Nigeria Disco Funk Special
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nigeria-disco-funk-special/
“Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound Of The Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79” is a compilation released in 2008.
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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The resurgence of Benin sound
[Don't mix the Beninese Republic, with Benin CIty in Edo State in Nigeria]
Read: Musical traditions and language from Edo State have moved from the margins of Nigeria's national (and international) culture to the center.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/06/the-resurgence-of-benin-sound
Listen: Respect Ur Elders By 2Rymce
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdVbvvH92wo
On AMF: Edo Funk Explosion https://amf.didiermary.fr/edo-funk-explosion/
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Tabansi Studio Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tabansi-studio-band/
Tabansi Studio Band – Wakar Alhazai Kano & Mus’En Sofua: four incredible tracks of late-70s/early 80s Afrobeat (almost-undiscovered) magic, but not Fela’s Yoruba/Pidgin Afrobeat.
This is Igbo and Hausa Afrobeat, a very different style…
Enjoy!
The beats are laid down by the seven legendary Martin Brothers —of ‘Money’ fame— whilst vocals are courtesy of a multi-lingual […]
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Tim Lyre - ROCKETSHIP
https://youtu.be/fyEa3D4VN60
More info on Tim Lyre: https://amf.didiermary.fr/tim-lyre-worry/
Seun Kuti Feat. Carlos Santana – Black Times
https://amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-carlos-santana-black-times/
Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, has been carrying his father’s politically fiery and undyingly funky torch into the present day. With his band Egypt 80, the single off the album released in 2018, both titled “Black Times,” is a collaboration with the famed guitarist Carlos Santana. Seun describes his record as “an […]
Sunny Ade & his African Beats – Syncro System Movement
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sunny-ade-african-beats-syncro-system-movement/
The Original Syncro System Movement is a vinyl LP from 1974, reissued in 1983.
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Afro Super-Feelings led by Segun Okeji
https://amf.didiermary.fr/afro-super-feelings-segun-okeji/
Afrobeat Disco/Funk from the vault… A 2-track LP Afro Super-Feelings Led By Segun Okeji released in 1970.
This is an album comprised of two super-rare Afrobeat disco/funk tracks from Lagos by the band Afro Super-Feelings, led the by artist/musician Segun Okeji.
Segun Okeji was the tenor sax player in Fela Kuti‘s Koola Lobitos band […]
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Nneka - Go Within
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCsUyEFgl70
(I met Nneka in Cannes, FR, 15 years ago or so, when she was launching her career.)
"Music is the weapon. Music is the weapon of the future."
-Fela Kuti
📷: Janet Griffiths
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A video essay on Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s most political musical icon, directed by Akinola Davies Jr, including interviews with Seun & Femi Kuti.
Spoken word and music by Nigerian musician Obongjayar.
"The death of his mum too really broke him."
One Day Go Be One Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVWFBcjfY0M
"Death is not Silence"
Osa is a Nigerian-American pottery artist using traditional Nigerian and African techniques in a modern studio. She's just started a PeerTube channel featuring her works, you can follow at:
If the videos haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them at https://makertube.net/a/potterybyosa/videos
You can also follow her general non-video account at @potterybyosa@mastodon.social
#FeaturedPeerTube #Pottery #Nigeria #Africa #AfricanArt #PeerTube #PeerTubers
Fela Kuti – Why Black Man Dey Suffer
https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-why-black-man-dey-suffer/
Why Black Man Dey Suffer – LP (1971)
Listen to Sir Paul McCartney remembering this song played live at the Shrine.
On 1 January 1971, Fela changes his band’s name from Nigeria 70 to Africa 70. It is a breakthrough year for the group, which will remain the hottest attraction in Nigeria (and elsewhere […]
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Davido’s appearance at 'Amapiano’s biggest concert' turned a night of celebration into a study in Afrophobia, fandom, and the fragile borders of South African cultural nationalism.
https://africasacountry.com/2025/11/davidos-jacket
#SouthAfrica #Nigeria #AfroHouse #Amapiano #Racism #AfroPhobia #AIAC
Seyi Vibez - Shaolin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fii73UidV4
Nigerian StreetPop from EP "Children of Africa"
Highlife Music of Ghana and Nigeria
https://amf.didiermary.fr/highlife-music-ghana-nigeria-60s-70s/
70s Highlife Music from Ghana and Nigeria in this documentary, unfortunately lacking all the songs and performers names. If you know, please comment below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pTBW-NsbSA
#60smusic #70smusic #Compilation #Documentary #FelaKuti #Ghana #Highlife #Nigeria
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Dr Victor Olaiya & his All-Stars
https://amf.didiermary.fr/victor-olaiya-all-stars/
Dr Victor Olaiya is considered the bridge between Ghanaian highlife and what would become Afrobeat.
His musical style was influenced by James Brown, with horn parts harmonized in Brown’s style, as opposed to the mostly unison lines of Afrobeat. The music includes the swinging percussion of Tony Allen, but not the syncopated style that [...]
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Dr Victor Olaiya – Baby Mi Da Feat. 2Face Idibia
https://amf.didiermary.fr/victor-olaiya-baby-mi-da-2face-idibia/
“Baby Mi Da (Baby Jowo) remix” is a revisited version of a classic track by Dr Victor Olaiya, featuring 2Face Idibia.
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Paris DJs – Summer 2013
https://amf.didiermary.fr/paris-djs-playlist-summer-2013/
Paris DJs is a Paris-based production team (Djouls, Grant Phabao, Loik Dury & Ben Hito) featuring worldwide guest vocalists, musicians, deejays, graphic/web designers and writers.Reggae, Afro, Funk, Soul, Jazz, Latin, Hip Hop and more audio goodness.
Playlist includes Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra and Muyiwa Kunnuji.
#60smusic #70smusic #AfroFunk #Guinea #Nigeria #Soundcloud #Afrobeat
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Femi Kuti – As We Struggle Everyday (Edit)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/femi-kuti-struggle-everyday/
“As We Struggle Everyday” is taken from the album Legacy +, that includes a full album by Femi (Stop The Hate) and one by his son Made, titled For(e)ward.
"Legendary activist and Afrobeat originator, Fela Kuti, used his music to lament social injustices and political corruption in his native Nigeria. Fela’s legacy spans decades and […]"
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Ibibio Sound Machine live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ibibio-sound-machine-live/
Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West-African funk & disco and modern post-punk & electro.
Weird and wonderful folk stories, recounted to Eno by her family as a child in her mother’s Ibibio tongue, […]
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Africa Is The Future – Kologbo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/africa-future-kologbo/
Guitar legend Oghene Kologbo was born in Warri, Nigeria in 1957. His father was the well known highlife musician Joe King Kologbo. When Kologbo was a teenager, he began performing with the revolutionary Afrobeat master Fela Kuti. Kologbo went on to record more than 50 sides with Africa 70. He played the hypnotic tenor guitar […]
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Sarkodie – You Go Kill Me Remix
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sarkodie-you-go-kill-me-remix/
With “You Go Kill Me” in 2011, the Azonto dance craze took over Ghana, as well as the African diaspora in the UK and US.
The lyrics of the song describe an “Azonto girl” and the dance uses hand gestures and a whole lot of attitude to reference elements of daily life: grooming oneself, talking […]
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I've been listening to Dan Maraya on repeat today.
When I was growing up in Jos, #Nigeria, back in the 80s we only had 1 TV channel. Before transmission started at 4pm it'd show videos of a skinny guy playing a banjo and singing in Hausa.
That was Dan Maraya (dan in Hausa means 'of', maybe a little like 'Mac'). To be clear, I hated his music back then; I was into hip-hop. But today, I'm finding it comforting and nostalgic.
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"There is no playbook for reducing exposure when people's homes are being sprinkled with lead dust from the sky."
The Auto Industry’s Lead Recycling Program is Poisoning People - The New York Times
#lead #Nigeria #environment #recycling
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/18/world/africa/lead-poisoning-car-battery.html