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<p>Amara Touré – Temedy / Lamento Cubano</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/amara-toure-lamento-cubano-temedy/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/amara-toure-lamento-cubano-temedy/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/amara-toure-</span><span class="invisible">lamento-cubano-temedy/</span></a></p><p>The enigmatic Amara Touré from Guinée Conakry finally getting a well deserved compilation showcasing all of the 10 songs ever released between 1973 and 1980.</p><p>Cuban influenced music of a different kind featuring amazing spaced-out guitar works! Touré’s 30 year-long career began in the late 1950s in Dakar as part of the Senegalese collective [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/soundcloud/" rel="tag">#Soundcloud</a></p>

<p>Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-orchestra-toumani-diabate/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-orchestra-toumani-diabate/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-or</span><span class="invisible">chestra-toumani-diabate/</span></a></p><p>Toumani Diabaté‘s Symmetric Orchestra released “Boulevard de l’Indépendance” in 2006.</p><p>Nick Gold and the World Circuit team started recording a three-part series called “The Hotel Mandé Sessions,” at Bamako, Mali’s Hotel Mandé.<br>In July 2006, after “In the Heart of the Moon” and “Savane,” [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a href="/tags/cotedivoire/" rel="tag">#CoteDIvoire</a> <a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/ngoni/" rel="tag">#Ngoni</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/global/" rel="tag">#Global</a></p>

<p>AfroLatino Vinyl Mix</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrolatino-vinyl-mix/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/afrolatino-vinyl-mix/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/afrolatino-v</span><span class="invisible">inyl-mix/</span></a></p><p>Fascinating AfroLatino / Latin music from West-Africa. All original vinyl from Bénin, Côte d’Ivoire, etc.</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/benin/" rel="tag">#Benin</a> <a href="/tags/cotedivoire/" rel="tag">#CoteDIvoire</a> <a href="/tags/mixtape/" rel="tag">#Mixtape</a> <a href="/tags/vinyl/" rel="tag">#Vinyl</a></p>

<p>Etoile de Dakar Feat. Youssou N’Dour – Esta China</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/etoile-dakar-youssou-ndour-esta-china/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/etoile-dakar-youssou-ndour-esta-china/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/etoile-dakar</span><span class="invisible">-youssou-ndour-esta-china/</span></a></p><p>The first volume (Volume 1 – Absa Gueye) of this series includes one of Youssou’s earliest successes, an interpretation of Jalo in praise of an ancient king, which was recorded several times under different circumstances. Absa Gueye was one of his first original compositions in praise of a patron, while “Tu Veras”, “Esta China&quot; […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a></p>

<p>Africando – Yaye Boy</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/yaye-boy-africando-1994/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/yaye-boy-africando-1994/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/yaye-boy-afr</span><span class="invisible">icando-1994/</span></a></p><p>“Yaye Boy” is a Salsa song, composed by Pape Seck, arranged by Boncana Maiga, on the second album by Africando, named “Sabador ( Vol.2)” and released in 1994.</p><p>Africando was initiated by producer Ibrahima Sylla from Côte d’Ivoire and Malian arranger Boncana Maiga of Fania All Stars. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/salsa/" rel="tag">#Salsa</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a> <a href="/tags/90smusic/" rel="tag">#90sMusic</a></p>

<p>Nairobi Matata Jazz</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/nairobi-matata-jazz/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/nairobi-matata-jazz/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/nairobi-mata</span><span class="invisible">ta-jazz/</span></a></p><p>The Kenyan genre known as benga (“beautiful thing” in the Luo language) developed in East Africa in the early 1970s as a rhythmic, incisive style, with roots in Cuban music and Congolese rumba. Unifying various characteristics of Kenya’s musical past, it quickly crystallized poetic traditions of the country’s disparate communities, with lyrics conveying powerful [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/colombia/" rel="tag">#Colombia</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/rumba/" rel="tag">#Rumba</a></p>

<p>Maravillas de Mali – Rendez-vous chez Fatimata</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-mali-rendez-vous-fatimata/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-mali-rendez-vous-fatimata/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-m</span><span class="invisible">ali-rendez-vous-fatimata/</span></a></p><p>“Rendez-vous chez Fatimata” est la signature d’une lointaine époque musicale, ancrée dans le Danzón (l’un des rythmes au tempo lent, qui s’interconnecte au Son Cubano) avec bien sûr des éléments de rythmes maliens. Avec ce groupe mythique des années 60, c’est toute une nouvelle génération de musiciens qui montait sur scène [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a></p>

<p>Maravillas de Mali – Boogaloo sera Mali</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-de-mali-boogaloo-sera-mali/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-de-mali-boogaloo-sera-mali/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/maravillas-d</span><span class="invisible">e-mali-boogaloo-sera-mali/</span></a></p><p>Si “Rendez-vous chez Fatimata” était la Face B du 45T (7″) sorti en 1972, la Face A était ce “Boogaloo sera Mali.”</p><p>Les 2 titres ont été réédités en 1983 sur l’album “Les Merveilles Du Mali – Maravillas De Mali”, avec les arrangements de Boncana Maiga.</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a></p>

<p>Ali &amp; Toumani – Sabu Yerkoy</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-toumani-sabu-yerkoy/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ali-toumani-sabu-yerkoy/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ali-toumani-</span><span class="invisible">sabu-yerkoy/</span></a></p><p>“Sabu Yerkoy” was the second single released in 2010 by Ali Farka Touré &amp; Toumani Diabaté on their “Ali and Toumani” album. As in other tracks on this album, the bass is played by the great Cuban artist Orlando “Cachaíto” López. Ali had been playing this song since the ’60s. It’s his take on Cuban […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a></p>

<p>Dizzy Gillespie – Afro</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/dizzy-gillespie-afro/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/dizzy-gillespie-afro/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/dizzy-gilles</span><span class="invisible">pie-afro/</span></a></p><p>Afro is an album by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, released in 1954, with many Cuban musicians.</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a></p>

<p>Super Mama Djombo – Sûr Di Nô Pubis</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-mama-djombo-suur-di-no-pubis/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/super-mama-djombo-suur-di-no-pubis/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/super-mama-d</span><span class="invisible">jombo-suur-di-no-pubis/</span></a></p><p>“Sûr Di Nô Pubis” is from Super Mama Djombo‘s album “Na Camban​ç​a” at the end of the 70s.</p><p>The band was formed in the mid-1960s, at a Boy Scout camp, when the members were only children (the youngest was six years old)!<br>Djombo is the name of a spirit that many fighters appealed to for protection […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/guineabissau/" rel="tag">#GuineaBissau</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Cheikh Lô – Maame</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-maame-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-maame-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/cheikh-lo-ma</span><span class="invisible">ame-2025/</span></a></p><p>Celebrating 50 years in music, Cheikh Lô returns in 2025 with his brand-new album “Maame.”After a decade long wait since his last studio album, the Senegalese legend returns.<br>Named after his spiritual guide Maame Massamba Ndiaye, the album is not only a tribute but a spiritual and political offering. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/blues/" rel="tag">#Blues</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/salsa/" rel="tag">#Salsa</a> <a href="/tags/senegal/" rel="tag">#Senegal</a></p>

<p>Angélique Kidjo – Bemba Colorá (“Celia”)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/celia-angelique-kidjo-bemba-colora/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/celia-angelique-kidjo-bemba-colora/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/celia-angeli</span><span class="invisible">que-kidjo-bemba-colora/</span></a></p><p>Angélique Kidjo’s album in 2019 is a tribute to Celia Cruz.</p><p>Angelique Kidjo reflects on an icon of the Americas, celebrated salsa singer Celia Cruz. Over ten tracks, Kidjo’s album Celia divests itself of the glamour to investigate the African roots of the Cuban-born woman who became the “Queen” of salsa [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/angéliquekidjo/" rel="tag">#AngéliqueKidjo</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/salsa/" rel="tag">#Salsa</a></p>

<p>The compilation “Sénégal 70 – Sonic Gems &amp; Previously Unreleased Recordings from the 70s,” released in 2015, offers an insight into the musical adventures that were taking place in the major Senegalese cities during the 60s and 70s.</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/senegal-70-compilation/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/senegal-70-compilation/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/senegal-70-c</span><span class="invisible">ompilation/</span></a></p><p>It reflects the unique fusions of Funk, Mbalax, Cuban Son and Mandigue guitar sounds that transformed Dakar […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a></p>

<p>RIP “le Maestro” Boncana Maïga</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-maestro-boncana-maiga/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/rip-maestro-boncana-maiga/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/rip-maestro-</span><span class="invisible">boncana-maiga/</span></a></p><p>A great African music master is gone. Boncana Maïga, nicknamed “le Maestro,” passed away on February 28, 2026, in a clinic in Bamako. Composer, arranger, musical director, producer, multi-instrumentalist (mainly flute and saxophone), he co-founded “Las Maravillas de Mali,” in the 60s after travelling to Cuba, where he was sent [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/côtedivoire/" rel="tag">#CôteDIvoire</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Roots of Rhythm</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/roots-rhythm-documentary-latin-music/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/roots-rhythm-documentary-latin-music/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/roots-rhythm</span><span class="invisible">-documentary-latin-music/</span></a></p><p>Hosted by Harry Belafonte, this 3-part documentary traces the Roots of Rhythm, the musical form that is known as Latin music.</p><p>Featuring performances by some of the best known Latin performers [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/rumba/" rel="tag">#Rumba</a> <a href="/tags/salsa/" rel="tag">#Salsa</a></p>

<p>Dernier album par El Rego</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-final-album-benin/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-final-album-benin/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-fina</span><span class="invisible">l-album-benin/</span></a></p><p>Je vous livre une info trouvée dans la presse Béninoise, et qui m’a plus qu’étonné, car très franchement, je pensais que cet artiste nous avait déjà quittés : Théophile do Régo dit El Rego a sorti en 2010, à 73 ans donc, son dernier album, avant de prendre sa retraite définitive ! […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>El Rego et ses Commandos de Cotonou</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-commandos-cotonou-1976/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-commandos-cotonou-1976/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-comm</span><span class="invisible">andos-cotonou-1976/</span></a></p><p>Beninese band originally formed by Théophile Do-Rego in Cotonou, Benin (ex-Dahomey) in 1963 as The Jets. The band was renamed to Los Paras, in 1964, then to Los Commandos in 1965 and finally to El Rego et Ses Commandos in 1966.</p><p>Here’s the album “Rep Pop Du Benin” in 1976 as “Commandos de Cotonou”. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/vinyl/" rel="tag">#Vinyl</a></p>

<p>70s &amp; 80s Kenyan Benga &amp; Afro-Cuban Rumba</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kenyan-benga-afro-cuban-rumba-70s-80s/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kenyan-benga-afro-cuban-rumba-70s-80s/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kenyan-benga</span><span class="invisible">-afro-cuban-rumba-70s-80s/</span></a></p><p>Kenyan Benga &amp; Afro-Cuban Rumba playlist from the 3-LP set from Soundway Records’ release “Kenya Special – Selected East African Recordings from the 1970s and ’80s”.</p><p>Kenya Special is a collection of 32 recordings (most of which were only ever released on small-run 45rpm 7″ singles) that stand out as being different or [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/benga/" rel="tag">#Benga</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/rumba/" rel="tag">#Rumba</a></p>

<p>Africando – Dagamasi</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/africando-dagamasi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/africando-dagamasi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/africando-da</span><span class="invisible">gamasi/</span></a></p><p>“Ati Mawuin Dagamasi” is one of the classic songs by Gnonnas Pedro, covered here by himself under the Africando banner.</p><p>This cover appears on Africando’s album “Gombo Salsa” in 1996. This 3rd album was produced by Ibrahima Sylla and was the group’s first release to include Gnonnas Pedro, with songs arranged by Boncana Maiga and […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/gnonnaspedro/" rel="tag">#GnonnasPedro</a> <a href="/tags/salsa/" rel="tag">#Salsa</a></p>

<p>Doh Albert &amp; Houon Pierre – Moya</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/houon-pierre-doh-albert-moya-belier/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/houon-pierre-doh-albert-moya-belier/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/houon-pierre</span><span class="invisible">-doh-albert-moya-belier/</span></a></p><p>Doh Albert &amp; Houon Pierre, son petit frère, sur un LP vinyle “Du Bélier” paru en 1979, aux influences afro-cubaines, avec leur groupe l’Orchestre Belier Andralex.</p><p>Moya est un énorme succès, et devient Disque d’or avec plus de 130 000 exemplaires vendus, tant en Afrique que dans la diaspora. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/cotedivoire/" rel="tag">#CoteDIvoire</a></p>

<p>Super Diamono – Sofia</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-diamono-sofia-ismael-lo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/super-diamono-sofia-ismael-lo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/super-diamon</span><span class="invisible">o-sofia-ismael-lo/</span></a></p><p>Super Diamono or Super Diamono de Dakar was a ten-member band from Dakar, Senegal. Sofia appears on a cassette “Vol. 5” in 1981 with Ismaël Lô.</p><p>It was formed around 1975. Omar Pene was a founding-member.It started with traditional West African music, but quickly turned to an Afro-Cuban and pop-influenced sound.<br>In 1979, Ismaël Lô, a […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrocuban/" rel="tag">#AfroCuban</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a></p>