AFRO-FLAV!

AFRICAN MUSIC SEEMS TO BE GETTING EVER MORE POPULAR AT THE MOMENT-AND SO THIS WEEK WE NOT ONLY CELEBRATE SOME TOP AFRICAN TUNES,  BUT ALSO A BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE MALIAN PHOTOGRAPHER MALICK SIDIBE-ONE OF A SMALL GROUP OF PHOTOGRAPHERS/VISUAL CHRONICLERS-  DOCUMENTING EVENTS/SOCIAL CHANGES THRU THE 1950’S-80’S. -MUSICALLY WE TRAVEL THRU THE SLIGHTLY QUIRKY SYNTH, TO THE FUNKY, DISCO-JAZZ AN ROCK INFLUENCED- A FEW FROM NIGIRIA- BUT ALSO GHANA, SENEGAL, ETHIOPIA, & MALI- AS WELL AS SOME U.S/FRENCH AFRO FUNK! A VARIED SELECTION, SO ENJOY BROTHERS & SISTERS…………   1 ATA KAK-OBAA SIMA 2 LEKI SANTCHI-NAPO DE MI AMOR? 3 MDUMISO-MOFOLO HALL 4 LAFAYETTE AFRO ROCK BAND 5 OFO THE BLACK COMPANY-ALLAH WAKBARR 6 TIYISELANI VOMASEVE-NA XANISEKA 7 THONY SHORBY NWENYL-NO WRONG SHOW 8 ABY NGANA DIOP-DIEULEUL-DIEULEUL 9 NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE-ASIKO MI NI 10 AFRICAN BROTHERS-SELF RELIANCE 11 OFO THE BLACK COMPANY-ENARIO 12 ACHISSA-SAY NO TO GUNS (REMIX) 13 HALLU MERGIA-YIKIRTA LEMMINALEHU 14 ALI FARKA TOURE-HOWKOUNA