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Legends of Bénin

https://amf.didiermary.fr/legends-benin/

Legends of Benin “Afro Funk, Cavacha, Agbadja, Afro​-​Beat” is a collection of super rare and highly danceable masterpieces recorded between 1969-1981 by four legendary composers from Benin:
– Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes
– Antoine Dougbé
– El Rego et ses Commandos
– Honoré Avolonto

Each one of [them] with their own distinctive sound...

#80smusic #AfroFunk #Agbadja #Bénin #Compilation #GnonnasPedro #OldAfricanMusic

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Africando – Fouta Tooro

https://amf.didiermary.fr/africando-fouta-tooro/

“Fouta Tooro”, sung by Medoune Diallo, is from Africando‘s “Martina“, composed and arranged by Boncana Maïga, released in 2003. The album features multiple lead vocals: Amadou Balaké, Gnonnas Pedro, Medoune Diallo, Ronnie Baro, Ismael Lo, Nyboma, Kester Emeneya, Joe King, Shoubou and Seka.

#GnonnasPedro #Salsa #Sénégal

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King of Modern Agbadja

https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-modern-agbadja-gnonnas-pedro-dadjes/

4 songs by this magnificent artiste were included in the compilation Legends of Benin from 2009. This new compilation presents a full and deserved project about Gnonnas Pedro, the king of Modern Agbadja, with tracks between 1974 and 1983.

Very early in his career Gnonnas Pedro had landed his first hit with a song called […]

#70smusic #80smusic #Bénin #GnonnasPedro

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Africando – Dagamasi

https://amf.didiermary.fr/africando-dagamasi/

“Ati Mawuin Dagamasi” is one of the classic songs by Gnonnas Pedro, covered here by himself under the Africando banner.

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 […]

#AfroCuban #AfroLatino #Bénin #GnonnasPedro #Salsa

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Africando – Aicha (Salsa)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/salsa-africando-aicha/

This version of Aicha by Africando is a cover of Khaled’s song, but arranged in Salsa style and sung in Wolof by Nicolas Menheim, a Senegalese singer.

It’s from Africando’s album “Baloba !” in 1998 (with 2 songs by Gnonnas Pedro, “Dacefo” and “Huenouhwo”).

This version in Wolof is kind of a bonus track on the album, as […]

#AfroLatino #GnonnasPedro #Salsa #Sénégal

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Gilles Gnonnas – La musica en vérité (2013)

https://amf.didiermary.fr/gilles-gnonnas-musica-verite/

Gilles Gnonnas singing “La musica en vérité”, a song by his father Gnonnas Pedro, in Cotonou in 2013 (@ CCF).

An awesome Afro Latin track with deep lyrics from the Beninese King of African Salsa, Gnonnan Sossou Pierre Kouassivi, better known as Gnonnas Pedro. […]

#Bénin #Cuba #FullAlbum #GnonnasPedro #LiveMusic #Salsa

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Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes

https://amf.didiermary.fr/gnonnas-pedro-dadjes-dadje-von-o-von-non/

Gnonnas Pedro [with or without his Dadjes band] had always excelled in many styles of music but if one had to associate him with a particular genre it would be Agbadja. Agbadja is a rhythm hugely popular in Togo, Benin and Ghana. Its based […]

#60smusic #70smusic #AfroCuban #AfroFunk #Agbadja #Bénin #Compilation #GnonnasPedro

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Gnonnas Pedro – Yiri Yiri Boum

https://amf.didiermary.fr/yiri-yiri-boum-gnonnas-pedro/

The late Gnonnas Pedro was the first real Beninese hitmaker, long before becoming Africando’s lead singer in the 90s. Known for taking inspiration from his local music roots, he was also famous for using Salsa and other Latino rhythms in his songs, as a solo artist or with his Dadjes Band. Gnonnas started his career […]

#AfroCuban #Bénin #Cover #GnonnasPedro

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