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<p>Dibango 82 (live)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/dibango-82-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/dibango-82-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/dibango-82-l</span><span class="invisible">ive/</span></a></p><p>“Dibango 82” an unreleased live recording by Manu Dibango, taped in Marseille, Dec 1982 and remastered with INA‘s help. [INA is the acronym of Institut national de l’audiovisuel, a repository of all French radio and television audiovisual archives.]</p><p>The electrifying live performance features the African legend alongside his stellar 8-piece group, blending funk, jazz, and […]</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Diya Faso - Dounuya<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RH9t8QX2dU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RH9t8QX2dU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RH9t8</span><span class="invisible">QX2dU</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Performing as part of Candywax at Flash nighclub again ☺️ </p><p><a href="/tags/washingtondc/" rel="tag">#WashingtonDC</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#livemusic</a> <a href="/tags/electronicmusic/" rel="tag">#electronicmusic</a> <a href="/tags/nightclubs/" rel="tag">#nightclubs</a> <a href="/tags/dmv/" rel="tag">#dmv</a> <a href="/tags/dj/" rel="tag">#dj</a></p>

<p>Stimela – I hate telling a lie</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/stimela-hate-telling-lie/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/stimela-hate-telling-lie/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/stimela-hate</span><span class="invisible">-telling-lie/</span></a></p><p>Stimela is a South African Afro-fusion band, founded by Ray Phiri (Raymond Chikapa Phiri) in 1982.</p><p>In 1985 Paul Simon asked Ray Phiri (RIP) and drummer Isaac Mtshali (RIP) to join his Graceland project, which was successful but also helped the South Africans to make names for themselves abroad. Ray was to collaborate with Paul […]</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Kasai AllStars live</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kasai-allstars-live-2015/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kasai-allstars-live-2015/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kasai-allsta</span><span class="invisible">rs-live-2015/</span></a></p><p>Intoxicating trance music from the heart of Africa: Kasai Allstars live is a startling blend of tradition and urban.</p><p>I filmed them in July 2009 in Paris (Cabaret Sauvage) for my late blog KoToNTeeJ. Video is not that good, but the feeling and energy are visible. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/congopunk/" rel="tag">#CongoPunk</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Louis Moholo-Moholo</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/louis-moholo-moholo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/louis-moholo-moholo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/louis-moholo</span><span class="invisible">-moholo/</span></a></p><p>Louis Tebogo Moholo, known in later life as Louis Moholo-Moholo, legendary South African drummer, passed away recently.<br>If you’re into FreeJazz / AvantGardeJazz, you should check his discography.</p><p>Born March 10, 1940 in Cape Town, South Africa, he died June 13, 2025 in South Africa. He was in exile from 1964, as the Blue Notes, the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Dr Nico, Tabu Ley &amp; Afrisa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/dr-nico-tabu-ley-afrisa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/dr-nico-tabu-ley-afrisa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/dr-nico-tabu</span><span class="invisible">-ley-afrisa/</span></a></p><p>Rare video of Dr Nico performing in Zaïre with Tabu Ley Rochereau and his Afrisa International Orchestra. Probably from the early 1980s, direct from the vaults of WorldSrv.</p><p>There are unfortunately very few videos of Nico Kasanda, aka Docteur Nico and his divine guitar.</p><p><a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/rumba/" rel="tag">#Rumba</a></p>

<p>Dollar Brand – African Space Program</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand-african-space-program-1974/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand-african-space-program-1974/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/dollar-brand</span><span class="invisible">-african-space-program-1974/</span></a></p><p>“African Space Program”, recorded in 1973, contains 3 compositions by Abdullah Ibrahim / Dollar Brand, where he arranges for a big band.</p><p>&quot;This is unique, pancultural music. Brand, as his followers know, is a native-bom South African who is well-versed both in modern conservatory music and in the music of his native Africa. He’s skilled [...]&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/abdullahibrahim/" rel="tag">#AbdullahIbrahim</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Girma Bèyènè &amp; Akalé Wubé</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/girma-beyene-akale-wube/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/girma-beyene-akale-wube/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/girma-beyene</span><span class="invisible">-akale-wube/</span></a></p><p>“Mistakes on Purpose” is an album released in 2017, where Girma Bèyènè, singer, arranger, and a living legend of Ethiopian Pop, meets one of the best Western bands (from France) whose repertoire is inspired by Ethio-jazz.</p><p>Girma Bèyènè disappeared from the Addis Abeba music scene in 1981. Miraculously, he was invited by the exiled producer […]</p><p><a href="/tags/ethiojazz/" rel="tag">#Ethiojazz</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Asa – Murder in the USA</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/asa-murder-usa-lucid/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/asa-murder-usa-lucid/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/asa-murder-u</span><span class="invisible">sa-lucid/</span></a></p><p>Released in 2019, “Lucid” is the fourth studio album by Asa after five years of absence…</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/pop/" rel="tag">#Pop</a></p>

<p>James Brown in Kinshasa (1974)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/james-brown-kinshasa-1974/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/james-brown-kinshasa-1974/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/james-brown-</span><span class="invisible">kinshasa-1974/</span></a></p><p>James Brown in Kinshasa? Yes, in 1974! James Brown, the Godfather on the stage for the “Soul Power” concert in Kinshasa in ’74 in a large extract from the documentary released as DVD in 2008. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/soulpower/" rel="tag">#SoulPower</a></p>

<p>Isnebo &amp; Faadah Kawtal – Le maître des éléphants</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/isnebo-faadah-kawtal-maitre-elephants/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/isnebo-faadah-kawtal-maitre-elephants/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/isnebo-faada</span><span class="invisible">h-kawtal-maitre-elephants/</span></a></p><p>La bande son (BOF) du film “Le maître des éléphants” de Patrick Grandperret a été composée par Isnebo Sali Gondjeh (du groupe Kawtal), Georges Rodi et Steve Shehan ( <span class="h-card"><a href="https://masto.ai/@steveshehan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steveshehan</span></a></span> )</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/ost/" rel="tag">#OST</a></p>

<p>Les Ballets Africains</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/les-ballets-africains/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/les-ballets-africains/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/les-ballets-</span><span class="invisible">africains/</span></a></p><p>Old footage of Les Ballets Africains, the national dance company of Guinea.Founded in Paris in 1952 by Keita Fodeba, it’s composed of dancers and acrobats (athletes!) with a full accompanying traditional band (balafon, percussions, Kora…) and plenty of djembefolas. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/djembe/" rel="tag">#Djembe</a> <a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>R.I.P Geoffrey Oryema</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-geoffrey-oryema/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/rip-geoffrey-oryema/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/rip-geoffrey</span><span class="invisible">-oryema/</span></a></p><p>Geoffrey Oryema (1953-2018) was forced to flee Uganda after his father (a cabinet minister) was murdered by the armed forces of dictator Idi Amin in 1977. When he moved to France in the 80’s, his love of music earned him a deal with Peter Gabriel’s Real World. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/uganda/" rel="tag">#Uganda</a></p>

<p>It’s not from Africa, it’s about it…</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/black-gold-esperanza-spalding/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/black-gold-esperanza-spalding/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/black-gold-e</span><span class="invisible">speranza-spalding/</span></a></p><p>Black Gold by Esperanza Spalding (special guest: Algebra Blessett), from her album “Radio Music Society,” released for the first day of Black History Month in 2012.</p><p>To the press, she wrote “This song is singing to our African American heritage before slavery. Over the decades, so much of the strength in the African American community […]&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/blackmastodon/" rel="tag">#BlackMastodon</a></p>

<p>Thomas Mapfumo – Marudzi Nemarudzi</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/thomas-mapfumo-marudzi-nemarudzi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/thomas-mapfumo-marudzi-nemarudzi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/thomas-mapfu</span><span class="invisible">mo-marudzi-nemarudzi/</span></a></p><p>Thomas Mapfumo was the voice of a revolution, the icon whose music soundtracked the death of Rhodesia and the birth of Zimbabwe.</p><p>But, by the time he recorded Rise Up in 2006, the tables were turned, the optimism extinguished. The Zimbabwean authorities now hounded Mapfumo, who quietly slipped out of the country to live in […]</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbira/" rel="tag">#Mbira</a> <a href="/tags/zimbabwe/" rel="tag">#Zimbabwe</a></p>

<p>Kora Jazz Trio – Folly</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-trio-folly-mezzo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kora-jazz-tr</span><span class="invisible">io-folly-mezzo/</span></a></p><p>Kora Jazz Trio was a three piece African musical group, founded in 2002 by Djeli Moussa Diawara, Guinean Korafola, with Abdoulaye Diabate (piano) and Moussa Sissokho (percussion), best known for producing a music that is a mix of American jazz with traditional African music. They released 3 studio albums […]</p><p><a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/manding/" rel="tag">#Manding</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a></p>

<p>Assa Matusse - Aprendeste aonde?<br><a href="https://youtu.be/dTufgpX6sQA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/dTufgpX6sQA</a></p><p>Live version<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhMmgLHf68" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhMmgLHf68"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhMmg</span><span class="invisible">LHf68</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/mozambique/" rel="tag">#Mozambique</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a></p>

<p>Two of the WORST live bands I&#x27;ve seen in YEARS:</p><p>* Wunderhorse<br>* Dry Cleaning</p><p>Do yourself a favour and skip on these bands. Bloody boring and awful.</p><p>Might update the list to keep y&#x27;all safe from awful bands lol</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#livemusic</a></p>

<p>Amazones de Guinée – Live at La Paillote</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/live-paillote-amazones-guinee/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/live-paillote-amazones-guinee/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/live-paillot</span><span class="invisible">e-amazones-guinee/</span></a></p><p>The band Les Amazones de Guinée played at an event at La Paillote, to celebrate the completion of The British Library Endangered Archives Programme in 2013.</p><p><a href="/tags/guinea/" rel="tag">#Guinea</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Encyclopedie d’Assiko – Olivier Declovis Bonga</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/encyclopedie-assiko-olivier-declovis-bonga/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/encyclopedie-assiko-olivier-declovis-bonga/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/encyclopedie</span><span class="invisible">-assiko-olivier-declovis-bonga/</span></a></p><p>Olivier Declovis Bonga live with dancers (athletes?) at the Festival of Traditional Music &amp; Dance in Limbe, Cameroon.<br>I met Olivier the last time I was in Douala. Now that Jean Bikoko Aladin is gone, he’s the new King of Assiko.<br>This is traditional music and dance from the Douala region, from the Bassa people.</p><p><a href="/tags/assiko/" rel="tag">#Assiko</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Manu Dibango – Bolingo City</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-bolingo-city/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-bolingo-city/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango</span><span class="invisible">-bolingo-city/</span></a></p><p>En 1989, sort le film “Comment Faire L’Amour Avec Un N[oir] Sans Se Fatiguer” (IMDb), inspiré d’un roman de Dany Laferrière, avec Isaach De Bankolé dans le rôle principal. La bande son est confiée à Manu Dibango et le titre Bolingo City débute sa vie musicale. Le single de ce titre sort en 1991 ainsi […]</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/ost/" rel="tag">#OST</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Manu Dibango &amp; Soul Makossa Gang (live)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-soul-makossa-gang/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-soul-makossa-gang/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango</span><span class="invisible">-soul-makossa-gang/</span></a></p><p>Le Soul Makossa Gang était la formation favorite du célèbre multi-instrumentiste et compositeur Manu Dibango.</p><p>Dédicace à tous ceux qui ont eu la chance de le voir sur scène, comme ce fut le cas pour moi au Petit Journal Montparnasse par exemple.</p><p><a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a></p>

<p>Orchestra Baobab – Utru Horas (live)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-utru-horas-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-utru-horas-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-ba</span><span class="invisible">obab-utru-horas-live/</span></a></p><p>Orchestra Baobab in a live version of the famous “Utru Horas” from their 1982 album “Pirates Choice.” Recorded at Festival du Bout du Monde, France, in August 2003.</p><p><a href="/tags/afrolatino/" rel="tag">#AfroLatino</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a></p>

<p>Lura – Nos Diva (live)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/lura-nos-diva/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/lura-nos-diva/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/lura-nos-div</span><span class="invisible">a/</span></a></p><p>Lura in a live tribute To Cesária Evora.</p><p>They appeared together on the album “Cesária Evora &amp; …”, a compilation of duos with multiple artists, released in 2010 and covering multiple genres from AfroCuban to Morna and Son. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/caboverde/" rel="tag">#CaboVerde</a> <a href="/tags/cesáriaévora/" rel="tag">#CesáriaÉvora</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/saudade/" rel="tag">#Saudade</a></p>