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<p>The Trance of Seven Colors</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/trance-seven-colors/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/trance-seven-colors/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/trance-seven</span><span class="invisible">-colors/</span></a></p><p>Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/gnawa/" rel="tag">#Gnawa</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/morocco/" rel="tag">#Morocco</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a> <a href="/tags/pharoahsanders/" rel="tag">#PharoahSanders</a></p>

<p>Hugh Masekela – Bring Back Nelson Mandela</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/hugh-masekela-bring-back-nelson-mandela/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/hugh-masekela-bring-back-nelson-mandela/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/hugh-masekel</span><span class="invisible">a-bring-back-nelson-mandela/</span></a></p><p>“Bring Back Nelson Mandela” is one of Masekela’s composition at the time of apartheid in South Africa, as he was a clear anti-apartheid activist.</p><p>Also known as “Bring Him Back Home“, the song is an anthemic anti-apartheid protest song written by South African musician Hugh Masekela.</p><p><a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a> <a href="/tags/hughmasekela/" rel="tag">#HughMasekela</a> <a href="/tags/jazz/" rel="tag">#Jazz</a> <a href="/tags/madiba/" rel="tag">#Madiba</a> <a href="/tags/qotd/" rel="tag">#QOTD</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Ngozi Family – Hold On</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ngozi-family-hold-on/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ngozi-family-hold-on/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ngozi-family</span><span class="invisible">-hold-on/</span></a></p><p>The song “Hold on” is part of “45,000 Volts”, originally released in 1977 by the Ngozi Family. It was a sharp cut, defining slice of Zamrock.</p><p>“Ngozi Family was one of the most prolific bands in Zambia at that time and rocketed to stardom in a period that is hailed as the golden age of […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/zambia/" rel="tag">#Zambia</a> <a href="/tags/zamrock/" rel="tag">#Zamrock</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Francis Bebey – Essok’am</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebey-essokam/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebey-essokam/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebe</span><span class="invisible">y-essokam/</span></a></p><p>Né à Douala, Francis Bebey (1929-2001) est considéré comme l’un des pionniers de la musique africaine en Occident. Chanteur et guitariste, il était également poète, conteur et grand joueur de sanza, le piano à pouces, instrument relativement inconnu à cette époque hors d’Afrique. Ecrivain, il publie plusieurs ouvrages. [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/90smusic/" rel="tag">#90smusic</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/francisbebey/" rel="tag">#FrancisBebey</a> <a href="/tags/mbira/" rel="tag">#Mbira</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Charles &amp; Frida Sonko – Nawuliranga (1968)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frida-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frida-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frid</span><span class="invisible">a-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/</span></a></p><p>Nawuliranga, by Charles &amp; Frida Sonko with Orchestre Melo Success comes from a rare compilation “THE KAMPALA SOUND – 1960s UGANDAN DANCE MUSIC” (Original Music, 1988, recorded in Kenya)</p><p>A lovely sampler of some rare and half-forgotten pop from mid-’60s Uganda.<br>A poor nation, Uganda’s music industry was modest, particularly [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/60smusic/" rel="tag">#60smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/uganda/" rel="tag">#Uganda</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</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>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>Kuku Sebsibe</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/kuku-sebsibe/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/kuku-sebsibe/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/kuku-sebsibe</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a></p><p>Kuku Sebsibe is one of Ethiopia’s premier singers. She has performed with all the top bands of the 70s and 80s including Walias, Roha and Ibex, and is still performing today.</p><p>Available for the first time on record, these tracks are all from her first album originally released in 1982 on cassette only. […]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Cameroonian classic! Zangalewa</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/cameroonian-classic-zangalewa/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/cameroonian-classic-zangalewa/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/cameroonian-</span><span class="invisible">classic-zangalewa/</span></a></p><p>Zangalewa est un succès populaire Camerounais, mais dont la popularité est allée bien au-delà des frontières du pays…</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/bikutsi/" rel="tag">#Bikutsi</a> <a href="/tags/cameroon/" rel="tag">#Cameroon</a> <a href="/tags/makossa/" rel="tag">#Makossa</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</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>Bantous de la Capitale – Osala Ngai Nini</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bantous-de-la-capitale-osala-ngai-nini-alphonsine/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bantous-de-la-capitale-osala-ngai-nini-alphonsine/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bantous-de-l</span><span class="invisible">a-capitale-osala-ngai-nini-alphonsine/</span></a></p><p>Passy Mermans, guitariste des Bantous de la Capitale, est décédé le 28 décembre 2022 à l’âge de 80 ans, quelques jours seulement après Ignace Makirimbia, batteur principal des Bantous.</p><p>Les Bantous de la Capitale, premier orchestre congolais créé en 1959, est né à la veille de l’indépendance du Congo.</p><p>Je les avais vus sur scène en […]</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> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Maurice Poto Doudongo – The Lost Album</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/maurice-poto-doudongo-the-lost-album/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/maurice-poto-doudongo-the-lost-album/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/maurice-poto</span><span class="invisible">-doudongo-the-lost-album/</span></a></p><p>During the 80s in Brussels, a Congolese musician, Maurice Poto Doudongo, starts musical experimentations, after working with Zaïko Langa Langa in Kinshasa.</p><p>Poto Doudongo is in his 20s, works with Zazou Bikaye, and decides to record a solo album, where he plays all instruments. The result is a mix of [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/rumba/" rel="tag">#Rumba</a> <a href="/tags/soukous/" rel="tag">#Soukous</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Psychedelic Classics 3: Love’s a Real Thing</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/psychedelic-classics-3-loves-a-real-thing/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/psychedelic-classics-3-loves-a-real-thing/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/psychedelic-</span><span class="invisible">classics-3-loves-a-real-thing/</span></a></p><p>The Funky Fuzzy Sounds of West Africa </p><p>These twelve astonishing tracks are drawn from a broad spectrum of early 70s West African psychedelic [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/manudibango/" rel="tag">#ManuDibango</a> <a href="/tags/psychedelic/" rel="tag">#Psychedelic</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>The Free Music</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-free-music/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/the-free-music/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/the-free-mus</span><span class="invisible">ic/</span></a></p><p>“The Free Music” est un album qui reprend neuf morceaux du groupe éponyme formé par l’artiste libyen Najib Al Housh, soigneusement choisis au sein de leur discographie de dix albums autoproduits à partir des années 1970, offrant un mélange unique entre funk, disco, soul et reggae… </p><p>Plus surprenante encore, cette reprise de &quot;Stayin&#x27; Alive&quot; des Bee Gees.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/libya/" rel="tag">#Libya</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a> <a href="/tags/funk/" rel="tag">#Funk</a> <a href="/tags/disco/" rel="tag">#Disco</a> <a href="/tags/soulmusic/" rel="tag">#SoulMusic</a></p>

<p>Ivory Coast Soul (Vol. 1 &amp; 2)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/ivory-coast-soul/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/ivory-coast-soul/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/ivory-coast-</span><span class="invisible">soul/</span></a></p><p>Ivory Coast Soul – Afro Funk From Abidjan From 1972 To 1982 is a compilation released in 2010 on 2 vinyl LPs.</p><p>Ivory Coast Soul Volume 2 was released in 2012 and covers music produced […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/cotedivoire/" rel="tag">#CoteDIvoire</a> <a href="/tags/remixed/" rel="tag">#Remixed</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</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>Hailu Mergia &amp; the Walias Band</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/hailu-mergia-walias-band/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/hailu-mergia-walias-band/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/hailu-mergia</span><span class="invisible">-walias-band/</span></a></p><p>The first full length album by The Walias Band &amp; Hailu Mergia, recorded and released in 1975 by the band’s own label. At Zula Club he and his mates formed Walias Band and did something no other band in Ethiopian nightclub history had done: they started buying their own musical instruments. Until then the club […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/ethiojazz/" rel="tag">#Ethiojazz</a> <a href="/tags/ethiopia/" rel="tag">#Ethiopia</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Bobo Yéyé – Belle Epoque in Upper Volta</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/bobo-yeye-belle-epoque-in-upper-volta/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/bobo-yeye-belle-epoque-in-upper-volta/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/bobo-yeye-be</span><span class="invisible">lle-epoque-in-upper-volta/</span></a></p><p>Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta is a compilation available as a 3-disc, 37-song box set by archival label Numero Group.</p><p>Burkina Faso was called The Republic of Upper Volta. Then came Thomas Sankara. During this period of cultural revolution, in the ’60s and ’70s, the nation exploded with new bands and sounds, […]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/burkinafaso/" rel="tag">#BurkinaFaso</a> <a href="/tags/compilation/" rel="tag">#Compilation</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Petelo Vicka et son Nzazi – Sungu Lubuka</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/petelo-vicka-et-son-nzazi-sungu-lubuka/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/petelo-vicka-et-son-nzazi-sungu-lubuka/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/petelo-vicka</span><span class="invisible">-et-son-nzazi-sungu-lubuka/</span></a></p><p>En septembre 1974, le festival “Zaïre 74” avait fait monter la pression sur toute une génération de musiciens locaux, en les poussant à injecter une bonne dose de Funk dans la Rumba congolaise.</p><p>Dans la compilation Congo Funk!, on retrouve des groupes de Kinshasa et Brazzaville, tels que l’Orchestre OK Jazz et Les Bantous de [...]</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/80smusic/" rel="tag">#80smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/congo/" rel="tag">#Congo</a> <a href="/tags/rumba/" rel="tag">#Rumba</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Djelimady Tounkara – Fanta Bourama</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/djelimady-tounkara-fanta-bourama/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/djelimady-tounkara-fanta-bourama/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/djelimady-to</span><span class="invisible">unkara-fanta-bourama/</span></a></p><p>One of Africa’s most admired guitarists, the virtuosic Tounkara was the longtime lead player in the Rail Band (a.k.a. Super Rail Band), a popular Malian group that was born out of Africa’s midcentury craze for Latin music. On “Fanta Bourama,” a sparkling acoustic track, Tounkara plays a romantic, flamenco-style lead, showing off his chops for […]</p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>The story of Zamrock</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/story-zamrock/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/story-zamrock/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/story-zamroc</span><span class="invisible">k/</span></a></p><p>Discover the story of Zamrock, a music genre born in 1970s Zambia out of influences from James Brown’s funk and Jimi Hendrix’s acid guitar.</p><p>Seminal Zamrock groups such as Witch, Amanaz, 5 Revolutions, Ricky Banda, Ngozi Family, Oscillations, Fireballs, and Crossbones.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/documentary/" rel="tag">#Documentary</a> <a href="/tags/rock/" rel="tag">#Rock</a> <a href="/tags/zambia/" rel="tag">#Zambia</a> <a href="/tags/zamrock/" rel="tag">#Zamrock</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Lalo Keba Dramé – Bamba Bojang</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/lalo-keba-drame-bamba-bojang/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/lalo-keba-drame-bamba-bojang/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/lalo-keba-dr</span><span class="invisible">ame-bamba-bojang/</span></a></p><p>An old griot song by Lalo Keba Dramé (Lalo Kebba Drammeh), the Kora virtuoso from SeneGambia.</p><p>This song was composed in honour of Alhaji Bamba Bodian or Ledjè, a wealthy merchant of the XIX century, king of Suma Kunda (Gambia) who was also a generous patron (“djatigui”) to the griots of Gambia. Many Gambians consider […]</p><p><a href="/tags/kora/" rel="tag">#Kora</a> <a href="/tags/thegambia/" rel="tag">#TheGambia</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Rail Band – Kibaru (feat. Salif Keita)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/rail-band-kibaru-salif-keita/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/rail-band-kibaru-salif-keita/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/rail-band-ki</span><span class="invisible">baru-salif-keita/</span></a></p><p>From album “Dioba (Belle époque, Vol. 3)” with tracks by Rail Band recorded between 1970-1983.</p><p>The first incarnation of the Rail Band was founded in 1970, sponsored by the Ministry of Information and the railway administration. The Malian government had, since the ’60s, been sponsoring cultural events and groups to promote national traditions.</p><p><a href="/tags/mali/" rel="tag">#Mali</a> <a href="/tags/morykante/" rel="tag">#MoryKante</a> <a href="/tags/salifkeita/" rel="tag">#SalifKeita</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Locomotive Train (Keteke)</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/locomotive-train-keteke-african-brothers-band/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/locomotive-train-keteke-african-brothers-band/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/locomotive-t</span><span class="invisible">rain-keteke-african-brothers-band/</span></a></p><p>Released to coincide with the Ghanaian Independence Day celebrations on 6th March 2024, African Brothers Band International of Ghana’s “Locomotive Train (Keteke)” album is a fine example of the band’s fusion of Highlife, guitar based Rock and Reggae.</p><p>Originally formed as The African Brothers in 1963 as a concert party, the band has had a […]</p><p><a href="/tags/ghana/" rel="tag">#Ghana</a> <a href="/tags/highlife/" rel="tag">#Highlife</a> <a href="/tags/independence/" rel="tag">#Independence</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>

<p>Yehouessi Leopold &amp; T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo: Volume 4</p><p><a href="https://amf.didiermary.fr/yehouessi-leopold-poly-rythmo/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="amf.didiermary.fr/yehouessi-leopold-poly-rythmo/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amf.didiermary.fr/yehouessi-le</span><span class="invisible">opold-poly-rythmo/</span></a></p><p>The T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou was formed in 1966. Their output has been extremely prolific numbering upwards of 50 LPs and a hundred 45s. Here’s an album with Yehouessi Leopold (drummer) from 1978, that was rereleased in 2021.</p><p><a href="/tags/70smusic/" rel="tag">#70smusic</a> <a href="/tags/afrofunk/" rel="tag">#AfroFunk</a> <a href="/tags/bénin/" rel="tag">#Bénin</a> <a href="/tags/fullalbum/" rel="tag">#FullAlbum</a> <a href="/tags/oldafricanmusic/" rel="tag">#OldAfricanMusic</a></p>