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<p>E.T. Mensah &amp; His Tempos Band – FomFom</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/et-mensah-tempos-band-fomfom/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/et-mensah-tempos-band-fomfom/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/et-mensah-te</span><span class="invisible">mpos-band-fomfom/</span></a></p><p>The original “Tempos” band was formed in 1946 as a “jam session” group by some European soldiers stationed in Accra. It played for army dances and at the Accra club. Over time, African musicians replaced the European ones, until finally it became an all-African band. Mensah joined the band in 1947. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/50smusic/" rel="tag">#50smusic</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a></p>

<p>“Cool Cats Invasion” is a classic collection (102 tracks) of Highlife, Palm-wine music &amp; Jùjú from Nigeria &amp; Ghana, from the 50’s &amp; 60’s.</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/cool-cats-invasion-highlife/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/cool-cats-invasion-highlife/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/cool-cats-in</span><span class="invisible">vasion-highlife/</span></a></p><p>This compilation includes unavailable tracks by Earnest Olatunde Thomas, known as Tunde Nightingale or The Western Nightingale, as well as legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Ransome Kuti‘s first recordings of […]</p><p><a href="/tags/50smusic/" rel="tag">#50smusic</a> <a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/jujumusic/" rel="tag">#JujuMusic</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/palmwinemusic/" rel="tag">#PalmWineMusic</a></p>

<p>Easy Motion Tourist</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/easy-motion-tourist/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/easy-motion-tourist/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/easy-motion-</span><span class="invisible">tourist/</span></a></p><p>If you love old African music, from the Golden Age of Nigerian music in particular, you’ve known the song “Easy Motion Tourist”, made popular by Fatai Rolling Dollar in his last records before his death. But, there’s a long story behind this song since the ‘50s: who created it, who made it famous…<br>What’s for […]</p><p><a href="/tags/50smusic/" rel="tag">#50smusic</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/palmwinemusic/" rel="tag">#PalmWineMusic</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Saka Acquaye</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/saka-acquaye/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/saka-acquaye/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/saka-acquaye</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>Saka Acquaye (1923 – 2007) was a Ghanaian painter, sculptor, textile designer, teacher, arts administrator, dramatist, composer and multi-instrumentalist.</p><p>He founded the African Ensemble while in the US and, as its leader, recorded an album under the ELEKTRA label. This group was made up of American musicians. He also put together a group known as […]</p><p><a href="/tags/50smusic/" rel="tag">#50smusic</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Zulu Guitar Blues: Cowboys, Troubadours and Jilted Lovers 1950–1965.</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/zulu-guitar-blues/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/zulu-guitar-blues/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/zulu-guitar-</span><span class="invisible">blues/</span></a></p><p>&quot;But for this compilation of rescued songs masterfully restored from rare 78 rpm shellacs, few could imagine the diversely beautiful roots of Zulu Guitar Music emerging during the period 1950 – 1965. Story-tellers and master musicians [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/50smusic/" rel="tag">#50smusic</a> <a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/mbaqanga/" rel="tag">#Mbaqanga</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>If You Want to Make a Lover</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/if-you-want-to-make-a-lover/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/if-you-want-to-make-a-lover/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/if-you-want-</span><span class="invisible">to-make-a-lover/</span></a></p><p>“Palm Wine, Akan Blues &amp; Early Guitar Highlife, Pt. I &amp; II” is a collection encompassing Akan blues, PalmWine and early guitar-based Highlife music, with recordings dating from the late 1920s through to the end of the 1950s.</p><p>The music included here can probably all be said to have all stemmed from a style that […]</p><p><a href="/tags/50smusic/" rel="tag">#50smusic</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a> <a href="/tags/palmwinemusic/" rel="tag">#PalmWineMusic</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a> <a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a></p>

<p>African Jazz &amp; Grand Kalle – Parafifi (1957)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/african-jazz-grand-kalle-parafifi-1957/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/african-jazz-grand-kalle-parafifi-1957/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/african-jazz</span><span class="invisible">-grand-kalle-parafifi-1957/</span></a></p><p>Enregistrée dès 1953, en 78T, la chanson “Parafifi” a beaucoup évolué au fil du temps et de la composition des orchestres qui accompagnent alors l’artiste Joseph Kabasele alias Kallé.</p><p>Quelle est la signification du titre ?<br>C’est tout simplement la contraction de deux prénoms en dédicace à Paraiso (Para), béninois et ami de Kallé, et […]</p><p><a href="/tags/50smusic/" rel="tag">#50smusic</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a></p>

<p>Miriam Makeba &amp; The Skylarks (1956-59)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-the-skylarks-1956-59/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-the-skylarks-1956-59/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeb</span><span class="invisible">a-the-skylarks-1956-59/</span></a></p><p>The Skylarks were an all-woman South African vocal group, founded by Miriam Makeba in 1956. The original lineup comprised Makeba and Johanna Radebe, Mary Rabotapi, and Mummy Girl Nketle. Later, Helen Van Rensburg and Abigail Kubeka replaced Radebe. They played a blend of South African (mbombela, kwela) and Zulu music, jazz and jive/swing. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/50smusic/" rel="tag">#50smusic</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>