Muungano National Choir, Nairobi, Kenya

via xworldmusic.wordpress.com

djgoodblood:

Pappy Kojo feat. E.L. & Jiggy - Mamma Mia

Two things: 1) There’s some awesome azonto on this video. 2) This is the first time I hear an azonto song with some bars in italian (check out the second verse by Jiggy).

Quantic Soul Orchestra - Funky Nassau (Live in Paris)

D. O. Misiani

ghanailoveyou:

Onyina’s Guitar Band ~ Odo Ye Owu - Konkonsa Ni Be Bere

King Onyina is a highlife guitarist legend who was the first to introduce discordant harmonies into highlife guitar, influencing later prominent guitarists like Koo Nimo.

Freddie Cruger feat. ADL - Running From Love

Irresistible.

dynamicafrica:

EVENT: AFRICANS ARTISTS PERFORMING AT SUMMERSTAGE (NYC)

• Femi Kuti and the Positive Force, Sinkane, DJ sets by King Britt (23rd June 2013)
• Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits, Fatoumata Diawara, Krar Collective, DJ Sirak (7th July 2013)

johnnyrubadub:

Yes.

All this.

“The Nile Project was founded in August 2011 by Egyptian ethnomusicologist Mina Girgis and Ethiopian-American singer Meklit Hadero to address the Nile basin’s cultural and environmental challenges using an innovative approach that combines music, education and an enterprise platform.” - www.nileproject.org