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<p>Francis Ndom et l’Orchestre National – Fe Bain</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/francis-ndom-orchestre-national-fe-bain/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/francis-ndom-orchestre-national-fe-bain/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/francis-ndom</span><span class="invisible">-orchestre-national-fe-bain/</span></a></p><p>Also known as “Fai Mbu”, produced by Manu Dibango in 1982, “Fe bain” is based on a war song from the North-West of Cameroon.</p><p>From album “Fleurs Musicales du Cameroun (Musical Flowers of Cameroon). In 1982, the Minister of Information and Culture of Cameroon produced “Fleurs Musicales Du Cameroun”, a box-set of three discs, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a></p>

<p>O. K. Jazz – Tcha Tcha Tcha de Mi Amor</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ok-jazz-tcha-tcha-tcha-de-mi-amor/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ok-jazz-tcha-tcha-tcha-de-mi-amor/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ok-jazz-tcha</span><span class="invisible">-tcha-tcha-de-mi-amor/</span></a></p><p>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.</p><p>“A look at the explosion of music that came out of the Congo in the years leading up to independence in 1960. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/francoluambo/" rel="tag">#FrancoLuambo</a> <a href="/tags/rumba/" rel="tag">#Rumba</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>Welcome to Zamrock!</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/welcome-zamrock-psychedelic-zambian-rock-funk-jams/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/welcome-zamrock-psychedelic-zambian-rock-funk-jams/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/welcome-zamr</span><span class="invisible">ock-psychedelic-zambian-rock-funk-jams/</span></a></p><p>“Welcome To Zamrock!” presented in two volumes, was an overview of its most beloved ensembles, and a trace of its arc from its ascension, to its fall, to its resurgence.</p><p>Zamrock was molded in 1970s Zambia out of a dual influence of Jimi Hendrix’s acid guitar and James Brown‘s funk. […]</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/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/zambia/" rel="tag">#Zambia</a> <a href="/tags/zamrock/" rel="tag">#Zamrock</a></p>

<p>Los Fantasios – Assez Pleuré</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/los-fantasios-assez-pleure/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/los-fantasios-assez-pleure/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/los-fantasio</span><span class="invisible">s-assez-pleure/</span></a></p><p>From “Soul Sega Sa ! Indian Ocean Segas From The 70s,” 2 compilations covering music from islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/lareunion/" rel="tag">#LaReunion</a> <a href="/tags/maloya/" rel="tag">#Maloya</a> <a href="/tags/mauritius/" rel="tag">#Mauritius</a> <a href="/tags/sega/" rel="tag">#Sega</a> <a href="/tags/folk/" rel="tag">#Folk</a> <a href="/tags/indianocean/" rel="tag">#IndianOcean</a></p>

<p>Mista Savona – Havana Meets Kingston</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mista-savona-havana-meets-kingston-full-album/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mista-savona-havana-meets-kingston-full-album/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mista-savona</span><span class="invisible">-havana-meets-kingston-full-album/</span></a></p><p>“Havana Meets Kingston” was an original release in 2017 – a world-first project bringing together musicians &amp; artists from the two Caribbean islands of Jamaica and Cuba. Recorded at Egrem Studios in Centro Habana, and Bob Marley‘s Tuff Gong Studio in Kingston, Jamaica.</p><p>Includes fresh versions of “Chan, Chan,” “El Cuarto De Tula,” and [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jamaica/" rel="tag">#Jamaica</a> <a href="/tags/rap/" rel="tag">#Rap</a></p>

<p>Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/electronic-highlife-ghana-special-2/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/electronic-highlife-ghana-special-2/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/electronic-h</span><span class="invisible">ighlife-ghana-special-2/</span></a></p><p>“Ghana Special 2: Electronic Highlife &amp; Afro Sounds In The Diaspora, 1980​-​93” is a collection of 18 Burger Highlife, Electronic Afrobeat and Reggae tracks, highlighting a time when the burgeoning Ghanaian diaspora across Europe and North America was utilising new music technology and recording techniques. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/90smusic/" rel="tag">#90smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>K. Frimpong &amp; His Cubano Fiestas – Me Yee Owu Den</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/frimpong-cubano-fiestas-me-yee-owu-den/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/frimpong-cubano-fiestas-me-yee-owu-den/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/frimpong-cub</span><span class="invisible">ano-fiestas-me-yee-owu-den/</span></a></p><p>K. Frimpong &amp; His Cubano Fiestas, from AFRO-BEAT AIRWAYS – West African Shock Waves – Ghana &amp; Togo 1972-1979</p><p>Organ-driven Afrobeat, cosmic Afrofunk and raw, psychedelic boogie… just some of the flavours to be found on this highly danceable compilation.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Nigeria Afrobeat Special</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-afrobeat-special/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-afrobeat-special/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-afro</span><span class="invisible">beat-special/</span></a></p><p>Compilation “Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound In 1970’s Nigeria”</p><p><a href="/tags/benin/" rel="tag">#Benin</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Charles &amp; Frida Sonko – Nawuliranga (1968)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frida-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frida-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frid</span><span class="invisible">a-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/</span></a></p><p>Nawuliranga, by Charles &amp; Frida Sonko with Orchestre Melo Success comes from a rare compilation “THE KAMPALA SOUND – 1960s UGANDAN DANCE MUSIC” (Original Music, 1988, recorded in Kenya)</p><p>A lovely sampler of some rare and half-forgotten pop from mid-’60s Uganda.<br>A poor nation, Uganda’s music industry was modest, particularly [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/uganda/" rel="tag">#Uganda</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>The Chisa Years (1965-1975)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-chisa-years-1965-1975/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/the-chisa-years-1965-1975/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/the-chisa-ye</span><span class="invisible">ars-1965-1975/</span></a></p><p>The Chisa Years: 1965–1975 (Rare and Unreleased) is a compilation album by South African jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela.</p><p>The album consists of 14 rare or forgotten tracks recorded by Stewart Levine and Hugh Masekela from 1965 to 1975 when they ran their own Chisa Records label. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/hughmasekela/" rel="tag">#HughMasekela</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Yoruba Women Of The Drum</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/yoruba-women-drum/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/yoruba-women-drum/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/yoruba-women</span><span class="invisible">-drum/</span></a></p><p>Not a lot of information on this album from 1995 with Madam Comfort Omoge and Madam Mujidat Ogunfala, called ‎”Yoruba Women Of The Drum”. It’s best to listen to it…</p><p>Comfort Omoge was a Nigerian musician known as the queen and chief exponent of Asiko music, a traditional African folklore music […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/drums/" rel="tag">#Drums</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Psychedelic Classics 3: Love’s a Real Thing</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/psychedelic-classics-3-loves-a-real-thing/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/psychedelic-classics-3-loves-a-real-thing/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/psychedelic-</span><span class="invisible">classics-3-loves-a-real-thing/</span></a></p><p>The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa </p><p>These twelve astonishing tracks are drawn from a broad spectrum of early 70s West African psychedelic [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/psychedelic/" rel="tag">#Psychedelic</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Ivory Coast Soul (Vol. 1 &amp; 2)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ivory-coast-soul/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ivory-coast-soul/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ivory-coast-</span><span class="invisible">soul/</span></a></p><p>Ivory Coast Soul – Afro Funk From Abidjan From 1972 To 1982 is a compilation released in 2010 on 2 vinyl LPs.</p><p>Ivory Coast Soul Volume 2 was released in 2012 and covers music produced […]</p><p><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/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/cotedivoire/" rel="tag">#CoteDIvoire</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Can’t You Hear Me? (70’s African Nuggets &amp; Garage Rock From Nigeria, Zambia And Zimbabwe) is a compilation released in 2016 as a 2 LP vinyl.</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/cant-you-hear-me/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/cant-you-hear-me/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/cant-you-hea</span><span class="invisible">r-me/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/psychedelic/" rel="tag">#Psychedelic</a> <a href="/tags/zambia/" rel="tag">#Zambia</a> <a href="/tags/zimbabwe/" rel="tag">#Zimbabwe</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Bobo Yéyé – Belle Epoque in Upper Volta</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bobo-yeye-belle-epoque-in-upper-volta/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bobo-yeye-belle-epoque-in-upper-volta/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bobo-yeye-be</span><span class="invisible">lle-epoque-in-upper-volta/</span></a></p><p>Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta is a compilation available as a 3-disc, 37-song box set by archival label Numero Group.</p><p>Burkina Faso was called The Republic of Upper Volta. Then came Thomas Sankara. During this period of cultural revolution, in the ’60s and ’70s, the nation exploded with new bands and sounds, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</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>

<p>Fela Kuti – Waka Waka</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/waka-waka-fela-ransome-kuti/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/waka-waka-fela-ransome-kuti/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/waka-waka-fe</span><span class="invisible">la-ransome-kuti/</span></a></p><p>“Waka Waka” and “Se E Tun De” on this 45T from the sixties by Fela Ransome Kuti and His Koola Lobitos.</p><p>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. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Afrobeat Brazil</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-brazil/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-brazil/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/afrobeat-bra</span><span class="invisible">zil/</span></a></p><p>Afrobeat has seen a solid surge of support for years through multiple reincarnations amongst the underground scene in Brazil. All of the state’s capital cities have at least a band championing the movement, as musicians from diverse corners of the contemporary Brazilian music scene get inspired by Afrobeat and infuse elements into their own work. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/brazil/" rel="tag">#Brazil</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Kokoroko – Abusey Junction</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-abusey-junction-we-out-here/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-abusey-junction-we-out-here/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kokoroko-abu</span><span class="invisible">sey-junction-we-out-here/</span></a></p><p>Released in 2018, “Abusey Junction” is the first record track of 8-piece band, London-based jazz collective Kokoroko.</p><p>“We Out Here” is a primer on London’s bright-burning young jazz scene. This new compilation brings together a collection of some of its sharpest talents. A set of nine newly-recorded tracks, We Out Here captures a moment where […]</p><p><a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<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>

<p>Journeys Into Psychedelic Africa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/journeys-psychedelic-africa-1972-1977-afro-psych/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/journeys-psychedelic-africa-1972-1977-afro-psych/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/journeys-psy</span><span class="invisible">chedelic-africa-1972-1977-afro-psych/</span></a></p><p>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.”</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/psychedelic/" rel="tag">#Psychedelic</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<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>

<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>

<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>Franco, King of Rumba</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/franco-king-of-rumba/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/franco-king-of-rumba/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/franco-king-</span><span class="invisible">of-rumba/</span></a></p><p>François Luambo Luanzo Makiadi (6 July 1938 – 12 October 1989) was a Congolese singer, guitarist, songwriter, bandleader, and cultural revolutionary, the King of Rumba.</p><p><a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/francoluambo/" rel="tag">#FrancoLuambo</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>