nigeria

<p>“Gbo Ohun Awon Angeli” (‘Hear the voice of the Angels’ in Yoruba) is part of many &quot;indigenised&quot; Christmas carols / worship songs.<br>Here by Motola Oyebanjo.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUVlWKuSTEE" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUVlWKuSTEE"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUVlWK</span><span class="invisible">uSTEE</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/xmas/" rel="tag">#Xmas</a></p>

<p>When food becomes poison<br>In Nigeria, the drive to cut corners has turned food and drink into vectors of illness, sacrificing health and heritage at the altar of profit.<br><a href="https://africasacountry.com/2025/09/when-food-becomes-poison" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="africasacountry.com/2025/09/when-food-becomes-poison"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africasacountry.com/2025/09/wh</span><span class="invisible">en-food-becomes-poison</span></a></p><p>&quot;[...] Fruits are forced to ripen with calcium carbide, a toxic substance that has no place near human consumption. Cooking oils are recycled endlessly, breaking down into harmful compounds long before they reach the plate.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/africa/" rel="tag">#Africa</a> <a href="/tags/food/" rel="tag">#Food</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/aiac/" rel="tag">#AIAC</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>The Funkees – Dancing Time</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/funkees-dancing-time/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/funkees-dancing-time/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/funkees-danc</span><span class="invisible">ing-time/</span></a></p><p>“The Funkees hit London in 1973 as the tightest, funkiest and most audacious bands to come out of Africa. Hardened by endless touring and an unrelenting battle with BLO and Monomono to be the best band in Nigeria, they were in prime musical condition, ready to finally lay down their first album. The result was […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</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>Burkina Faso’s President Thomas Sankara and Fela Kuti during the Panafrican Film and Television Festival (FESPACO) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in 1987.</p><p><a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/thomassankara/" rel="tag">#ThomasSankara</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a></p>

<p>Tony Allen – Afrobeat Revolution</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-afrobeat-revolution/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-afrobeat-revolution/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-a</span><span class="invisible">frobeat-revolution/</span></a></p><p>The Afrobeat Revolution started in Lagos at the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation in 1963 when Tony Allen met Fela Kuti. Allen was working as studio engineer at the time and Kuti had been hired as a disc jockey with his own jazz request programme.</p><p>The Nigerian drummer Tony Allen is credited with creating Afrobeat along with […]</p><p><a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/tonyallen/" rel="tag">#TonyAllen</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</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>Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/electricity-ibibio-sound-machine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/electricity-ibibio-sound-machine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/electricity-</span><span class="invisible">ibibio-sound-machine/</span></a></p><p>Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West-African funk &amp; disco and modern post-punk &amp; electro.<br>Their album “Electricity” was released in March 2022.</p><p><a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/electro/" rel="tag">#Electro</a></p>

<p>Fela Kuti – Upside Down</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-upside-down/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-upside-down/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-up</span><span class="invisible">side-down/</span></a></p><p>From the LP “Upside Down” released in 1976 (CD release 1997).</p><p>Sandra, the woman who stood by Fela and also brought him in contact with the Black Panther during his transformation years in the United States, came back to visit a highly popular and successful Fela in Nigeria in 1976.</p><p>The track was written by […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</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>Harry Mosco – For You Specially</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/harry-mosco-funkees-specially/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/harry-mosco-funkees-specially/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/harry-mosco-</span><span class="invisible">funkees-specially/</span></a></p><p>The late Harry Mosco was the lead vocalist for legendary 1970s Nigerian afro-funk band The Funkees.</p><p>After unsuccessfully moving back to London, the group disbanded (after just four years) and Mosco released his first solo EP Specially For You in 1977.</p><p>At the time it received no commercial success. But it has been reissued.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>The Recording Academy Announces 2026 Special Merit Award Honorees: Carlos Santana, Chaka Khan, Cher, <a href="/tags/felakuti/" rel="tag">#FelaKuti</a>, Paul Simon, Whitney Houston &amp; More.</p><p><a href="https://www.grammy.com/news/special-merit-awards-2026-grammys-honorees-recording-academy" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.grammy.com/news/special-merit-awards-2026-grammys-honorees-recording-academy"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.grammy.com/news/special-me</span><span class="invisible">rit-awards-2026-grammys-honorees-recording-academy</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#Afrobeat</a> <a href="/tags/grammys2026/" rel="tag">#Grammys2026</a></p>

<p>This week, 79 years ago, Sunday Anthony Ishola Adeniyi Adegeye, popularly known as King Sunny Ade, was born in Ondo Town. Here&#x27;s a selection of 50 great songs:<br><a href="https://thenativemag.com/the-50-greatest-king-sunny-ade-songs/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="thenativemag.com/the-50-greatest-king-sunny-ade-songs/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenativemag.com/the-50-greate</span><span class="invisible">st-king-sunny-ade-songs/</span></a></p><p>On AMF: <a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/?s=king+sunny" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/?s=king+sunny"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/?s=king+sunn</span><span class="invisible">y</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/jujumusic/" rel="tag">#JujuMusic</a></p>

<p>Somi – The Lagos Music Salon</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/lagos-music-salon-somi/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/lagos-music-salon-somi/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/lagos-music-</span><span class="invisible">salon-somi/</span></a></p><p>The Lagos Music Salon is the 4th studio full-length album by jazz hybrid singer and songwriter Somi. It was released in 2014. Somi is an American Jazz and Pop singer and songwriter.<br>Her music is influenced by her Ugandan and Rwandan roots, and she resides between New York City and Lagos, Nigeria. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/epk/" rel="tag">#EPK</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/rwanda/" rel="tag">#Rwanda</a> <a href="/tags/uganda/" rel="tag">#Uganda</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>

<p>Seun Kuti and Black Thought remix</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-black-thought-kuku-kee-me-remix/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-black-thought-kuku-kee-me-remix/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-bl</span><span class="invisible">ack-thought-kuku-kee-me-remix/</span></a></p><p>Nigerian musician Seun Kuti and HipHop veteran Black Thought (head of legendary band The Roots) teamed again for a new remix EP African Dreams, that includes 3 tracks, nearly two months after the release of “Kuku Kee Me (Remix).”</p><p>“This EP is something new. I don’t think that something like this has been done before,” […]</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</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>From the LP I.T.T. (International Thief Thief) released in 1979.<br>Fela and his political party Movement Of The People are banned from contesting Nigeria’s presidential election. Fela forms a new Afrika 70 and plays a comeback concert at the University of Ife. He also defies police opposition and opens a new Afrika Shrine in Ikeja, […]</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-international-thief-itt/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-international-thief-itt/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-in</span><span class="invisible">ternational-thief-itt/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</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>Fela Kuti – Gentleman (LP)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-gentleman-lp/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-gentleman-lp/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-ge</span><span class="invisible">ntleman-lp/</span></a></p><p>1973’s “Gentleman” is the 7th in the series of celebratory Fela 50th Anniversary reissues.</p><p>Like Fela’s other early 70’s releases, he used each side of his LPs to create a deep groove that pulls the listener in and follows with metaphoric lyrics that call out and critique the corrupt hangover of colonialism. Gentleman is the […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</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>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>Fela Kuti – Confusion Break Bones (C.B.B.)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-confusion-break-bones-cbb/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-confusion-break-bones-cbb/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-co</span><span class="invisible">nfusion-break-bones-cbb/</span></a></p><p>Confusion Break Bones is a long track (29:10) by Fela Kuti &amp; Egypt 80 on their album “Underground System” from 1992.</p><p>“Fela releases Underground System, which will be the final album of newly recorded studio material to be issued during his lifetime. The album is inspired in part by the 1987 assassination of Fela’s friend, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/90smusic/" rel="tag">#90smusic</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>Fela Kuti – Mr Follow Follow</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-mr-follow-follow/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-mr-follow-follow/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-mr</span><span class="invisible">-follow-follow/</span></a></p><p>Fela Kuti’s Mr Follow Follow was released in 1976/77 on the Zombie album.</p><p>The song is about those who allow themselves to be led blindly by others.<br>“…if you dey follow them book! Na inside cupboard you go quench!… Cockroach dey! Rat dey!… Na inside darkness you go dey! If you have to follow them books, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</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>Tunji Oyelana - A Nigerian Retrospective 1966-79<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLsfENQU2UY" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLsfENQU2UY"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLsfEN</span><span class="invisible">QU2UY</span></a></p><p>&quot;Equal parts singer-songwriter, actor, bandleader, dramatist, comedian and academic, Oyelana elevated the realm of pop music by infusing it with the poetic storytelling of Yoruba folklore.&quot;</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60sMusic</a> <a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70sMusic</a></p>

<p>King Sunny Ade live</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-sunny-ade-live/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/king-sunny-ade-live/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/king-sunny-a</span><span class="invisible">de-live/</span></a></p><p>The King of Juju Music, King Sunny Ade live!</p><p>Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye (born September 1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.<br>He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success, and has been called one of the most influential musicians [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/jujumusic/" rel="tag">#JujuMusic</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>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>Siji – Children of the Sun (Yoruba Soul Remix)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/siji-children-sun-yoruba-soul-remix/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/siji-children-sun-yoruba-soul-remix/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/siji-childre</span><span class="invisible">n-sun-yoruba-soul-remix/</span></a></p><p>“Children of the sun lift your heads up to the skies”.</p><p>According to the Yoruba, “Omo l’ere aiye”. This means a child is life’s ultimate reward. Regardless of what others might say, I truly believe that children are the future of our world for they hold the key to tomorrow’s promise for a bigger, better […]</p><p><a href="/tags/nigeria/" rel="tag">#Nigeria</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a></p>

<p>Etuk Ubong – Africa Today</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/etuk-ubong-africa-today/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/etuk-ubong-africa-today/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/etuk-ubong-a</span><span class="invisible">frica-today/</span></a></p><p>Reflecting the urgency of his messages, Etuk Ubong’s fast-paced channelling of Afrobeat, highlife, and jazz – encompassing echoes of Ellingtonian intricacy, blue period Miles, Coltrane transcendence, the roots rebirth of Masekela – all inspired by the ancestral ever-presence of Ekombi ritual drumming, creates a unique confluence of musical and spiritual questing. [...]</p><p><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/afrobeat/" rel="tag">#AfroBeat</a></p>