Dollar Brand – The Children of Africa 🔗
The Children of Africa (aka Banyana) by Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), recorded in NYC and released in 1976.Discogs Abdullah Ibrahim sings and plays [...]
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Highlife Time 🔗
“Highlife Time – Nigerian and Ghanaian Sound from the 60s and Early 70s” a 2xCD or 2xLP compilation by Vampi Soul. Tracklist Highlife, dance music pla [...]
Afrotronix – KÖD (Future Tribe) 🔗
Latest album by Afrotronix (Caleb Rimtobaye, producing as Future Tribe), the Chadian‑born artist whose music fuses ancestral rites and Sara, Gourane a [...]
Hommage à Zanzibar – Gibraltar Drakus 🔗
Head for Cameroon with Gibraltar Drakus and its Hommage à Zanzibar, a short LP originally released in 1989, reissued in 2023. The member of the emblem [...]
Ali Chukus and His Peace Makers Dance Band 🔗
Ali Chukwuma, under the nickname “Ali Chukus,” probably for his first album with the Peace Makers Dance Band in 1975. Tracklist A1 – Amala Isekise 00: [...]
Tal National – Claire (Zoy Zoy) 🔗
From an album released in 2015, Tal National offers their “very Rock ‘n Roll” vision of music from Niger. The songs on Zoy Zoy are a mix of traditiona [...]
Thomas Frempong 🔗
Thomas Frempong has been a fixture in the Highlife scene for decades, playing with all the biggest bands in the country, including the famous Noble Ki [...]
The Original Sound Of Mali 🔗
The two compilations “Original Sound Of Mali” offer a selection of songs from across the country in the 70s. Following Mali’s independence, after ten [...]
Orchestre Les Noirs – Sikiya Sauce 🔗
This 45 RPM single captures Orchestre Les Noirs at the height of their East African phase, enduring as a classic of the Congolese diaspora sound of th [...]
Ikenga Super Stars of Africa 🔗
RSS Club only! The Ikenga Super Stars of Africa were trailblazers in the Igbo cultural renaissance that emerged in eastern Nigeria after the Nigeria [...]