🎶🎶 Grito De Bo Fidje – Boy Gé Mendes

📨 Like many in France at the time, I discovered Boy Gé Mendes, the Cape Verdean guitarist and vocalist, born in 1952 in Dakar, Sénégal, through an ad on TV. But there's more to his career than the song "Grito De Bo Fidje".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Eq5vfZeWoA

With his brother Jean-Claude, M

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/boy-ge-mendes-grito-de-bo-fidje/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #80smusic #Brazil #CaboVerde #Cumbia #Sngal

🎶🎶 King Sunny Ade – King of Juju music

📨 A few songs by the King of Juju Music, King Sunny Ade & His African Beats, from album "The Message" in 1981.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1JG2MjqBAk
Baba Orun A Mbe O

Tracklist

A1 Baba Orun A Mbe OA2 Igbala Ni MofeA3 Oro Dugbe DugbeA4 Ko S'Agbe Mo LokoA5 Mo Beru Oruko T'Aiye NjeB1 Ma J'Aiye OniB2 Alhaji Bode O

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-sunny-ade-king-of-juju-music/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #JujuMusic #Nigeria

🎶🎶 Kabaka International Guitar Band

📨 Kabaka International Guitar Band, lead by G. Kabaka Opara, who was part of the legendary Oriental Brothers Band International, but walked out of the group in 1977, to set up his own band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5S1mJJdriI
1978

A1 - Ewu Ala Ala Oduya di Na MiriB1 - Ndidi Kamma Nu Uwa (@ 19:05)

https://www.youtu

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/kabaka-international-guitar-band/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #Highlife #Nigeria

🎶🎶 Lobi Traore – Sigui nyongon son fo (live)

📨 Ali Farka Toure said Lobi Traore was the greatest Malian guitar player...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nIGO01xIgg
Live at Bar Bozo - 1995 / Bamako Nights

Bamako Nights captures the incendiary genius of Lobi Traoré, a soulful singer/songwriter and blazing electric guitarist of Mali, who

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/lobi-traore-sigui-nyongon-son-fo/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #90smusic #AliFarkaToure #LiveMusic #Mali

🎶🎶 The Cranes, everyone’s grandfathers

📨 Après plus de 40 ans d'absence, The Cranes, le groupe ougandais, gloire des années Idi Amin Dada, est réapparu sur scène l'année dernière au Nyege Nyege Festival, suite au travail et aux recherches d'un réalisateur néerlandais pour son documentaire sur la disparition d'un des musiciens.

They came with guns,

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-cranes-band-uganda/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #60smusic #70smusic #Rumba #Uganda

🎶🎶 Ladysmith Black Mambazo – Yinhle Lentombi

📨 Yinhle Lentombi translates to "This Lady Is Beautiful" and comes from their 6th studio album Shintsha Sithothobala which was released in 1975.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzhDGvGrpT8

Shintsha Sithothobala, released in 1975 unlike most of the output of the group by this time, does not include any d

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/ladysmith-black-mambazo-yinhle-lentombi/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #70smusic #SouthAfrica

🎶🎶 O. K. Jazz – Tcha Tcha Tcha de Mi Amor

📨 This song "Tcha Tcha Tcha de Mi Amor" appears on Congo Revolution – Revolutionary and Evolutionary Sounds from the Two Congos 1955-62 - a compilation that explores the Congolese rumba explosion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvUzSgUCwlk
Brazzos et OK Jazz

"A look at the explosion o

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/ok-jazz-tcha-tcha-tcha-de-mi-amor/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #Compilation #Congos #FrancoLuambo #Rumba #Spotify

🎶🎶 Franco & l’OK Jazz – Mado (Infidélité)

📨 "Mado" (Infidélité) is a classic from 1969, composed by bass player Céli Bitshou, sung by Franco, Youlou and Boyibanda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF-Er3l9ix4

Through the 1960s, Franco and O.K. Jazz toured regularly and recorded prolifically. By 1967, Franco was a co-leader of the band, with vocalis

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/franco-ok-jazz-mado/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #60smusic #Congos #FrancoLuambo #Rumba

🎶🎶 Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa

📨 Afro Psych (Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa 1972 - 1977) is a compilation, presenting the music style that emerged after the Biafra war and "the feelings of confusion and anger permeating Nigeria's music, giving way to heavier, trippier sounds." Read more here.

https://www.youtube.com

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/journeys-psychedelic-africa-1972-1977-afro-psych/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #70smusic #Compilation #Nigeria #Psychedelic

🎶🎶 Los Fantasios – Assez Pleuré

📨 From "Soul Sega Sa ! Indian Ocean Segas From The 70s"

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/los-fantasios-assez-pleure/
#️⃣ #Folk #OldAfricanMusic #70smusic #Compilation #LaRunionIle #Maloya #Mauritius #Sega

🎶🎶 From Nubia to Cairo – Ali Hassan Kuban

📨 Ali Hassan Kuban is considered The Godfather of Nubian Soul. "From Nubia to Cairo" was first released in the 80s, and revisited in 2018 as "the first milestone in urban Nubian Pop".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKLLk1zdG_Y
Yah Nasma Yah Halina (1990)

From a self-taught musician exploring his Nubian people’s musica

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/nubia-cairo-ali-hassan-kuban/
#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #Pop #80smusic #Egypt

🎶🎶 Nigeria Disco Funk Special

📨 "Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79" is a compilation released in 2008.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqF7HCMsTx4

Tracklist

The Sahara All Stars – Take Your Soul 7:07

Bongos Ikwue & The Gr

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-disco-funk-special/?mtm_campaign=AutoPost&mtm_kwd=DirectAMF&mtm_source=Mastodon

#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #70smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #Disco #Nigeria

🎶🎶 Babatunde Olatunji – Jin-Go-Lo-Ba

📨 Here's where Carlos Santana found the basis for his version... it's from the great Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji, who lived in USA, and worked with John Coltrane.Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhFyF8dvU4

His music was also "covered" by French singer Serg

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/babatunde-olatunji-jin-go-lo-ba/?mtm_campaign=AutoPost&mtm_kwd=DirectAMF&mtm_source=Mastodon

#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #Nigeria

🎶🎶 AfricaFunk Index (compilations)

📨 A quick post as an "AfricaFunk Index" to various compilations on the African Music Forum blog.

AfricaFunk Index

Africa Funk – The Original Sound of 70’s

African Scream Contest

Afrobeat

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/africafunk-index-compilations/?mtm_campaign=AutoPost&mtm_kwd=DirectAMF&mtm_source=Mastodon

#️⃣ #AfroBeat #OldAfricanMusic #SoulFunkRnB #70smusic #80smusic #AfroFunk #Cameroon #CteDIvoire #Disco #Nigeria

🎶🎶 Beauties – Aselefech Ashine & Getenesh Kebret – ሸ​ገ​ኔ​ዎ​ች

📨 "Beauties" is a lost classic of the Ethiopian Golden Age, released in 1976.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHDxSgW8CbM
Amlak Abet Abet

On this 1976 gem of a record, Aselefech Ashine and Getenesh Kebret’s voices inte

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/aselefech-ashine-getenesh-kebret-beauties/?mtm_campaign=AutoPost&mtm_kwd=DirectAMF&mtm_source=Mastodon

#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #Ethiopia

🎶🎶 Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes – Tisha

📨 From Sir Victor Uwaifo & His Melody Maestroes – Sir Victor Uwaifo Big Sound in 1969.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-TPqceF1JA

More music on AMF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa5J_qJBdlw
Full album

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/sir-victor-uwaifo-melody-maestroes-tisha/?mtm_campaign=AutoPost&mtm_kwd=DirectAMF&mtm_source=Mastodon

#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #60smusic #Highlife #Nigeria

🎶🎶 Two Niles to Sing a Melody

📨 "Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan" is a journey through the golden age of Sudanese music and a restoration of this forgotten heritage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ3q-H7lGwc

Two Niles to Sing a Melody: The Violins & Synths of Sudan de Variou

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/two-niles-sing-melody-sudan/?mtm_campaign=AutoPost&mtm_kwd=DirectAMF&mtm_source=Mastodon

#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #Compilation #Sudans

🎶🎶 Lalo Keba Dramé – Bamba Bojang

📨 An old griot song by Lalo Keba Dramé (Lalo Kebba Drammeh), the Kora virtuoso from SeneGambia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJtUSEpc3pI

This song was composed in honour of Alhaji Bamba Bodian or Ledjè, a wealthy merchant of the XIX century, king of Sumakunda (Gambia)

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/lalo-keba-drame-bamba-bojang/?mtm_campaign=AutoPost&mtm_kwd=DirectAMF&mtm_source=Mastodon

#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #Gambia #Kora

🎶🎶 Ebo Taylor – Palaver

📨 "Palaver" is a long-lost, previously unreleased 1980 album from Ghanaian guitarist and songwriter Ebo Taylor.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHjHzXmCwbk
Make you no mind

"This was done with my touring band, pretty much the same guys as on the Essiebons records I was

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/ebo-taylor-palaver/?mtm_campaign=AutoPost&mtm_kwd=DirectAMF&mtm_source=Mastodon

#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #80smusic #EboTaylor #Ghana #Highlife

🎶🎶 Super Mama Djombo – Luta Kana Maina #1

📨 "Luta Kana Maina n°1" is from album "Na Cambança" by Super Mama Djombo at the end of the 70s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YV54_s6e14
Luta Kana Maina #1

Super Mama Djombo is a band from Guinea-Bissau who sing in Guinea-Bissau Creole.

🔗 https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-mama-djombo-luta-kana-maina/?mtm_campaign=AutoPost&mtm_kwd=DirectAMF&mtm_source=Mastodon

#️⃣ #OldAfricanMusic #80smusic #GuineaBissau #LiveMusic