This is one of the best things I've bought since ... I don't know when. As I know nothing about African music, I thought I'd start a thread to see what people's African faves are, especially if they are in a similar vein to this.
I don't even really know how to define what I'm looking for really. Mellow , soulful - not the hard funk end of African music, nor disco, not the more heavy Zamrock type stuff, nor the more frenetic "highlife" (scare quotes as I'm trying currently to tighten my understanding of what highlife is). This is from Guinea-Bissau, but I also picked up a Nigerian LP this summer which puts me in mind of it - by Sir Waziri Oshomah, if you are curious but I can't find any Youtube clips. Another recent favorite would be the Mary Afi Usuah reish. I realize it's obviously a ludicrously huge field, but I thought it might be nice to have quite an open discussion and trade a few links and names.
I don't even really know how to define what I'm looking for really. Mellow , soulful - not the hard funk end of African music, nor disco, not the more heavy Zamrock type stuff, nor the more frenetic "highlife" (scare quotes as I'm trying currently to tighten my understanding of what highlife is). This is from Guinea-Bissau, but I also picked up a Nigerian LP this summer which puts me in mind of it - by Sir Waziri Oshomah, if you are curious but I can't find any Youtube clips. Another recent favorite would be the Mary Afi Usuah reish. I realize it's obviously a ludicrously huge field, but I thought it might be nice to have quite an open discussion and trade a few links and names.
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