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Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba - I Speak Fula

I Speak Fula strips away some of the ponderousness that flawed the otherwise delightful debut album from this most explosive live band and reveals far more of Bassekou as a result

Features

A Night in the Maghreb - Idir and Najat Aatabou at Lincoln Center

Idir, a musical superstar hailing from Algeria is credited as being one of forces behind the surge of urban raï music. Moroccan Chaabi singer Najat Aatabou has changed the face of Moroccan music with her powerful lyrics and compositions in both French and English. We caught up with both artists recently to speak about their trip to America


Joachim Kuhn/Majid Bekkas/Ramon Lopez - Out of the Desert

Is Northern Mali Still Safe to Visit?

Comfusoes - from Angola to Brasil with Producer Mauricio Pacheco

Khaled: Rebel of Raï - The Early Years

Sibot & Spoek Are Playdoe - Afrobotic

Habib Koite - The Greatest Malian Musician You Don't Know

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Reviews

V/A - Nigeria Special: Volume 2 - The Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds and Nigerian Blues of 1970-6

Its back! The Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds and Nigerian Blues of 1970-6 that is Nigeria Special; if you really love me, take me to your house and do me how you like (as Fubura Sekibo might say).


V/A - Afro Rock Volume One

Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars - Rise & Shine

V/A - Next Stop... Soweto

Mayra Andrade - Stória Stória

Miriam Makeba - Mama Afrika (1932-2008)

V/A - Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds and Ghanaian Blues 1968-81

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City Guides/Events

Les Quatre Etoiles - Cargo, London 28 October '09

After more than a decade. The legends of 80s Congolese rumba-soukouss play their only London reunion gig


End of Year Afro Funking - Africa Centre, London

African Soul Rebels Tour 2009 - Baaba Maal, Oliver Mtukudzi, Extra Golden

UK Hip-Life Festival - The Stratford Rex, 18 October '08

Djibril Diop Mambéty - Konono No1 Cancelled - Tate Modern, 23 May '08

Groove Nations – Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Barbican, 28 May '08

Best African Act - Count Down for 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards

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