Ayra Starr: Tiny Desk Concert
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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.The album was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category [...]
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Smahila & The S.B.’s
https://amf.didiermary.fr/smahila-sbs-african-movement/
2 tracks (African Movement & Natural Points), both 18+ minutes long, on this LP from 1977, by Smahila & The S.B.’s, known for their fusion of traditional beats with elements of Funk, Jazz, and Highlife.
When listening, ask yourself: is this feeling more like Fela Kuti or James Brown?
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Dele Sosimi – Turbulent Times
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dele-sosimi-turbulent-times/
“Turbulent Times” is an album by musician and producer Dele Sosimi in 2002. Since mid-90s is based in London and words of the new generation of musicians, bands, and collectives emerging there (Kokoroko, Onipa, Keleketla!, etc.)
Dele’s career began when he joined Fela Kuti‘s Egypt 80, where he played keyboards for seven years (1979-1986). [...]
#AfroFunk #FelaKuti #FemiKuti #Jazz #Nigeria #Remixed #AfroBeat #AfroJazz
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Femi Kuti – The World is Changing
https://amf.didiermary.fr/femi-kuti-world-changing/
Femi Kuti released his 8th album “No Place for My Dream” in 2013, with the single “The World is Changing”, three years after “Africa For Africa”.
Poverty is winning the game…
Are you ready to fight?
The cover shows a striking photo of a woman walking past a vast garbage heap, […]
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Lady Donli – Wonda Wonda Feat. DarkoVibes
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lady-donli-wonda-wonda-darkovibes/
Wonda Wonda is a non-album single in 2020 by Lady Donli, after the release of her first studio album in 2019, with many guests and various producers.
Zainab Elizabeth Donli, known professionally as Lady Donli, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. She is associated with Nigeria’s Alté music, a fusion genre that combines elements of […]
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William Onyeabor – Good Name
https://amf.didiermary.fr/william-onyeabor-good-name/
The side B on this 2-track album re-affirms the importance of having a good name “which is better than Silver and Gold”.
“No money, No money, No money, No money, No money can buy Good Name.” Can money buy your name? Money can’t buy mine.
Side ‘A’- “Let’s Fall In Love” preaches LOVE which is the […]
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Mike Aremu – Coat of Many Colours
https://amf.didiermary.fr/doxology-coat-many-colours/
“Coat of Many Colours” is an album by saxophonist Mike Aremu released in 2013. His music style is a sort of funky Gospel Jazz, and he received awards as innovative Saxophone composer at TOMA (Today’s Gospel Music Awards) and AMEN.
William Onyeabor – Why Go To War
https://amf.didiermary.fr/william-onyeabor-why-go-to-war/
Why go to war? Why not find peace, in this world?
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Lagbaja – Me (Full Album)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lagbaja-me/
Lágbájá (aka Òpátàmèdù) is a Nigerian musician, singer-songwriter and percussionist as well as a musical humourist.
His stage name means “anonymous” in the Yoruba language.
Lagbaja’s music is a symbolic bridge that connects the old to the new; the dangers, apprehension, and injustices of the Nigerian military era [see also Fela Kuti] to a new […]
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Patoranking – African Soldier Feat. Buju Banton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32oj4CeydbY
Siji – Sunchild EP (2014)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/siji-sunchild-home-grown/
The second born of twelve children to Nigerian émigrés in London, Siji (Awoyinka) spent much of his early childhood in Lagos and London before coming to the US to further pursue his musical ambitions. His own cultural heritage combined with the political and social movements of the age, exposed young Siji to the insurgent, politicized […]
Sir Victor Uwaifo – Guitar Boy
https://amf.didiermary.fr/guitar-boy-sir-victor-uwaifo/
Sir Victor Uwaifo (1941 – 2021) built his first guitar aged 12 (“Guitar Boy”) and went on to be awarded Africa’s first gold disc in 1969 (Wikipedia). His incessant energy have seen him record countless LPs and singles and become one of Nigeria’s true superstars, as part of the “Benin Sound.” A musician, poet, philosopher, […]
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Afro Blues – Orlando Julius & His Afro Sounders
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afro-blues-julius-orlando/
Orlando Julius was a titan of Nigerian Highlife, with a career spanning almost six decades as a saxophonist. He died in 2022. Afro Blues is found on a 7″ vinyl from 1972 and is also available on the compilation “Nigeria Afrobeat Special.”
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Orlando Julius – Disco Hi-Life
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orlando-julius-disco-hi-life/
“Disco Hi-Life” is a 4-track vinyl released in 1979 “this international year of the child, with love, peace and happiness,” this last part being the title of a song and LP by Orlando Julius in 1978.
#Disco #Highlife #Nigeria #OrlandoJulius #Vinyl #OldAfricanMusic
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BANTU – Disrupt The Programme
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bantu-disrupt-the-programme/
“Disrupt the Programme” was the first single from Bantu’s Everybody Get Agenda album in 2020, a few months before the EndSARS social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria that occurred in October of 2020.
The Lagos-based 13-piece band BANTU is led by Nigerian German singer and social activist Ade Bantu. […]
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PEDRO – Stuck On You (feat. Bryte)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pedro-stuck-on-you-bryte/
From the Lisbon global club scene, PEDRO (Pedro da Linha) teams up with Ghanaian MC Bryte for this infectious and dancefloor-ready ‘Stuck On You’.
Lisbon based PEDRO started making music when he was in school. Initially inspired by his older brother’s techno collection and the kizomba and kuduro he’d hear when he was hanging outside […]
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Asa – Murder in the USA
https://amf.didiermary.fr/asa-murder-usa-lucid/
Released in 2019, “Lucid” is the fourth studio album by Asa after five years of absence… Listen to 3 tracks below: Murder in the USA, Good Thing, and SBG (Satan Be Gone).
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https://www.europesays.com/3277554/ EU-funded AgriFI invests $2.5 million in Tomato Jos #BolaTinubu #Economy #EconomyOfEU #EconomyOfTheEU #EUEconomy #EUFundedAgricultureFinancingInitiative(AgriFI) #Europe #EuropeanUnion(EU) #News #Nigeria #NigerianNews #PeoplesGazette #TomatoJos
Dele Sosimi & Estuary 21
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dele-sosimi-estuary-21/
Bamidele Olatunbosun Sosimi, known as Dele Sosimi, the UK based Afrobeat ambassador, former band member of Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 and co-founder with Femi Kuti of the Positive Force finally unleashed his full debut album with The Estuary 21, entitled The Confluence LP in April 2024.
Afrobeat ambassador Dele Sosimi’s new album ‘The Confluence’ has […]
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JJC – African Skank
https://amf.didiermary.fr/jjc-african-skank/
JJC, aka Skillz, released “African Skank” in 2012, aiming at the dance floors. He’s also involved in music and talent promotion for artists and DJs.
Having left Nigeria when 14yo, he’s been part of the UK music scene for the last 20+ years.
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Eedris Abdulkareem – Jaga Jaga
https://amf.didiermary.fr/eedris-abdulkareem-jaga-jaga/
One of the first mainstream Nigerian rappers, Eedris Turayo Abdulkareem Ajenifuja (born December 1974), known as Eedris Abdulkareem, denounces in this 2004 song the reality in everyday Nigeria, the corruption and poor governance.
The song was banned from radio by former president Olusegun Obasanjo, but it gained significant public attention and became an anthem on […]
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Fela Kuti – Everything Scatter
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-everything-scatter/
2 songs are included in this 1975 LP: Everything Scatter / Who No Know Go Know.
Everything Scatter is about the person and actions of Fela and the members of Kalakuta Republic, which for a long time has become cause for controversy among the Nigerian public. Singing the song in the manner of a story […]
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Faith Martins - Dájú
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8nZgmfnLA4
Now that "AfrobeatS" is on the verge of disappearing for good... Nigerian artists are already working on what's next!
Africa Is The Future – Kologbo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/africa-future-kologbo/
Guitar legend Oghene Kologbo was born in Warri, Nigeria in 1957. His father was the well known highlife musician Joe King Kologbo. When Kologbo was a teenager, he began performing with the revolutionary Afrobeat master Fela Kuti. Kologbo went on to record more than 50 sides with Africa 70. He played the hypnotic tenor guitar […]
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