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2026-04-21 19:43:12 GMT

Cesária Evora & Compay Segundo – Lágrimas Negras
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cesaria-evora-compay-segundo-lagrimas-negras/
Recorded in Havana (Cuba) in 1999 by Cesária Evora and Compay Segundo, for a special limited edition of the album “São Vicente di Longe” (2001), and re-released in 2010 in the duet album “&…”
#CaboVerde #CesáriaÉvora #Cuba
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2026-04-09 12:31:52 GMT

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Ali Farka Touré
Savane (20th Anniversary Edition) Yellow 2LP Vinyl
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2026-04-09 11:50:19 GMT

"World Circuit Records have announced a series of colour vinyl re-releases of some of the label's most iconic albums as a celebration of its 40th Anniversary.
The albums are set to be released throughout 2026, with specific release dates to be confirmed shortly."
Re: #AfricanMusic
Ali Farka Touré - Savane (20th anniversary)
AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-savane/
05/29 - preorder: https://worldcircuit.lnk.to/aftsavaneEM
Oumou Sangaré - Moussolou [later]
Tony Allen and Hugh Masekela – Rejoice [later]
#Vinyl #Mali

2026-03-30 19:35:29 GMT

Jay Lou Ava – Soir au village
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jay-lou-manu-dibango-soir-village/
A cover of Manu Dibango’s “Soir au village”, from Ava’s album “Ebotan” in 2005.Guitarist Jay Lou Ava, born Israël Jean-Louis Ava in Cameroon, is often described by members of the French media as “the Wes Montgomery of Africa.” His signature music is a fusion of jazz and African music, drawing from both contemporary and traditional […]
#Cameroon #Cover #Jazz #ManuDibango #AfroJazz
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2026-03-30 17:36:37 GMT

Ladysmith Black Mambazo – United We Stand
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ladysmith-black-mambazo-salif-keita-united-we-stand/
The song “United We Stand” (2015), against the violence against foreigners in South Africa, brings together Ladysmith Black Mambazo from South Africa and Malian singer Salif Keita.
“Africa is our home, make it a better place.
Africa is for all of us.“
#SalifKeita #SouthAfrica
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2026-03-29 19:18:08 GMT

Salif Keita – Africa Remixed
https://amf.didiermary.fr/salif-keita-africa-remixed/
“Africa” is a powerful song by Salif Keita, released in 1995 as part of his Folon album, produced by Wally Badarou and Jean-Philippe Rykiel. But the song got a special treatment, as a special CD containing 3 “Africa Remixed” versions. […]
#LiveMusic #Mali #Remixed #SalifKeita #Electro
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2026-03-07 09:47:57 GMT

"You don't expect the people who came to invade us to write the truth about us."
— Miriam Makeba
#Quote #QOTD

2026-02-27 11:10:56 GMT

Rock art is widespread across southern Africa and includes a wide range of depictions such as human figures, animals, dots, handprints, and other painted or engraved imagery on rock surfaces. The rock art tradition of paintings was made by San hunter gatherers over thousands of years.
The first dance scenes in southern African rock art were documented 100 years ago.
https://theconversation.com/dance-scenes-in-south-african-rock-art-a-closer-look-at-ritual-music-and-movement-275489
#SouthAfrica #Archeology

2026-02-25 19:35:57 GMT

Do you know Agege bread?
Here's a short story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDopeh-X4rs
There are many bakeries in Benin baking "Agege-like" bread, that's why you can find it in my home.
#Nigeria #Benin

2026-02-22 14:52:02 GMT

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Lamisi - No Orgasm in Heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB_NOY1-EEY
It was a slogan painted onto the back of a public bus in Accra that inspired ‘No Orgasm in Heaven’. “I like working with funny, open minded people,” says Wanlov, who is also renowned as one half (with M3NSA) of beloved musical pranksters Fokn Bois. “This song has a similar sentiment to ‘No Beer in Heaven’, the 2004 hit by Atongo Zimba. It means enjoy your life now, as heaven is right here.”

2026-02-22 14:50:47 GMT

Lamisi - Come
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HNP8nqrmiE
Lamisi — one of Ghana’s most popular artists and an activist for the rights of women and girls — has shared the second single from her forthcoming new album Let Us Clap — a collaboration with innovative music producer and auteur Wanlov the Kubolor, which marks a radical reinvention of her sound.
https://lamisi.bandcamp.com/album/let-us-clap
#Ghana #Rap #Electro

2026-02-21 20:11:17 GMT

Soul Makossa 2.0 Feat. Wayne Beckford
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-soul-makossa-2-wayne-beckford/
Soul Makossa is a song released as a single in 1972 by Cameroonian saxophonist and songwriter Manu Dibango. It was originally recorded as a B-side. The song is probably best known for the chanted vocal refrain, which was adapted and used in songs by many prominent artists such as Michael Jackson in “Wanna Be Startin’ […]
#Cameroon #Makossa #ManuDibango
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2026-02-04 19:10:24 GMT

Imarhan - Tamiditin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuwyKbSCyTY
#Algeria #Tuareg

2026-01-29 12:57:28 GMT

“If there is anything that projects Africa’s image positively, it is music.”
“People abroad are tired of hearing only Western sounds. They want something different, something African.”
https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/01/28/why-africa-must-rebuild-its-music-education-system/
#Africa #Nigeria #Music

2026-01-24 15:17:09 GMT

Ola Onabulé – What The Heck
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ola-onabule-what-the-heck/
British-Nigerian singer/songwriter Ola Onabulé released his album “Point Less” in 2019, with strong musical and thematic connections to Nigeria, following his critically acclaimed 2015 recording “It’s The Peace That Deafens.”
Onabulé has built an enviably solid music career through a relentless schedule both in the recording studio and as an international touring performer. [...]
#Jazz #Nigeria #AfroJazz
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2026-01-17 11:45:51 GMT

Keturah – Afirika
https://amf.didiermary.fr/keturah-afirika/
From “Mafunde”, album in 2023 by Keturah, chronicling her journey from the tiny remote home village of Monza, Malawi to the shores of Venice, California.
#Malawi
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2026-01-10 15:33:28 GMT

WITCH performing live in the KEXP gathering space.
Recorded September 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM0CMGGFETU
Album Sogolo on AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/new-witch-album-sogolo/
#LiveMusic #Zamrock

2025-12-31 15:18:49 GMT

Osibisa, the “Flying Elephants”
https://amf.didiermary.fr/osibisa-flying-elephants/
Osibisa is a British Afro-pop band, founded by Teddy Osei (RIP) in London in 1969 by four expatriate African (Ghana) and three Caribbean musicians. Osibisa were one of the first African bands to become widely popular, leading to claims of founding World Music.
I discovered Osibisa when I was a teen, and this band is […]
#70smusic #Ghana #Jazz
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2025-12-29 16:55:23 GMT

Dobet Gnahoré – Paléa (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dobet-gnahore-palea-live/
“Widely considered one of contemporary African music’s most exciting new talents, Dobet Gnahoré has astounded audiences with her thrilling stage presence, appealing melodies and powerful singing.”
#CoteDIvoire #LiveMusic
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2025-12-24 15:57:36 GMT

Libyan reggae? Yes, by Ibrahim Hesnawi in this compilation!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ibrahim-hesnawi-libyan-reggae/
In many countries, reggae was a widespread fad before its popularity gradually subsided. In Libya, however, the genre remained popular since its initial introduction in the late 1970s. Reggae’s thematic throughlines like references to Pan-Africanism, liberation, and the end of oppression and exploitation resonated—and [...]
#70smusic #Libya #Reggae
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2025-12-22 14:59:45 GMT

Fela Kuti – Roforofo Fight
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-roforofo-fight/
Roforofo Fight refers to senseless violence: it describes 2 fools who batter themselves into the mud as a crowd gathers to watch them. Roforofo Fight is about human intolerance towards each other. Issues that could be resolved amicably usually end up in fist fights. Sometimes such fights end up bloody or muddy. Dramatizing the scenario […]
#70smusic #FelaKuti #FullAlbum #Nigeria #AfroBeat
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2025-12-14 18:25:33 GMT

Tracing Africa’s Photographic History in Books
The curator Oluremi C. Onabanjo speaks about Africa’s political transformations and the role of publishing in shaping artistic knowledge.
https://aperture.org/editorial/tracing-africas-photographic-history-in-books/
#Africa #Photography

2025-12-14 15:46:23 GMT

The Afrorack
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrorack-bamanya/
Bamanya is responsible for building Africa’s first DIY modular synthesizer, a huge wall of home-made modules and FX units that he dubbed, fittingly, The Afrorack.
His reason for embarking on this difficult project was simple: as he began to investigate the world of modular synthesizers, he realized it would be difficult to acquire the technology […]
#AfroHouse #Documentary #Uganda #Electro
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2025-12-13 23:40:26 GMT

Ammar 808 - Aman Aman Feat. Meriem Bettouhami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAXb1mMw5M4
Sofyann Ben Youssef, aka AMMAR 808, released his third album, Club Tounsi, blending Mezoued folk music & rhythms with bass-heavy instrumentation.
https://ammar808.bandcamp.com/album/club-tounsi
#Tunisia #Electro

2025-12-06 13:10:43 GMT

Mysterious two-song release from Mali
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mysterious-tracks-mali-black-mango/
A mysterious two-song release, licensed directly from a group of Bamako musicians who, with the exception of the Souku master Zoumana Tereta, chose to remain anonymous.
In the last years, the political turmoil in Mali has caused many of the cities clubs to shutdown and dried up other sources of musician income like weddings and […]
#Mali #Soundcloud

2025-11-24 18:17:00 GMT

Reggae Giant, Dead at 81
The Harder They Come - Studio Session
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHAbj1pIT4g
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jimmy-cliff-dead-obituary-1234816631/
#Reggae
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2025-11-21 20:54:34 GMT

Montparnasse Musique – Panter
https://amf.didiermary.fr/montparnasse-musique-panter/
Montparnasse Musique is a balance of two distinct sensibilities: Algerian-French producer Nadjib Ben Bella’s passion for raw organic beats, and South African DJ Aero Manyelo’s love of DIY synthesis in the digital realm. It’s a bold blend of fresh and processed flavours; the acoustic grit of traditional Africa combined with the pulse
#AfroHouse #Algeria #Congo(s) #SouthAfrica #Electro(House,EDM...)

2025-11-12 14:10:40 GMT

Angelique Kidjo – Born Under Punches
https://amf.didiermary.fr/angelique-kidjo-remain-in-light/
Kidjo’s always been an eclectic singer… From her cover in 2018 of the Talking Heads album, “Remain In Light.”
“The record is a track-by-track re-imagination of the original, considered to be one of the greatest albums of the ‘80s and deeply influenced by music from West Africa, notably Fela Kuti‘s Afrobeat.” […]
#AngéliqueKidjo #Bénin #Cover #Global

2025-11-04 11:52:49 GMT

Nigeria Special 1970-76
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-special-1970-76/
“Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-76” is a compilation released in 2008.
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #Highlife #Nigeria

2025-10-26 19:59:29 GMT

TAXI KEBAB تاكسي كباب – Leïla Jiqqir & Romain Henry
https://taxikebab.bandcamp.com/album/visions-al-2ard
"At the crossroads of influences from all sides, Taxi Kebab is the collision between synthesizers, machines, modulated guitars and buzuq.
Through a poetic register in darija, Leïla Jiqqir interferes with the acid arpeggios led by Romain Henry (machines).
Mainly electronic, their influences are haunted by the specter of North African roots. A rough, psyche sound, disoriented and 'disoriental'."
#Electro

2025-10-25 14:18:00 GMT

Pablo Nouvelle Feat. Angelique Kidjo – Milambi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pablo-nouvelle-angelique-kidjo-milambi/
Beninese legend Angelique Kidjo, fresh from her 4th Grammy, explored electronic music with Swiss DJ/producer Pablo Nouvelle on ‘Milambi,’ first track/single from the newly released EP Eliso (2020).
#AngéliqueKidjo #Bénin #Electro

2025-10-24 20:24:53 GMT

Bembeya Jazz - Wa Kele
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3JlD2IO0AU
This is quite a cover for this album released in 1989. The song above has some Zouk influences...
https://www.discogs.com/release/3488027-Bembeya-Jazz-W%C3%A2-K%C3%A9l%C3%AA
#80sMusic #Guinea
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2025-10-23 11:33:57 GMT

Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble – Min He Mon Egbé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/helsinki-cotonou-ensemble-min-he-mon-egbe/
I met Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble a few years ago and even organized a live show in the suburbs of Cotonou in 2015, with a few members of the Alle’sTones band I produced at the time.
This song is from their 3rd album, released in 2021. Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble is a Finnish–Beninese Afrobeat and Funk band, founded […]
#Bénin #AfroBeat #Finland

2025-10-17 18:30:45 GMT

Hama – Houmeissa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/hama-houmeissa/
Nigerien composer Hama presents an album of traditional electronic desert folk songs, hovering somewhere between early 90s techno and synthwave. Nomadic herding ballads, ancient caravan songs, and ceremonial wedding chants are all re-imagined into pieces seemingly lifted from a Saharan 1980s sci-fi soundtrack or score to a Tuareg video game. With a deep love and […]
#80smusic #Niger #Electro

2025-10-15 19:32:20 GMT

Fela Kuti – Birth Anniversary
https://amf.didiermary.fr/birth-anniversary-fela-kuti/
This is the anniversary of Fela Kuti‘s birth (15 October 1938 – 2 August 1997).
Regarded, with Tony Allen, as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, he was referred to as one of Africa’s most “challenging and charismatic music performers,” at the height of his popularity.
For this birth anniversary, it’s also important to remember that […]
#AIDS #FelaKuti #Nigeria #AfroBeat

2025-10-15 10:53:57 GMT

Babatunde Olatunji – Jin-Go-Lo-Ba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/babatunde-olatunji-jin-go-lo-ba/
Here’s where Carlos Santana found the basis for his version… it’s from the great Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji, who lived in USA, and worked with John Coltrane.
Enjoy!
His music was also “covered” by French singer Serge Gainsbourg...
#Drums #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic

2025-10-09 18:43:36 GMT

Thievery Corporation – Vampires Feat. Femi Kuti
https://amf.didiermary.fr/thievery-corporation-vampires-femi-kuti/
“Vampires” featuring Femi Kuti comes from the album, “Radio Retaliation” by Thievery Corporation in 2008.
Radio Retaliation is the fifth studio album by American electronic music duo Thievery Corporation, released on September 23, 2008, and was intended to be a political album.
#FelaKuti #Nigeria #Remixed #Soundcloud #AfroBeat #Electro

2025-10-09 18:40:49 GMT

Oum – Nia (from Zarabi)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/oum-nia-zarabi/
In September 2015, Oum released her fourth album “Zarabi”, which means “Carpets” in Moroccan Darija and is a tribute to the carpet weavers of the village of M’Hamid El Ghizlane in the Sahara region of the Moroccan South.
#Morocco

2025-10-05 20:35:08 GMT

King Sunny Ade live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-sunny-ade-live/
The King of Juju Music, King Sunny Ade live!
Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye (born September 1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success, and has been called one of the most influential musicians [...]
#80smusic #FullAlbum #JujuMusic #LiveMusic #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic

2025-10-03 14:37:58 GMT

Les Tambours de Brazza
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tambours-brazza-congo-drums-1996/
Le magnifique son des Tambours de Brazza sur l’album “Congo Drums” en 1996. Quatorze percussionnistes congolais créent un fabuleux voyage à travers les rites les plus profonds de l’Afrique centrale. Un enregistrement remarquable !
Créé en 1991 sous la direction artistique d’Émile Biayenda, le groupe allie tradition et modernité, offrant des rythmes de toute l’Afrique, […]
#Congo #Drums #FullAlbum

2025-10-02 15:39:26 GMT

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

2025-09-29 18:02:53 GMT

Fela Kuti – Gentleman (LP)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-gentleman-lp/
1973’s “Gentleman” is the 7th in the series of celebratory Fela 50th Anniversary reissues. Like Fela’s other early 70’s releases, he used each side of his LPs to create a deep groove that pulls the listener in and follows with metaphoric lyrics that call out and critique the corrupt hangover of colonialism. Gentleman is the […]
#70smusic #FelaKuti #Nigeria #AfroBeat

2025-09-23 14:33:38 GMT

Charles & Frida Sonko – Nawuliranga (1968)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frida-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/
Nawuliranga, by Charles & Frida Sonko with Orchestre Melo Success comes from a rare compilation “THE KAMPALA SOUND – 1960s UGANDAN DANCE MUSIC” (Original Music, 1988, recorded in Kenya) A lovely sampler of some rare and half-forgotten pop from mid-’60s Uganda. A poor nation, Uganda’s music industry was modest, particularly
#60smusic #Compilation #FullAlbum #Uganda #OldAfricanMusic

2025-09-21 20:07:16 GMT

Afel Bocoum – Avion
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afel-bocoum-avion/
Celebrated Malian songwriter and guitarist Afel Bocoum released his studio album “Lindé” in 2020. The first single taken from the record, titled “Avion,” is a playful and optimistic tribute to air travel. The song really does “take off”, soaring skywards on a beat that’s close to Congolese Soukous, with the guitars of Mamadou Kelly, Oumar […]
#Mali #Folk

2025-09-12 17:01:27 GMT

Biko – Peter Gabriel, Manu Dibango & Playing For Change
https://amf.didiermary.fr/biko-peter-gabriel-playing-for-change/
Today in September 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko was murdered in police custody.
#RememberSteveBiko ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
#AngeliqueKidjo #ManuDibango #SouthAfrica

2025-09-04 19:41:55 GMT

Blue Note Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blue-note-africa/
In 2022, the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records and UMG Africa launched a new brand to promote African Jazz outside of the continent.
The first release, in January 2023, was an album by South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini “In The Spirit Of Ntu.” […]
#EPK #FullAlbum #Jazz #Piano #SouthAfrica

2025-05-20 22:11:21 GMT

Very open idea: now that this account is fast approaching 300 followers (3x the number I've ever had via turning the blog into an ActivityPub instance), would some of you be interested in receiving the (3?) latest posts in your mailbox (a "newsletter" of sort)?

2025-05-09 13:21:40 GMT

Guitars on the road…
When you’re a #DesertBlues musician, there aren’t so many ways to travel with your guitars…
Source: unknown
#Photography
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2025-02-09 13:02:32 GMT

"Thomas Sankara playing his red strat into a Peavey amp."
https://imgur.com/gallery/thomas-sankara-playing-his-red-strat-into-peavey-amp-vfGZCtC
#Guitar #BurkinaFaso #Photography
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2025-02-01 14:55:04 GMT

Miriam Makeba & Nina Simone – Thulasizwe
https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-nina-simone-thulasizwe/
Nina Simone collaborated with Miriam Makeba on the song “Thulasizwe / I Shall Be Released” and on May 21st, 1961, performed at Carnegie Hall for Church of the Master’s annual benefit concert. […]
#Gospel #Jazz #MiriamMakeba #SouthAfrica #NinaSimone

2025-01-18 09:55:31 GMT

President Thomas Sankara is surrounded by Miriam Makeba (South Africa), Tshala Muana (Congo), Nahawa Doumbia (Mali) and Nayanka Bell (Ivory Coast) during the concert of African female artists in 1986 in Burkina Faso. The concept was called the "clash of the Stars".
Sankara was passionate about music and very committed to the cause of women.
He was assassinated in 1987.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sankara
#Africa #AfricanMusic
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2024-12-28 21:57:24 GMT

Lionel Loueke – Cantaloupe Island
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lionel-loueke-cantaloupe-island/
HH, released in 2020, album of solo guitar reworkings of Herbie Hancock’s music by Lionel Loueke.
HH is an album from Lionel Loueke playing the music of his long-term mentor, the legendary Herbie Hancock.
Known for his ability to “transform the guitar into a virtual Afro-Western orchestra” (Jazz Times), he is a musician who transcends genre […]
#Benin #Cover #Jazz #Guitar
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