Dark Suburb – The Awakening
https://amf.didiermary.fr/awakening-dark-suburb/
Dark Suburb is an alt-rock band from Ghana. They started their musical journey in 2015.
Despite their intimidating stage personas, the band advocates a social perspective that looks beyond the confines of Ghana’s highly class-, gender-, and ethnicity-structured society. The “We are all skeletons” slogan looks to bones, not as symbols of death and warning, […]
Harari – Musikana
https://amf.didiermary.fr/harari-musikana/
2 classic albums from psychedelic South African afro-rock were re-released in 2021: Rufaro, which contains the song Musikana, and Beaters / Harari.
The Beaters – Harari was released in 1975. After changing their name, Harari went into the studio late in 1976 to record their follow-up, Rufaro / Happiness. In 1976 they were voted [...]
#70smusic #altRock #Psychedelic #SoulJazz #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic
New WITCH album (2025)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/new-witch-album-sogolo/
Zamrock is alive, bringing us the Zambian 70s sound back…
SOGOLO the latest WITCH album, released in June 2025.
Original WITCH frontman Emmanuel “Jagari” Chanda, the only surviving original member, and ’80s-era keyboardist, Patrick Mwondela recorded SOGOLO in Berlin.
Written by guest singer Theresa Ng’Ambi, the song “Nadi” offers Rock vibes, between Black Sabbath and […]
Hoba Hoba Spirit – El Caid Motorhead (2005)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/hoba-hoba-spirit-el-caid-motorhead/
Hoba Hoba Spirit is a musical fusion band based in Casablanca, Morocco that was formed in 1998.
R.I.P Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister, Motörhead frontman
From their album Blad Skizo released in 2005.
Is Metal / (Hard) Rock music un-African?
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rock-music-un-african/
An unfortunately popular myth is that Rock music, such as Metal or HardRock, is un-African, a genre for white people in which Africans are under represented. This myth needs to be debunked. The African continent has birthed several diverse and thriving rock scenes throughout the years, from Zamrock to Nigerian psychedelic [...]
The Heavy Metal Subculture of Botswana
https://amf.didiermary.fr/heavy-metal-subculture-botswana/
“There’s a competition between them to see who can look the most brutal,” says South African photographer Franck Marshall, who calls his subjects the renegades– ‘an underground minority rebelling against the status quo, redrawing the borders of both Heavy Metal and orthodox culture in Botswana’.
In 2008, South African photographer [...]
الموجة – AYWA – Lmouja
https://amf.didiermary.fr/aywa-lmouja/
“AYWA distills an explosive mixture which invites people to gather and dance, a meeting between the songs of the Maghreb and the musics of the world, Rock, Jazz…
By merging the music of North Africa and the world with the electric sounds of the West, AYWA delivers an attractive and original music, energetic and rebellious.The band […]
Positive Vodoun – BIM
https://amf.didiermary.fr/positive-vodoun-bim/
BIM, Bénin International Musical, is more a musical project than a band. Their new album “Positive Vodoun,” labeled as “Afro Rock Voodoo,” mixes Rock and Rap to their traditional rythmic Vodun roots.
Initiated by the Deputy Director at the channels and contents Department in Radio France, also Chairman of the EBU Eurosonic Group (European Broadcasting Union), […]
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – Siran Fen
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bassekou-kouyate-ngoni-ba-siran-fen/
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba’s fourth album “Ba Power” (2015) is a striking, career defining record marked by mesmerizing songs, razor-sharp riffs and full-throttle emotions. Following two years of worldwide touring for the much heralded Jama Ko album, Bassekou’s band, Ngoni Ba, has turned up the volume and dynamics significantly [...]
Crow Black Sky – Stars of God
https://amf.didiermary.fr/crow-black-sky-stars-god/
Crow Black Sky is a cosmic black metal band from Cape Town, South Africa, with roots dating back to 2009.
“Stars of God” is a track from their album “Pantheion” in 2010. They released their latest albums called “Sidereal Light”, part 1 in 2018 et part 2 in 2023.
Fruits and Veggies – A Clean Page
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fruits-veggies-clean-page/
Fruits and Veggies was a Gypsy AltRock and Ska-Punk band from Durban, that started in 2008 with Zinhle Purity Mkhize as lead singer, a quite powerful personality on the South African scene.
Tamikrest – Assikel
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tamikrest-assikel/
The iconic Saharan rock band’s sixth album, Assikel, is by turns intimate, raw and deeply atmospheric. Recorded on analogue tape, with the band playing live and direct, the album fully captures their instinctive interplay and hypnotic presence.
Songs of resistance, community and longing. Music for this moment.
Featuring: Ibrahim Ag Alhabib (Tinariwen)
Bamba Wassoulou Groove – Dankélé
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bamba-wassoulou-groove-dankele/
Bamba Wassoulou Groove, a collective of five musicians, founded in Bamako in 2013 by the late Bamba Dembelé—percussionist and co-founder of the iconic Super Djata Band— is rooted in the rich legacy of Malian music.
ThreadStone Rox – God Heal Nigeria
https://amf.didiermary.fr/threadstone-rox-god-heal-nigeria/
Pop-Rock from Nigeria
Zambia’s 70s Psych Rock Scene (aka Zamrock) explained in a short film below!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/zambia-70s-psych-rock-scene-zamrock/
Zamrock thrived for only a few years in the mid-70s, but its bands produced some incredibly catchy rock anthems. Taking influence from a diverse range of sounds like Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground, afrobeat and Zambian folk, Zamrock is an incredibly rich [...]
#70smusic #altRock #Documentary #Psychedelic #Rock #Zambia #Zamrock
Keziah Jones – African Space Craft
https://amf.didiermary.fr/keziah-jones-african-space-craft/
African Space Craft is an album by Keziah Jones, released in 1995.
Idriss El Mehdi – No Problem
https://amf.didiermary.fr/idriss-el-mehdi-no-problem/
From album “Wild Bird” by Idriss El Mehdi in 2013. The incomparable groove of Keziah Jones, the warm voice and mythic slides of Ben Harper and the profound mystique of maalem gnaoui Mahmoud Guinea in a single project : afro-gnawa soul has finally revived and fused with original blues, replacing the double bass and electric […]
Mehdi Qamoum – Ana W Ana (Live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mehdi-qamoum-ana-w-ana/
Mehdi Qamoum is a versatile composer and multi-instrumentalist based in Agadir. A traditional gnawa musician, Mehdi has mastered numerous folk instruments including guembri, outar, karbaou, bendir and a custom guembri four-string electric bass which he built himself. [...]
Skata Vibration – Centre of Excellence
https://amf.didiermary.fr/skata-vibration-centre-excellence/
Skata Vibration is an eclectic four man band from Nigeria. Their music is a fusion of African rhythm and grunge rock. It speaks about inequalities, politics, love, hate, pain, pleasure and the everyday life of driven musicians living in Lagos.
Skata Vibration brings psychedelic afro-rock back to Lagos, drawing from the city’s 60s and 70s […]
Songhoy Blues – Worry
https://amf.didiermary.fr/optimisme-heritage-songhoy-blues-worry/
Songhoy Blues switched to acoustic instruments and invited many friends for their album “Héritage,” released in January 2025. A return to their roots, a chance to recharge. This follows “Optimisme” in 2020, with the single “Worry.”
Don’t worry
You’re gonna be happy
Keep working today
That smile will come one day
[…]
Sinkane – Ya Sudan
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sinkane-ya-sudan/
Sinkane (born Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab) is a Sudanese-American musician who blends prog rock, electronica, free jazz and funk rock with Sudanese pop.
Sudanese music is already an amalgamation at the intersection of Arabic, Ethiopian and West African musical styles. But Ahmed Gallab, the lead singer and mastermind behind the band, also has [...]
Ibibio Sound Machine – Tell Me (Doko Mien)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ibibio-sound-machine-tell-me-doko-mien/
Ibibio Sound Machine is an English electronic afro-funk band from London, formed in 2013. Doko Mien is their third album, released in 2019.
Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West African funk, disco, and […]
LohArano – Tandroka
https://amf.didiermary.fr/loharano-tandroka/
“Tandroka” is a song by LohArano, from their first EP.Their studio album “Lohamboto” in 2021 mixes (Hard) Rock and Malagasy ternary rhythms.
LohArano affirms their mixed heritage that created their story. It’s a parable of Malagasy’s past, present and future identity told through their bubbling rock fusion combining electric guitars and mystical sounds [...]
The Dizzy Brains
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dizzy-brains-maso-mahita/
The Dizzy Brains is a garage rock band, as there are many around the world, except they are from Madagascar, one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world.The quartet started their music career 10+ years ago in Antananarivo. Their latest album, Maso Mahita (“the eyes that see”), was released in September 2024. […]
Ofege – Try and Love (1973)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ofege-try-love-1973/
The first time a group of teenagers snuck out of St. Gregory’s College in Lagos to audition at a recording studio, they were told to go back and focus on their studies. But they didn’t give up. In the early 1970s, the group, including Melvin Ukachi, Paul Alade, Dapo Olumide, and M-Ike Meme, formed Ofege. […]
