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Lagos All Routes

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Lagos All Routes (Juju, Highlife, Apala and Fuji) is a compilation of Nigerian music from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s, often considered the ‘golden age’ of African popular music. In Nigerian pidgin English, ‘chop-up’ makes figurative reference to a bountiful feast.

‘Lagos All Routes’ refers to the fact that while the [...]

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Fela Kuti – Waka Waka

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“Waka Waka” and “Se E Tun De” on this 45T from the sixties by Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos.

There’s a live version on the 3-disc set Highlife: Jazz and AfroSoul (1963-1969) below.

A collection of recordings made between 1963 and 1969 that provide unique insight into the beginnings of Kuti’s craft. […]

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Lagos Baby 1963-1969

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Some of Fela Kuti’s earliest recordings, with the Koola Lobitos band, are featured on the compilation Lagos Baby: 1963-1969, but the music he played at the time stretches from mostly fairly classic Highlife music to variations of jazzy-bluesy Highlife… […]

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Tunde Nightingale & His Highlife Boys – Omo Lafiah / Araba

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Earnest Olatunde Thomas, known as Tunde Nightingale, was a Nigerian singer and guitarist, best known for his unique Jùjú music style, following in the tradition of Tunde King…

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Jazz​/​The African Sound

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“Jazz​/​The African Sound” by Chris McGregor & The Castle Lager Big Band, one of the most important African records of all time, a lost global jazz classic, and a true holy grail for collectors of Jazz and WorldJazz.

Christopher McGregor (1936 – 1990) was a South African Jazz pianist, bandleader and composer born in Somerset […]

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Highlife Time

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“Highlife Time – Nigerian and Ghanaian Sound from the 60s and Early 70s” a 2xCD or 2xLP compilation by Vampi Soul.

Highlife, dance music played mostly in Ghana and Nigeria, represents one of the century’s first fusions of African roots and western music, and before 1970 it ruled dancefloors across much of West Africa. […]

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