Sunday Night Special: Aaah! Africa

Here’s a mixtape of 2 hours, 22 tracks of music from Zimbabwe, Angola, Ghana, Mozambique, Cameroon, South Africa, Mali, Tanzania, Tunisia, Nigeria, Congo (both), Guinea, Sudan and Burkina Faso.

From oily American-esque guitar funk (ROB) to nothing but an acoustic guitar (Feliciano Gomes), from big bandstand brass, guitar and vocal teasing (Bembeya Jazz) to sophisticated Afro-euro pop (Manu Dibango), from the outer limits of somewhere (Sir Victor Uwaifo) to the juju wall of guitars and talking drums (Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey) and to many interesting points inbetween….all one can say is Aaah! Africa.

Hope you have a good week.

            Track Listing:

            01 Forgive Us All (ROB) GHANA

02 Iranm' iran (Sir Victor Uwifo and His Titibitis of Africa) NIGERIA

03 Nha Guine (Ze Manel) GUINEA BISSAU

04 Wakafrika (Manu Dibango) CAMEROON

05 Som D'Agosto (Paulo Flores) ANGOLA

06 Magumo (How Will It All End) [Oliver Mtukudzi) ZIMBABWE

07 Jamil al-sourah (Le beau visage) [Abdel Gadir Salim] SUDAN

08 Bedeltini Bahiri (Khalas) ALGERIA

09 Makombo Mibale (Bantous de la Capitale) REPUBLIC OF CONGO

10 Canshita (Docteur Nico) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

11 Super Tentemba (Bembeya Jazz National) GUINEA

12 Pachange Maria (Os Bongos) ANGOLA

13 What God Has Joined Together (Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey and His Inter-Reformers Band) NIGERIA

14 Matsaire (Feliciano Gomes) MOZAMBIQUE

15 Toumast (Tinariwen) MALI

16 Sogodounou (Nahawa Doumbla) COTE D’ IVOIRE

17 The Lewinsky March (Rabih Abou-Khalil) LEBANON

18 Mpenzi Usemayo (Dar es Salaam Jazz Band) TANZANIA

19 Hamba Hamba Madala (The Los Angeles Orchestra) ZIMBABWE

20 Mangue K (Mangue Konde) BURKINA FASO

21 Ask the Rising Sun (Mariam Makeba) REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

22 Werente Serigne (Orchestra Boabab) SENEGAL

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