Nneka – My Love, My Love
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nneka-fairy-tales-my-love/
My Fairy Tales is the fifth album by singer Nneka, in March 2015. It was her first independent release on her own label Bushqueen Music. “My Love” is a very personal (and intimate) single…
Tim Lyre - ROCKETSHIP
https://youtu.be/fyEa3D4VN60
More info on Tim Lyre: https://amf.didiermary.fr/tim-lyre-worry/
Nneka - Go Within
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCsUyEFgl70
(I met Nneka in Cannes, FR, 15 years ago or so, when she was launching her career.)
Osa is a Nigerian-American pottery artist using traditional Nigerian and African techniques in a modern studio. She's just started a PeerTube channel featuring her works, you can follow at:
If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them at https://makertube.net/a/potterybyosa/videos
You can also follow her general non-video account at @potterybyosa@mastodon.social
#FeaturedPeerTube #Pottery #Nigeria #Africa #AfricanArt #PeerTube #PeerTubers
Fela Kuti – O.D.O.O. (Overtake…)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-o-d-o-o-overtake/
O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake – 1990) was the penultimate album of newly recorded studio material released by Fela before he passed in 1997. Like its immediate predecessor, Beasts Of No Nation (also 1989), and its followup, Underground System (1992), the album finds Fela continuing to campaign for human rights and social change despite the [...]
Davido’s appearance at 'Amapiano’s biggest concert' turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/davidos-jacket
#SouthAfrica #Nigeria #AfroHouse #Amapiano #Racism #AfroPhobia #AIAC
Seyi Vibez - Shaolin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fii73UidV4
Nigerian StreetPop from EP "Children of Africa"
Fújì music in Nigeria
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fuji-music-in-nigeria/
Fújì music fuses Islamic philosophy and wordsmithing with Yoruba poetry and meaning-making to create sound, idioms and recreational habits. It does this across social classes, from the wealthy in the corridors of political power to the poor at the fringe. Its messages, politics, performance styles, space and sophistication reflect a wide range of realities. However, […]
I've been listening to Dan Maraya on repeat today.
When I was growing up in Jos, #Nigeria, back in the 80s we only had 1 TV channel. Before transmission started at 4pm it'd show videos of a skinny guy playing a banjo and singing in Hausa.
That was Dan Maraya (dan in Hausa means 'of', maybe a little like 'Mac'). To be clear, I hated his music back then; I was into hip-hop. But today, I'm finding it comforting and nostalgic.
"There is no playbook for reducing exposure when people's homes are being sprinkled with lead dust from the sky."
The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People - The New York Times
#lead #Nigeria #environment #recycling
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/18/world/africa/lead-poisoning-car-battery.html
Fela Kuti – Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-teacher-nonsense-live/
Fela Anikulapo Kuti (and young Femi on sax) with Egypt 80: “Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense” live in England, at Glastonbury in 1984.
About the album
This 1986 album, produced by Wally Badarou, consists of only two very lengthy tracks and was described as a message to the Nigerian government on education and poor governance. […]
K1 de Ultimate – Talazo ’84
https://amf.didiermary.fr/k1-ultimate-talazo-84/
Fuji music, a style of music with deep roots in 50s traditional “Were” music performed to keep Yoruba Muslims entertained during the holy month of Ramadan, was also a battleground for a few artists like Wasiu Ayinde Marshall (aka K1 De Ultimate). Mid ’80s, Wasiu, one of the singers in Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister’s band, […]
Ekiti Sound – Testify
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ekiti-sound-testify/
“Abeg No Vex” is the first album released by Ekiti Sound in 2019.
Ekiti Sound spearheads a new musical dialogue between London and Lagos. His debut album wires novel musical circuitry into shape, soldering UK soundsystem culture, hip-hop and Afrobeat into new, haywire connections, a diverse chorus of global voices routed through its new configurations. […]
From the vault: 2022
Africa comes to Real World: revisiting albums by six legendary artists
https://realworldrecords.com/features/long-reads/africa-comes-to-real-world-revisiting-albums-by-six-legendary-artists/
https://realworldrecords.com/news/new-reissue-series-africa-sessions-at-real-world-out-this-june/
#Africa #RealWorld #AfricanMusic #Tanzania #BurkinaFaso #Morocco #Nigeria #Senegal #SierraLeone
Fela Kuti – Perambulator
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-perambulator/
Despite being credited to Egypt 80, “Perambulator” —backed with “Frustration”— was almost certainly recorded in January or early February 1977, years before the formation of the band.
On the original 1983 release, American trumpeter Lester Bowie, of the Art Ensemble of Chicago, was credited as guest soloist. Bowie stayed with Fela for a few weeks […]
Opika Pende – Africa At 78 RPM
https://amf.didiermary.fr/opika-pende-africa-78-rpm/
“Opika Pende: Africa at 78 RPM” is a 4-CD collection featuring 100 tracks, released in 2011, taken from rare 78 RPM recordings of African music (1909 to mid-1960s), none of which have ever been issued on CD.
Many African countries appear in this compilation, edited by Jonathan Ward: [...]
#Algeria #Compilation #Egypt #Ethiopia #FullAlbum #Mali #Morocco #Niger #Nigeria #Somalia #Tunisia #OldAfricanMusic
47 years ago today, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti died from injuries sustained the previous year, when Nigerian soldiers threw her out of a second-floor window during a raid on her son Fela’s home.
The feminist and revolutionary community organiser was 77 years old.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funmilayo_Ransome-Kuti
Listen to: Coffin For Head of State https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-coffin-head-state/
Newen Afrobeat & Seun Kuti – Zombie
https://amf.didiermary.fr/newen-afrobeat-seun-kuti-zombie/
A cover of Fela Kuti’s Zombie by Newen Afrobeat with Seun Kuti. In 2018, Newen Afrobeat returns to Nigeria to share with the Kuti family and participate in Felabration Lagos for the second time. A few months later, there is a new meeting between Seun and Newen Afrobeat, this time in Santiago de Chile on […]
Yoruba Yemoja float with 10,000 Litres of water by Mocidade Alegre Won the São Paulo Carnival 2026 in Brazil!
Yemọja (also: Yemaja, Yemanjá, Yemoyá, Yemayá, etc.) is a major water deity in the Yoruba religion.
She is an oriṣa, and the patron spirit of rivers, particularly the Ogun River in Nigeria, and of oceans in Cuban and Brazilian Orisha religions.
Rick Asikpo & Afro Fusion – Got To Be Me
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rick-asikpo-afro-fusion-got-to-be-me/
The funkiest of Nigerian musicians? Mythical soul and boogie album recorded in Louisiana in 1981 by multi-instrumentalist Rick Asikpo when he was studying in Houston, Texas.
Rick Asikpo started his musical career while studying in Houston, joining local Black Artist collective The People’s Workshop, before returning to Nigeria and releasing [...]
Blo – Chant To Mother Earth
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blo-chant-mother-earth/
In 1973 in Nigeria, Blo were the first Rock Trio to emerge from Africa. Their 1st album “Chapter 1” contains 8 tracks of infectious afro-rock, with Afrobeat foundations, mixed with western psychedelia, Rock and Funk of the late 60s, including “Chant To Mother Earth”.
Taken together, the names Berkely ‘Ike’ Jones (guitar), Laolu ‘Akins’ Akintobi […]
Opposite People by Fela Kuti & Afrika 70
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-afrika-70-opposite-people/
“Opposite People” by Fela Kuti is a rant expressing his aggravation with people who are contrary or go against the grain of the crowd.
His annoyance extends to a person who ruins the fun of a group of people dancing, or someone who is trying to speak seriously when […]
Afro Super-Feelings led by Segun Okeji
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afro-super-feelings-segun-okeji/
Afrobeat Disco/Funk from the vault… A 2-track LP Afro Super-Feelings Led By Segun Okeji released in 1970.
This is an album comprised of two super-rare Afrobeat disco/funk tracks from Lagos by the band Afro Super-Feelings, led by musician Segun Okeji. Segun Okeji was the tenor sax player in Fela Kuti‘s Koola Lobitos band in Nigeria […]
Fela Kuti – Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am (1972)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-trouble-sleep-yanga-wake-am-1972/
“Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am” comes from the 1972 album ‘Roforofo Fight‘. The Broken English translation of “Trouble Sleep Yanga Am” literally means: toying with a loaded gun or playing with fire. In the song, Fela sings about the limit to human endurance. It is unlike any other Fela song of the era – spacey, […]
Fela Kuti and Egypt 80 – Beasts Of No Nation (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-egypt-80-beasts-no-nation-live/
“Beasts of No Nation” a été produit par Wally Badarou. Fela Kuti commença à réfléchir à l’album pendant une détention pour infraction aux devises étrangères et termina la chanson à sa sortie de prison.
Il y accuse le gouvernement Nigérian et l’armée de diverses atteintes à l’égard des populations du pays. Il y évoque également [...]
