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<p>Mwandishi Sextet Project</p><p>Afrofuturism &amp; psychedelism in the 70s, with Herbie Hancock.</p><p><a href="https://www.didiermary.fr/mwandishi-sextet-project/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.didiermary.fr/mwandishi-sextet-project/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.didiermary.fr/mwandishi-se</span><span class="invisible">xtet-project/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/english/" rel="tag">#English</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>KOKOKO!</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/azo-toke-kokoko/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/azo-toke-kokoko/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/azo-toke-kok</span><span class="invisible">oko/</span></a></p><p>KOKOKO! is an offshoot of Fulu Miziki Kolektiv, with French producer Débruit. Electronic music direct from Congo, mixing standard instruments with homemade ones.</p><p><a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/congopunk/" rel="tag">#CongoPunk</a> <a href="/tags/congotronics/" rel="tag">#Congotronics</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>Zawadi Yamungu - Ngimuhle<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLeQ_T5JFJU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLeQ_T5JFJU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLeQ_T</span><span class="invisible">5JFJU</span></a></p><p>&quot;The song is an affirmation to women of all shapes and sizes.&quot;</p><p>Her stage name (Zawadi Yamungu) is a Swahili name meaning Gift from God. She plays the Zulu uMakhweyana or Ugubhu bows.</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a></p>

<p>Baaba Maal – The traveller</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/baaba-maal-traveller-diahowo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/baaba-maal-traveller-diahowo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/baaba-maal-t</span><span class="invisible">raveller-diahowo/</span></a></p><p>Shot at a party? Old video… A young Baaba Maal, with Mamadou Djiby Seck, singing The traveller.</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a></p>

<p>Kaleta &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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>

<p>Super Mama Djombo – Luta Kana Maina <a href="/tags/1/" rel="tag">#1</a></p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-mama-djombo-luta-kana-maina/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/super-mama-djombo-luta-kana-maina/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/super-mama-d</span><span class="invisible">jombo-luta-kana-maina/</span></a></p><p>“Luta Kana Maina n°1” is from album “Na Cambança” by Super Mama Djombo at the end of the 70s.</p><p>Super Mama Djombo is a band from Guinea-Bissau who sing in Guinea-Bissau Creole. The band was formed in the mid-1960s, at a Boy Scout camp, when the members were only children (the youngest was six years […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/guineabissau/" rel="tag">#GuineaBissau</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/sibusiso-mash-mashiloane/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/sibusiso-mash-mashiloane/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/sibusiso-mas</span><span class="invisible">h-mashiloane/</span></a></p><p>Pianist Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane is a prolific artist whose academic credentials speak volume on the kind of discipline and passion he has for music. After getting his master’s degree in Jazz Performance and graduating Cum Laude from the University of KwaZulu Natal, he is now on his way to become an integral performer within the South […]</p><p><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>Youssou N’Dour – YaaKaar (Hope)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-yaakaar-hope-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-yaakaar-hope-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndou</span><span class="invisible">r-yaakaar-hope-live/</span></a></p><p>The song “Hope”, also known as “Yaakaar”, was released on Youssou N’Dour’s album “Eyes Open” in 1992.</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mbalax/" rel="tag">#Mbalax</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a></p>

<p>London Afrobeat Collective – Power To The Women</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/london-afrobeat-collective-power-women/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/london-afrobeat-collective-power-women/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/london-afrob</span><span class="invisible">eat-collective-power-women/</span></a></p><p>From album “Humans” in 2019 by London Afrobeat Collective, that offers bold brass lines, hypnotic danceable grooves and socially conscious lyrics, to continue Fela Kuti‘s mission to fight for political and social change.</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Mongo Santamaria – Afro Blue (1984)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/mongo-santamaria-afro-blue-1984/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/mongo-santamaria-afro-blue-1984/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/mongo-santam</span><span class="invisible">aria-afro-blue-1984/</span></a></p><p>Mongo Santamaria recorded his composition “Afro Blue” in 1959 when playing with the Cal Tjader Sextet. The first recorded performance was on April 20, 1959, at the Sunset Auditorium in Carmel, California, with Santamaría on percussion.</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Angelique Kidjo with Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/angelique-kidjo-luxembourg-philharmonic-orchestra/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/angelique-kidjo-luxembourg-philharmonic-orchestra/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/angelique-ki</span><span class="invisible">djo-luxembourg-philharmonic-orchestra/</span></a></p><p>Angelique Kidjo with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, arranged and conducted by Gast Waltzing in 2015, on album “Sings“.</p><p><a href="/tags/angéliquekidjo/" rel="tag">#AngéliqueKidjo</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Arelacoyava – Darling</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/arelacoyava/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amf.didiermary.fr/arelacoyava/</a></p><p>Adriana Bignagni Lesca, aka Arelacoyava, is a Gabonese mezzo-soprano / contralto singer. Praised for her “rich, warm timbre” and “expressive vocal depth,” she has been recognized by critics for bringing both power and nuance to her roles. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/gabon/" rel="tag">#Gabon</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>WITCH performing live in the KEXP gathering space.<br>Recorded September 8, 2025<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM0CMGGFETU" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM0CMGGFETU"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM0CMG</span><span class="invisible">GFETU</span></a></p><p>Album Sogolo on AMF: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/new-witch-album-sogolo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/new-witch-album-sogolo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/new-witch-al</span><span class="invisible">bum-sogolo/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/zamrock/" rel="tag">#Zamrock</a></p>

<p>Cheick Tidiane Seck – Guerrier (2013)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidiane-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidiane-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidia</span><span class="invisible">ne-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/</span></a></p><p>Cheick Tidiane Seck is well known across the African music industry, as a composer and arranger, since the 70s, when he played with Super Rail Band. Multi-instrumentalist, he has written for and played with African artists including Fela Kuti, Mory Kanté, Salif Keita, Youssou N’Dour and for jazz bands, Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, Hank Jones […]</p><p><a href="/tags/cover/" rel="tag">#Cover</a> <a href="/tags/epk/" rel="tag">#EPK</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/afrojazz/" rel="tag">#AfroJazz</a></p>

<p>Leo PaLayeng – Elephant Dance</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/leo-palayeng-elephant-dance/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/leo-palayeng-elephant-dance/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/leo-palayeng</span><span class="invisible">-elephant-dance/</span></a></p><p>This is Acholitronix (ElectroAcholi), traditional songs and rhythms from the Acholi people in Uganda (to South-Sudan), revisited with electro. Elephant dance is a tribal inspired creation blended with heavy electronic synth, produced from 2014-2020.</p><p>Musician, producer/Dj, architect of the “Acholitronix” genre, a hyper-frenetic version of electronic music with high BPM (90-200), [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/uganda/" rel="tag">#Uganda</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>Join us: inspired by input from you, Stan Stewart will perform live piano improvisations. This concert is part of the Fall of Freedom series.<br><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/falloffreedom/" rel="tag">#FallOfFreedom</a></p><p><a href="https://muz4now.com/2025/freedom-piano-improv-concert-for-falloffreedom/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="muz4now.com/2025/freedom-piano-improv-concert-for-falloffreedom/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">muz4now.com/2025/freedom-piano</span><span class="invisible">-improv-concert-for-falloffreedom/</span></a></p>

<p>Femi Kuti - Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 1999<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqIR_DpPkA" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqIR_DpPkA"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqIR_</span><span class="invisible">DpPkA</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Seun Kuti &amp; Egypt 80 – Struggle Sounds</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-egypt-80-struggle-sounds/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-egypt-80-struggle-sounds/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-eg</span><span class="invisible">ypt-80-struggle-sounds/</span></a></p><p>Live and Direct-to-Disc version of a single from Seun Kuti’s album “Black Times” in 2018.</p><p>“Struggle music, struggle sounds / Struggle people, struggle now”</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Nina Simone – Liberian Calypso</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/nina-simone-liberian-calypso/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/nina-simone-liberian-calypso/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/nina-simone-</span><span class="invisible">liberian-calypso/</span></a></p><p>Nina Simone (1933 – 2003), here playing “Liberian Calypso,” which was inspired by her stay in the West African country from 1974 to 1977.</p><p>In this song, she revisits “Run Joe” from the album “Miss Calypso” by Maya Angelou released in 1957.</p><p><a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/liberia/" rel="tag">#Liberia</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Guy One – <a href="/tags/1/" rel="tag">#1</a></p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/guy-one-1/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>amf.didiermary.fr/guy-one-1/</a></p><p>Guy One performing traditional Frafra music from Ghana (now remixed in Germany).</p><p>Guy One is an utterly unique artist who writes and performs Frafra music, a style that originates from a small area in the north of Ghana (a more city-styled approach to this music can also be heard in the sounds of King Ayisoba).<br>Whilst […]</p><p><a href="/tags/frafra/" rel="tag">#Frafra</a> <a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Youssou N’Dour – Nelson Mandela (live)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-nelson-mandela/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-nelson-mandela/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndou</span><span class="invisible">r-nelson-mandela/</span></a></p><p>This version of “Nelson Mandela” is from “Youssou N’Dour &amp; Le Super Etoile de Dakar – Fatteliku” released in 2015.<br>This album was recorded live in Athens on Peter Gabriel’s So tour in 1987.</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/madiba/" rel="tag">#Madiba</a> <a href="/tags/sénégal/" rel="tag">#Sénégal</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/youssoundour/" rel="tag">#YoussouNDour</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Overthrust (full set live)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xfk0yO6G2Q" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xfk0yO6G2Q"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xfk0y</span><span class="invisible">O6G2Q</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/deathmetal/" rel="tag">#DeathMetal</a> <a href="/tags/metal/" rel="tag">#Metal</a> <a href="/tags/botswana/" rel="tag">#Botswana</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Kenyan Female Percussionist Kasiva Mutua live</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kenyan-female-percussionist-kasiva-mutua/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kenyan-female-percussionist-kasiva-mutua/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kenyan-femal</span><span class="invisible">e-percussionist-kasiva-mutua/</span></a></p><p>Kasiva Mutua, a drumming prodigy influenced by her grandmother’s folktales, is one of Africa’s leading percussionists. Breaking barriers in a male-dominated field, she fuses traditional African beats with modern genres.</p><p>Her debut album in 2025, DESTURI, showcases her expanded skills in guitar, songwriting, and production, while empowering a new generation [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/drums/" rel="tag">#Drums</a> <a href="/tags/kenya/" rel="tag">#Kenya</a> <a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a></p>

<p>Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux – Mandjou (TV)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/les-ambassadeurs-internationaux-mandjou-tv/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/les-ambassadeurs-internationaux-mandjou-tv/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/les-ambassad</span><span class="invisible">eurs-internationaux-mandjou-tv/</span></a></p><p>Avec Salif Keita au chant et le guitariste Manfila Kanté, le titre “Mandjou”, extrait de l’album éponyme sorti en Côte d’Ivoire en 1978, est un hommage au Président guinéen Ahmed Sekou Touré. C’est ce titre qui va révéler Salif Keita et propulser le chanteur au rang d’idole.</p><p>Le contenu de cette chanson est à rapprocher […]</p><p><a href="/tags/livemusic/" rel="tag">#LiveMusic</a> <a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/salifkeita/" rel="tag">#SalifKeita</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#TV</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>