Easy Motion Tourist
https://amf.didiermary.fr/easy-motion-tourist/
If you love old African music, from the Golden Age of Nigerian music in particular, you’ve known the song “Easy Motion Tourist”, made popular by Fatai Rolling Dollar in his last records before his death. But, there’s a long story behind this song since the ‘50s: who created it, who made it famous…
What’s for […]
#50smusic #Highlife #Nigeria #PalmWineMusic #OldAfricanMusic
January 10: it's Vodoun days in Benin, a special holiday for traditional culture and religion, these last years transformed into a "money maker" by the government (see comment).
More: https://amf.didiermary.fr/benin-vodun-cult-traditions/
Egúngún (Yorùbá) are masquerade or masked, costumed figure, for ancestor reverence, or the ancestors themselves as a collective force.
The spirits below are from Benin. (source unknown)
Orlando Julius – The Story of “Going Back To My Roots”
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orlando-julius-story-going-back-to-my-roots/
Nigerian Afro soul pioneer Orlando Julius tells the story of the complex birth of Lamont Dozier‘s classic “Going Back To My Roots,” tracing its origins to Orlando’s composition “Ashiko,” touring with Hugh Masekela, working with producer Stewart Levine in L.A. and hearing Odyssey’s disco cover of the tune [...]
Niniola Feat. Femi Kuti – Fantasy
https://amf.didiermary.fr/niniola-femi-kuti-fantasy/
Niniola is a Nigerian singer and songwriter, the “Queen of Afro-House.” She participated in the sixth season of Project Fame West Africa in 2013 and was nominated for “Most Promising Act to Watch” at the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
Somi — Sometimes Love Feat. The Cavemen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wsGyTp6isk
From upcoming album "What Does It Take to Bloom?," out in August.
Taxi Sampler 01 (mixtape)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/taxi-sampler-python-syndicate/
Taxi Sampler: Rhythms & Vibes from the Spirit of Young Africa : GQOM, Afrobass, Ethiopiyawi Electronic… (2016-2019)
[…] a showcase of exclusive and featured beats from Crudo Volta’s documentary series Taxi. Taxi as a project captures contemporary youth and music cultures across African urban cities. [...]
#AfroHouse #Ethiopia #Ghana #GQOM #Mozambique #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #Electro
Davido – I Got A Friend Feat. Mayorkun & Sho Madjozi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/davido-got-friend-mayorkun-sho-madjozi/
“I Got A Friend”, a single from album “A better time” released in 2020.
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”
“And so Les Amazones d’Afrique were born…”
https://amf.didiermary.fr/amazones-afrique-dahomey-women-warriors/
Les Amazones d’Afrique is a collective of female stars including Angélique Kidjo, Mariam Doumbia, Nneka and many more. It started singing out in 2014 against gender inequality in West Africa over a soundtrack of Funk, Blues, Dub and Electro.
The first track they released was “I Play The Kora” from their album [...]
The Rise And Fall of Nigerian Rock
https://amf.didiermary.fr/wake-up-you-rise-fall-nigerian-rock/
Wake Up You! (1972-1977)
This compilation is a tribute to the many bands that formed this relatively unknown 1970s Nigerian Rock & Psychedelic circle. It includes tracks from Ify Jerry Krusade, The Hygrades, The Hykkers, Waves, The Funkees, Theodore Nemy and many more.
Nkem Owoh – I Go Chop Your Dollar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nkem-owoh-i-go-chop-your-dollar/
Nkem Owoh, qui joue et chante dans cette vidéo “I Go Chop Your Dollar”, réalisée par Uzodinma Okpechi, est un acteur Nigérian très populaire qui a joué dans de nombreuses comédies “Nollywood” (l’équivalent Nigérian de Bollywood, l’empire du cinéma Indien) comme Osuofia in London. […]
Blo – Chapter One
https://amf.didiermary.fr/blo-chapter-one/
Blo, AfroFunk-Rock from Nigeria in the 70s.
Chapter One was Blo’s debut album, originally released by EMI in 1973. Blo were remarkable for a variety of reasons: they were arguably the first rock trio to emerge from Africa and its members — Berkely ‘Ike’ Jones on guitar, Laolu ‘Akins’ Akintobi on drums and Mike ‘Gbenga’ […]
David Walters – Bwè Dlo Feat. Seun Kuti
https://amf.didiermary.fr/david-walters-bwe-dlo-seun-kuti/
From album “Soleil Kréyol” by David Walters in 2020.
“Creole Soul!” Two words are enough for David Walters to qualify his music. The exclamation point to support radicalism and faith in its purpose.
A lapidary definition behind the doors of which hides the maze of a culture that crosses the oceans, connects continents and islands by […]
Sir Victor Uwaifo – Ohue (Edit)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sir-victor-uwaifo-ohue/
From “Sofrito: Tropical Discotheque” in 2011, one of Edo Funk classics revisited: Ohue “Frankie Francis & Simbad Edit” by Sir Victor Uwaifo.
Also available on “Sofrito Super Single – Benin City Grooves” with a revisited version of Sonny Okusun Ozziddi’s Odenigbo.
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela – Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tony-allen-hugh-masekela-lagos-never-gonna-be-same/
“Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be The Same)” is a single taken from Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela’s very special collaboration “Rejoice“.
In this track, Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela pay tribute to Fela Kuti.
#HughMasekela #Jazz #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #TonyAllen #AfroBeat
Nigeria Special 1970-76
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-special-1970-76/
“Nigeria Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Nigerian Blues 1970-76” is a compilation released in 2008.
Queen of Nigerian Reggae!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/evi-edna-ogholi-queen-african-nigerian-reggae/
Evi Edna Ogholi is a Nigerian female reggae musician, popular for her song “Happy Birthday.” She earned the recognition “Queen of Nigerian Reggae” from Majek Fashek.
MonoMono – Give The Beggar A Chance
https://amf.didiermary.fr/monomono-give-the-beggar-a-chance/
MonoMono was an AfroRock band formed in Lagos, Nigeria in 1971 by Sierra Leone-born Joni Haastrup (lead vocals, keyboards), Babá Ken Okulolo (bass, vocals), and Danjuma “Jimi Lee” Adamu (guitars, vocals).
The infamous Yum Kippur war of 1973 which sent global oil prices through the roof left Nigeria with a sudden windfall. Flush with petrodollars, […]
Nigeria Special – Electronic Innovation
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-special-electronic-innovation/
The compilation of Nigerian music “Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93” chronicles a time when drum machines, synthesisers, imported pop, reggae, disco and soul collided with highlife, juju and cultural music. The late 70s saw a period of political turbulence and prompted change across [...]
#70smusic #80smusic #90smusic #Compilation #Nigeria #Electro
Teni – Sugar Mummy
https://amf.didiermary.fr/teni-sugar-mummy/
Teniola Apata is known as Teni the Entertainer. “Sugar Mummy” (2019) can be seen as an anthem for women who are “proud to be different”.
“There’s an assumption that women have to look a certain way to be feminine, but I don’t want to conform to that stereotype. My thing is this: You don’t get […]
Themba & T-Fire – No Stop Dis Musik
https://amf.didiermary.fr/themba-matebese-tfire-no-stop-dis-musik/
Extraordinaire guitarist and producer Themba Matebese, aka “T-Fire,” a South African artist who moved to Nigeria and released “No Stop Dis Musik” in 1976.
South African (adopted Nigerian) Themba Matebese with the Nigerian version of his band T-Fire, featuring some of the best musicians [...]
#70smusic #AfroFunk #Disco #Nigeria #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic
Okwy Osadebe – Igbo Highlife
https://amf.didiermary.fr/okwy-osadebe-igbo-highlife/
Highlife royalty Okwy Osadebe, son of the late Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe represents West African Highlife music and embraces what his father left behind, anchors his hopes and aspirations for humanity.
Eastern Nigeria created its highlife music style by the mid-1950s. Chief Osita Osadebe, the little man from across the great River Niger, was the […]
Fati Niger – Girma Girma
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fati-niger-girma-girma/
Binta Labaran (professionally known as Fati Niger) is a Nigerien singer and actress, and earned the title of “Princess of Hausa music.”
So far, she has produced 4 albums and over 500 songs and also appeared in various Hausa Kannywood movies.
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Black Woman
https://amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-and-egypt-80-black-woman/
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 released their third studio album “A long way to the beginning” in 2014, co-produced By Robert Glasper. Among the 7 tracks are a few collaborations: with Nneka on “Black Woman,” Ghana’s Blitz the Ambassador (“African Smoke”) and M-1 of Dead Prez (“IMF“).
Celeste Ojatula – This Side of Love
Feat. Dwin, The Stoic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIyT8qlVerk
