignace-de-souza-the-melody-aces-asaw-fofor/ Born in 1937 in Cotonou, Ignace de Souza got involved in music at a young age, playing during the 1950’s in the country’s first professional dance band, Alfa Jazz. Zeal Onyia, a Nigerian trumpeter, encouraged him to drop the saxophone and play the trumpet instead. In 1955 he moved to Accra and joined Spike Anyankor’s Rhythm […] #70smusic #Bénin #OldAfricanMusic