Kiala Nzavotunga – Je m’appelle Kiala
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kiala-nzavotunga-je-m-appelle-kiala/
Kiala Nzavotunga played guitar for Fela (with Egypt 80, between 1981 and 1983) and is one of the founders of Ghetto Blaster in Paris (1984-1989).
Kiala Nzavotunga is a singer/guitarist/songwriter born in Angola. After moving to Lagos as a young man, Kiala solidified his mark […]
Soul to Soul (1971)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/soul-to-soul-ghana-1971/
Je pensais vous avoir déjà parlé de ce fameux concert Soul to Soul, mais en fait il semble bien que je l’ai omis pour l’instant…
Quelques années après cet événement, il y eut le fameux “Soul Power” à Kinshasa en 1974. Celui-ci à Accra y ressemble un peu, mais sans le contexte des boxeurs… Ce concert […]
Iri Di – Waymala
https://amf.didiermary.fr/iri-di-waymala/
Iri Di is an Ethiopian-French self-taught musician, who navigates between afro rhythms, polyphonic singing, pentatonic and tonal harmonies.
Adama Yalomba – Live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/adama-yalomba-live-2007/
Adama Yalomba is a singer, composer, and instrumentalist (guitar, n’goni, dan).
He learnt to play the dan (or n’dan) from his father. Adama Yalomba was hailed as the next great Malian superstar after his impressive contribution to the 2003 Festival in the Desert album and his third solo album is fully geared to making those […]
Hugh Masekela – Grazing in the Grass (live)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/hugh-masekela-grazing-grass/
Grazing in the Grass for the Fifa Worldcup closing ceremony in 2010. For those who like a lot of cowbells in their music…
The song is found on Masekela‘s 8th studio album: “The Promise of a Future” in 1968. […]
Dr Victor Olaiya – Ilu Le O! (Country Hard O!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKieG5tj5Wc
More on AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/victor-olaiya-all-stars/
Group Theory Black Music
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tumi-mogorosi-group-theory-black-music/
“The Group Theory Black Music” documentary follows the creative process, and intentions between drummer Tumi Mogorosi and the many collaborators on the album.
Since his international debut on Jazzman Records in 2014 with Project ELO, Mogorosi has been in the vanguard of the South African creative music scene’s burgeoning outernational dimension, [...]
#Documentary #LiveMusic #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz #AvantGarde #Opera #Jazz
Mwandishi Sextet Project
Afrofuturism & psychedelism in the 70s, with Herbie Hancock.
KOKOKO!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/azo-toke-kokoko/
KOKOKO! is an offshoot of Fulu Miziki Kolektiv, with French producer Débruit. Electronic music direct from Congo, mixing standard instruments with homemade ones.
Baaba Maal – The traveller
https://amf.didiermary.fr/baaba-maal-traveller-diahowo/
Shot at a party? Old video… A young Baaba Maal, with Mamadou Djiby Seck, singing The traveller.
Kaleta & Super Yamba Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/kaleta-super-yamba-band/
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. […]
Super Mama Djombo – Luta Kana Maina #1
https://amf.didiermary.fr/super-mama-djombo-luta-kana-maina/
“Luta Kana Maina n°1” is from album “Na Cambança” by Super Mama Djombo at the end of the 70s.
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 […]
Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sibusiso-mash-mashiloane/
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 […]
Youssou N’Dour – YaaKaar (Hope)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-yaakaar-hope-live/
The song “Hope”, also known as “Yaakaar”, was released on Youssou N’Dour’s album “Eyes Open” in 1992.
London Afrobeat Collective – Power To The Women
https://amf.didiermary.fr/london-afrobeat-collective-power-women/
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.
Mongo Santamaria – Afro Blue (1984)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mongo-santamaria-afro-blue-1984/
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.
Angelique Kidjo with Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/angelique-kidjo-luxembourg-philharmonic-orchestra/
Angelique Kidjo with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, arranged and conducted by Gast Waltzing in 2015, on album “Sings“.
Arelacoyava – Darling
https://amf.didiermary.fr/arelacoyava/
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. [...]
WITCH performing live in the KEXP gathering space.
Recorded September 8, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM0CMGGFETU
Album Sogolo on AMF: https://amf.didiermary.fr/new-witch-album-sogolo/
Cheick Tidiane Seck – Guerrier (2013)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cheick-tidiane-seck-warrior-guerrier-2013/
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 […]
Leo PaLayeng – Elephant Dance
https://amf.didiermary.fr/leo-palayeng-elephant-dance/
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.
Musician, producer/Dj, architect of the “Acholitronix” genre, a hyper-frenetic version of electronic music with high BPM (90-200), [...]
Join us: inspired by input from you, Stan Stewart will perform live piano improvisations. This concert is part of the Fall of Freedom series.
#LiveMusic #FallOfFreedom
https://muz4now.com/2025/freedom-piano-improv-concert-for-falloffreedom/
Femi Kuti - Live at North Sea Jazz Festival 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUqIR_DpPkA
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Struggle Sounds
https://amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-egypt-80-struggle-sounds/
Live and Direct-to-Disc version of a single from Seun Kuti’s album “Black Times” in 2018.
“Struggle music, struggle sounds / Struggle people, struggle now”
