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Teno Afrika

Amapiano Selections

South Africa's reputation for expanding dance music again with Amapiano. The past five years have seen amapiano, South Africa’s electronic music move... more...

• 1 Teno Afrika & Diego Don - Ambassadors (feat Stylo Musiq & Flame Darula)
• 2 Teno Afrika & Diego Don - Storytellers
• 3 8 Ubers
• 4 Teno Afrika & Diego Don - %22Conka (feat Stylo Musiq & Flame Darula)

Nahawa Doumbia

Kanawa

This Release marks 40 years of music-making for the singer. Recorded in Bamako with a full traditional-pop ensemble. Album addresses immigration and... more...

• 1 Blonda Yirini
• 2 Didadi
• 3 Ndiagneko
• 4 Djougoh

Hailu Mergia & Dahlak Band

Wede Harer Guzo

A lo-fi haze of shimmering, loping funk in melancholic and lyrical modes typical to Ethiopian modernism. more...

• 1. Embuwa Bey Lamitu
• 2. Sintayehu
• 3. Bati Bati
• 4.Migibima Moltual

Dur-Dur Band

Volume 5

A big, versatile group from Mogadishu w/3 horn players, 4 lead singers, 3 backing singers, 2 guitarists, a keyboardist, a drummer, 2 percussionists, &... more...

• 01 Dur-Dur Band Introduction
• 02 Hayeelin
• 03 Halelo
• 04 Fagfagley

Ata Kak

Daa Nyinaa / Bome Nnwom

Ata Kak's legendary tape Obaa Sima introduced one of the greatest left-field dance floor jammers of all time, ''Daa Nyinaa.'' Now available on 12'' si... more...

• 1 Daa Nyinaa
• 2 Bome Nnwom

Hailu Mergia & The Walias

Tche Belew

The acclaimed and highly sought-after LP by Hailu Mergia and the Walias, Tche Belew, an album of instrumentals released in 1977, is perhaps the most s... more...

• 01 Tche Belew
• 02 Yemiasleks Fikir
• 03 Yikirta Lemminalehu
• 04 Musicawi Silt

Ata Kak

Obaa Sima

Recommended by: San Soda

Ata Kak's cassette Obaa Sima fell on deaf ears when it was self-released in Ghana and Canada in 1994. The music on the recording - an amalgam of highl... more...

• 1 Obaa Sima
• 2 Moma Yendodo
• 3 Adagya
• 4 Medofo

Papé Nziengui et son Groupe

Kadi Yombo

Kadi Yombo, published in 1989, is the most successful album in the quest for a fusion between tradition and modernity in Bwiti harp music of the Tsogh... more...

• 2 Gho Mitsaba Na Voko

Native Soul

Teenage Dreams

In common parlance, the two producers who make up Native Soul would be considered ''ma2000'' - or, born after the onset of democracy, having never exp... more...