<p>Yehouessi Leopold & T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Volume 4</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/yehouessi-leopold-poly-rythmo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/yehouessi-leopold-poly-rythmo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/yehouessi-le</span><span class="invisible">opold-poly-rythmo/</span></a></p><p>The T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou was formed in 1966. Their output has been extremely prolific numbering upwards of 50 LPs and a hundred 45s. Here’s an album with Yehouessi Leopold (drummer) from 1978, that was rereleased in 2021.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>Douala by Night</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/douala-by-night/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/douala-by-night/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/douala-by-ni</span><span class="invisible">ght/</span></a></p><p>“Douala by Night” est un excellent AfroJazzFunk de la fin des années 70, dernière piste de l’album “J.M. Tim & Foty” de Jean Marie Tiam (aka Tim) et Maurice Foty (décédé en 2011). L’album est paru en 1977. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/instrumental/" rel="tag">#Instrumental</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a></p>
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<p>Black Jesus Experience – Ethiobop</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/black-jesus-experience-ethiobop/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/black-jesus-experience-ethiobop/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/black-jesus-</span><span class="invisible">experience-ethiobop/</span></a></p><p>Ethiobop is a track from album “Migration” in 2014 by Black Jesus Experience, an Ethio-Jazz band from Melbourne, well known for years of Australian performances as Mulatu Astatke‘s band. They blend traditional Ethiopian music with modern hip-hop and funk grooves.</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/ethiojazz/" rel="tag">#Ethiojazz</a> <a href="/tags/mulatuastatké/" rel="tag">#MulatuAstatké</a> <a href="/tags/rap/" rel="tag">#Rap</a></p>
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<p>Next Stop Soweto</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/next-stop-soweto-compilations/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/next-stop-soweto-compilations/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/next-stop-so</span><span class="invisible">weto-compilations/</span></a></p><p>“Next Stop Soweto” is a compilation series, to remember an era of South Africa’s musical history where such genres as Funk and Soul were being played by bands even as apartheid firmly gripped the country’s music culture.</p><p>Volume 1 explores the vibrant energy of the township jive sound, whilst Volumes 2 and 3 cover [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/mbaqanga/" rel="tag">#Mbaqanga</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>
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<p>Amadou Ballaké et les 5 Consuls – Renouveau</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/amadou-ballake-consuls-renouveau/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/amadou-ballake-consuls-renouveau/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/amadou-balla</span><span class="invisible">ke-consuls-renouveau/</span></a></p><p>From compilation “Bambara Mystic Soul – The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979”, where Amadou Ballaké appears with Orchestre Super Volta too.</p><p>Formerly known as Haute Volta, Burkina Faso’s sound was organized and nurtured during the country’s time as part of a vast patchwork making up French colonial West Africa.[...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>Burger Highlife</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/burger-highlife/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/burger-highlife/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/burger-highl</span><span class="invisible">ife/</span></a></p><p>The first ever compilations focussing on the phenomenon of “Burger Highlife”, a crossover of West African melodies with synthesizers, disco and boogie that took over Ghanaian airwaves during the 1980’s and beyond.</p><p>The 1970s had witnessed an increased Western airtime and physical presence in Ghana introducing funk, soul and disco sounds [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/90smusic/" rel="tag">#90smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/disco/" rel="tag">#Disco</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>
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<p>Pop Makossa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/pop-makossa/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amf.didiermary.fr/pop-makossa/</a></p><p>Compilation “Pop Makossa – The Invasive Dance Beat of Cameroon (1976-1984)”</p><p>[…] all the tracks are a revelation. The beat that holds everything together has its origins in the rhythms of the Sawa people; Ambassey, Bolobo, Assiko and Essewé, a traditional funeral dance. But it wasn’t until these rhythms arrived in the cities of Cameroon […]</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70sMusic</a> <a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80sMusic</a></p>
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<p>Cameroon Garage Funk</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/cameroon-garage-funk/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/cameroon-garage-funk/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/cameroon-gar</span><span class="invisible">age-funk/</span></a></p><p>“Cameroon Garage Funk” is a compilation of “obscure” tracks from 1964 to 1979.</p><p>Yaoundé, in the 1970´s, was a buzzing place. Every neighbourhood of Cameroon´s capital, no matter how dodgy, was filled with music spots but surprisingly there were no infrastructure to immortalise those musical riches. The country suffered from a serious lack of proper […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70sMusic</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>Manu Dibango – New Bell (Hard Pulsation)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-new-bell-hard-pulsation-1972/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-new-bell-hard-pulsation-1972/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango</span><span class="invisible">-new-bell-hard-pulsation-1972/</span></a></p><p>New Bell (Hard Pulsation) was released as a single in 1972 (B-side: Hibiscus), as the B-Side of an unofficial release of Soul Makossa in the US, and is of course part of the tracklist on the original Soul Makossa album.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>Marcy Luarks & Classic Touch – Funky Boogie Woogie</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/marcy-luarks-classic-touch-funky-boogie-woogie/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/marcy-luarks-classic-touch-funky-boogie-woogie/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/marcy-luarks</span><span class="invisible">-classic-touch-funky-boogie-woogie/</span></a></p><p>“Funky Boogie Woogie”, from the 1983 album, “Electric Murder”, the “mythical” American-Nigerian AfroBoogie masterpiece.</p><p>The product of the then husband and wife team of Marcy and Dan, ‘Electric Murder’ brought together both the former’s American and the latter’s Nigerian roots; recorded in London with UK-based session musicians, this mix [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/disco/" rel="tag">#Disco</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a></p>
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<p>Matadi – Dance My Love</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/matadi-dance-my-love/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/matadi-dance-my-love/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/matadi-dance</span><span class="invisible">-my-love/</span></a></p><p>Matadi était un groupe de musiciens “mercenaires” africains basés à Paris et réunis pour un album unique afro-disco-funk en 1978 avec le célèbre bassiste et arrangeur camerounais Haladji Touré.</p><p>5 titres de cet album ont été utilisés pour la BOF du film et comédie musicale “Dance my love” (Danse mon amour) réalisé par Alphonse Beni, sorti […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/ost/" rel="tag">#OST</a> <a href="/tags/funk/" rel="tag">#Funk</a></p>
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<p>Manu Dibango – Electric Africa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-electric-africa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-electric-africa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango</span><span class="invisible">-electric-africa/</span></a></p><p>Released in 1985, Electric Africa is an album with Herbie Hancock, Wally Badarou & Mory Kante, produced by Bill Laswell. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/herbiehancock/" rel="tag">#HerbieHancock</a></p>
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<p>Harari – Party</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/harari-party/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/harari-party/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/harari-party</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>This single by Harari, “Party” (the 7″ release), entered the US Disco Top 100 in 1982.</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/funk/" rel="tag">#Funk</a></p>
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<p>Kaleta & Super Yamba Band</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kaleta-super-yamba-band/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kaleta-super-yamba-band/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kaleta-super</span><span class="invisible">-yamba-band/</span></a></p><p>With Afrobeat & Juju veteran Leon Ligan-Majek (aka Kaleta) —a native of Benin Republic— on lead guitar, the Brooklyn-based Afro-Funk band Super Yamba Band explores the psychedelic sounds from Benin & Nigeria. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/jujumusic/" rel="tag">#JujuMusic</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>
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<p>Sharhabil Ahmed – Argos Farfish / Zulum Aldunya</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/sharhabil-ahmed-argos-farfish-zulum-aldunya/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/sharhabil-ahmed-argos-farfish-zulum-aldunya/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/sharhabil-ah</span><span class="invisible">med-argos-farfish-zulum-aldunya/</span></a></p><p>Sharhabil Ahmed, also known as the “King of Sudanese Jazz,” was born in 1935 and is the founding father of the Sudanese Jazz scene. His aim was to modernize Sudanese music by bringing it together with western influences and instrumentation. Contemporary Sudanese music draws a lot of influences both from [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/ethiojazz/" rel="tag">#Ethiojazz</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/soundcloud/" rel="tag">#Soundcloud</a> <a href="/tags/sudan/" rel="tag">#Sudan</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>K. Frimpong and his Cubanos Fiesta – Me Da A Ɔnnda</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/frimpong-cubanos-fiesta/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/frimpong-cubanos-fiesta/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/frimpong-cub</span><span class="invisible">anos-fiesta/</span></a></p><p>Me Da A Ɔnnda is a classic and essential Hi-Life & Afro Funk album from one of the greatest Ghanaian singer and composer, recorded in 1980 by the legendary K. Frimpong and his Cubanos Fiesta band.</p><p>K . Frimpong was born on July 22nd, 1939 at Ofoase in the Ashanti – Akim district and entered right […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</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>
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"Lewd" album cover / Kassav' - Love and Ka Dance
<p>Kassav’ – Africa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kassav-africa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kassav-africa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kassav-afric</span><span class="invisible">a/</span></a></p><p>Sorti il y a plus de 40 ans, “Love and Ka Dance”, le premier album de Kassav’ aura érigé l’orchestre de zouk au rang de phénomène mondial. Il est sorti en deux versions : un original pour la Guadeloupe et une version plus “disco” avec trois titres supplémentaires pour les USA. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/guadeloupe/" rel="tag">#Guadeloupe</a> <a href="/tags/kassav/" rel="tag">#Kassav</a> <a href="/tags/nsfw/" rel="tag">#NSFW</a> <a href="/tags/zouk/" rel="tag">#Zouk</a></p>
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<p>Blo – Chapter One</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/blo-chapter-one/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/blo-chapter-one/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/blo-chapter-</span><span class="invisible">one/</span></a></p><p>Blo, AfroFunk-Rock from Nigeria in the 70s.</p><p>Chapter One was Blo’s debut album, originally released by EMI in 1973. Blo were remarkable for a variety of reasons: they were arguably the first rock trio to emerge from Africa and its members — Berkely ‘Ike’ Jones on guitar, Laolu ‘Akins’ Akintobi on drums and Mike ‘Gbenga’ […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>Eboni Band</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/eboni-band/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amf.didiermary.fr/eboni-band/</a></p><p>Motown meets West Africa. This self-titled 1980 debut album by Eboni Band features Motown session musicians, producer and arrangers.</p><p>Reinventing itself as a record for the ages, a tour-de-force of cross continental soul and funk, it features session musicians from Motown and Ivory Coast’s Eboni Records alongside Fred Wesley (James Brown/Parliament). It was produced by […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/soul/" rel="tag">#Soul</a></p>
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<p>El Rego et Ses Commandos – E Nan Mian Nuku</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-commandos-e-nan-mian-nuku/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-commandos-e-nan-mian-nuku/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/el-rego-comm</span><span class="invisible">andos-e-nan-mian-nuku/</span></a></p><p>Was El Rego Benin’s Godfather of Funk? Listen to El Rego et Ses Commandos, an album released in 2011.</p><p>“There’s lots of James Brown in there, but while other Benin singers of the period are more scary than funky when they echo Soul Brother Number One, El Rego makes restraint sound not only more fun, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a></p>
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<p>Togo Soul 70</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/togo-soul-70/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/togo-soul-70/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/togo-soul-70</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>“Togo Soul 70” are 3 compilations of rare and unusual songs & releases mostly recorded in Lomé during the 70s and 80s.</p><p>A fusion of traditional voodoo chants, raw soul and even Electro Funk, […] a snapshot of some hundreds of rare and often forgotten tapes from the most prolific, professional and exciting phase of the country’s […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/togo/" rel="tag">#Togo</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>Vusi Mahlasela, Norman Zulu & Jive Connection</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/vusi-mahlasela-norman-zulu-jive-connection/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/vusi-mahlasela-norman-zulu-jive-connection/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/vusi-mahlase</span><span class="invisible">la-norman-zulu-jive-connection/</span></a></p><p>A lost recording from the archives of producer Torsten Larsson with a 2002 collaboration between acclaimed South African folk singer Vusi Mahlasela, singer songwriter Norman Zulu and Swedish Jazz / Soul collective Jive Connection.</p><p>The links between South Africa and Sweden have long been strong with Sweden one of the most supportive European nations in [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/madiba/" rel="tag">#Madiba</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a></p>
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<p>T. P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou: Unite Africaine</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tp-poly-rythmo-cotonou-unite-africaine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tp-poly-rythmo-cotonou-unite-africaine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tp-poly-ryth</span><span class="invisible">mo-cotonou-unite-africaine/</span></a></p><p>Two monumental full-side tracks from a pair of late 70s Orchestre Poly-Rythmo albums, Unite Africaine isn’t exactly a compilation, more a combination of the standouts at a time when the band was at the peak of its powers.</p><p>The EP was released originally as “Mélomé Clément Chef d’Orchestre.” Originally released in 1977, [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>Rim Kwaku Obeng – Rim arrives</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/funky-drummer-rim-kwaku-obeng/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/funky-drummer-rim-kwaku-obeng/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/funky-drumme</span><span class="invisible">r-rim-kwaku-obeng/</span></a></p><p>Rim Kwaku Obeng and The Believers – Rim Arrives / International Funk were considered “lost” albums until this release in 2015.</p><p>Kwaku the drummer, born Samuel K. Mfojo, struggled to get his music recorded. From winning the admiration of the late Quincy Jones, but unable to work for him, to living 6 months homeless in […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/disco/" rel="tag">#Disco</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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<p>Tamfoum Ibrahim & Amabano Band – Salam</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tamfoum-ibrahim-amabano-band-salam/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tamfoum-ibrahim-amabano-band-salam/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tamfoum-ibra</span><span class="invisible">him-amabano-band-salam/</span></a></p><p>Ibrahim Tam Fum Kayenge Dembo (Fidel) is a guitarist born in Kinshasa who played in many bands. Here in a video shot in the Netherlands with Amabano Band.</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/burundi/" rel="tag">#Burundi</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/psychedelic/" rel="tag">#Psychedelic</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>
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