Femi Kuti – Wonder Wonder
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Wonder Wonder is the first track from the album Femi Kuti released in 1995, his third, on Motown’s Tabu Records label, to introduce Afrobeat to an international audience.
Sékou “Bembeya” Diabaté – Balake (1997)
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Sékouba Diabaté aka Sékou “Bembeya” Diabaté (born in 1944) is also known as “Dr Diabate” or “Diamond Fingers” and is part of Bembeya Jazz National in Guinea since its launch in 1961 (now as conductor since 2003).
Agboti Yawo Mawuena – Ablode Gbadja
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This well-known & revered Togolese singer fled his country and spent 20 years abroad (in Ghana and other countries) after his song “Ablode Gbadja*” was misunderstood in a period of political unrest in the country. He came back home in 2010.
* Ablodé is a word in Mina or Ewé for “independence” or “freedom”. […]
Africando – Yaye Boy
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“Yaye Boy” is a Salsa song, composed by Pape Seck, arranged by Boncana Maiga, on the second album by Africando, named “Sabador ( Vol.2)” and released in 1994.
Africando was initiated by producer Ibrahima Sylla from Côte d’Ivoire and Malian arranger Boncana Maiga of Fania All Stars. […]
Aby Ngana Diop
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Senegalese griot Aby Ngana Diop was famous for her taasu, a form of oral poetry spoken to the rhythmic accompaniment of sabar and tama drums. Taasu is typically created and performed by griot women (a class of poets, storytellers and/or musicians), with a lead taasukat (practitioner of taasu) performing her distinct style of heightened, rhythmically […]
