Fredy Massamba Feat. Tumi Molekane – Unity
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fredy-massamba-tumi-molekane-unity/
“Unity” is the first single from Makasi, the 2nd solo album by Fredy Massamba, released in 2013.
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Sam Mangwana – Georgette
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sam-mangwana-georgette/
“Georgette Eckins” on album “Sam Mangwana et l’African All Stars” released in 1978, when the band was rising.
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“Indépendance Cha Cha” revisited by Baloji
https://amf.didiermary.fr/independance-cha-cha-baloji/
Shot in the “Bon marché” (Barumbu) neighbourhood, at the heart of Kinshasa, featuring the late Wendo Kolosoy’s backing band, “Indépendance cha-cha – Le jour d’après” is a new take on the African independence anthem written in 1960 by Joseph “Grand Kallé” Kabasele and Nicolas “Dr. Nico” Kasanda.
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Scène musicale Africaine 80s à Paris
https://amf.didiermary.fr/explosion-scene-musicale-africaine-80s-paris/
Ce billet fait suite à un article de septembre 2018 sur l’explosion de la scène musicale africaine dans les années 80 à Paris, en particulier grâce au soutien de la diaspora, que j’avais lu en son temps… Si j’étais déjà “branché” musiques du continent, j’avais quitté Paris à cette époque et n’ai donc pas pu […]
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Requiem for a revolution
A sweeping, jazz-scored exploration of Cold War intrigue and African liberation, Johan Gimonprez’s 'Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat' lays bare the cultural and political battlegrounds where empires, artists, and freedom fighters clashed.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/01/requiem-for-a-revolution
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Ray Lema Quintet – Live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ray-lema-quintet-live/
Ray Lema Quintet live on stage at Africolor Festival in october 2012.
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Baloji – Buy Africa
https://amf.didiermary.fr/baloji-orchestre-katuba-kuku-buy-africa/
“Buy Africa” is a cover of Fela Kuti’s song by Baloji & L’Orchestre de la Katuba, Feat. Kuku for Red Hot + Fela, the tribute album released in 2013.
To understand where Fela’s musical quest began, you have to start with his education at London’s Trinity College School of Music. […]
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BBNG X FLOCKEY OCSCOR (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWYX0MIl1nE
Flockey puts words over the Canadian jazz group BADBADNOTGOOD's track "Cashmere".
Bitter Dream on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/flockey/flockey-ocscor-bitter-dream
BBNG IV on Bandcamp: https://badbadnotgoodofficial.bandcamp.com/album/iv
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