King Saha - TikTok Life
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The Cranes, everyone’s grandfathers
https://amf.didiermary.fr/the-cranes-band-uganda/
Après plus de 40 ans d’absence, The Cranes, le groupe ougandais, gloire des années Idi Amin Dada, est réapparu sur scène en 2019 au Nyege Nyege Festival, suite au travail et aux recherches d’un réalisateur néerlandais pour son documentaire sur la disparition d’un des musiciens.
"They came with guns, he only had a guitar."
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Faizal Mostrixx & Suzan Kerunen – Ebikokyo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/faizal-mostrixx-suzan-kerunen-ebikokyo/
Ebikokyo, a bold and pulsating musical project from Uganda, which fuses ancient influences from central Luo culture with hypnotic electronic beats.
Ugandan “tribal electronics” genius Faizal Mostrixx forges an entirely new path on a live collaboration with celebrated pop/folk singer Suzan Kerunen and instrumentalist Aloysius Migadde. The Ebikokyo EP – meaning “riddles” […]
Edited 154d ago
Eddy Kenzo - Nyange Feat. Green Daddy & Grenade Official
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PzMnqkjz_M
R.I.P Geoffrey Oryema
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-geoffrey-oryema/
Geoffrey Oryema (1953-2018) was forced to flee Uganda after his father (a cabinet minister) was murdered by the armed forces of dictator Idi Amin in 1977. When he moved to France in the 80’s, his love of music earned him a deal with Peter Gabriel’s Real World. […]
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Dilman Dila is an award-winning independent Ugandan film-maker doing short videos often with sci-fi or fantasy elements. You can follow his video account at:
➡️ @dilmandila
There are already many short films and other videos uploaded, you can browse them all at https://video.ploud.jp/a/dilmandila/videos
You can also follow Dila's general non-video account at @dilmandila@mograph.social
#FeaturedPeerTube #FilmMaking #SciFi #ShortFilms #Uganda #Africa #AfricanCinema #PeerTube #PeerTubers
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 […]
Edited 206d ago
Bobi Wine & Nubian Li – Abakulimbalimba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bobi-wine-nubian-li-abakulimbalimba/
Before entering the political arena, Bobi Wine became successful in the Ugandan music scene. His music has been characterised as a mix of kidandali, reggae and dancehall, often with a socially conscious message.
Edited 195d ago
Fun insight... Which country do people come from, who visit the AMF blog... (last 3 months - Top5 - Google Search only)
1 - #Nigeria
2 - #USA
3 - #Tanzania
4 - #France
5 - #Uganda
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Charles & Frida Sonko – Nawuliranga (1968)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/charles-frida-sonko-melo-success-nawuliranga/
Nawuliranga, by Charles & Frida Sonko with Orchestre Melo Success comes from a rare compilation “THE KAMPALA SOUND – 1960s UGANDAN DANCE MUSIC” (Original Music, 1988, recorded in Kenya)
A lovely sampler of some rare and half-forgotten pop from mid-’60s Uganda.
A poor nation, Uganda’s music industry was modest, particularly [...]
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Somi – The Lagos Music Salon
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lagos-music-salon-somi/
The Lagos Music Salon is the 4th studio full-length album by jazz hybrid singer and songwriter Somi. It was released in 2014. Somi is an American Jazz and Pop singer and songwriter.
Her music is influenced by her Ugandan and Rwandan roots, and she resides between New York City and Lagos, Nigeria. […]
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Somi revisits Pata Pata
https://amf.didiermary.fr/somi-revisits-pata-pata/
This cover of Pata Pata is from "Zenzile, The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba," released, at the end of 2022, in which Somi reinterprets 17 songs of Mama Africa with a jazzy approach. At regular intervals, we hear excerpts from an interview with Mama Africa who explains in no uncertain terms what apartheid is. Somi brought […]
#Jazz #MiriamMakeba #Rwanda #SouthAfrica #Uganda #AfroJazz #Apartheid
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IR-Sankara Future Dub Resurgence
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ir-sankara-future-dub-resurgence/
Based in Uganda, East Africa, the musicians IR::Sankara Future Dub Resurgence like to describe their music as “Future Dub.”
They take elements of noise, non-metric riddims, experimental electronics, dub reggae and dub poetry, and djembe and nyabinghi drumming together to create the unexpected. [...]
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Nihiloxica – Kadodi / Black Kaveera
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nihiloxica-kadodi-black-kaveera/
From their debut album, Nihiloxica presents percussions and electronic music out of the Nyege Nyege collective.
The Kadodi rhythm traditionally accompanies the East Ugandan Imbalu circumcision ritual, and this traumatic yet powerful experience feeds the ferocity of the music.
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