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Music of Africa's Best of 2024...So Far
A brief "state of the site" address and a few favorites from 2024.
May 28
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Pick of the Week - Bulawayo Blue Yodel (Various)
Fourteen "country" songs from Zimbabwe, South Africa and Kenya.
Apr 27
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Music of Africa Marks a Minor Milestone
Half a sheet of paper?
Apr 3
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Pick of the Week - Pantsula (South Africa)
"Pantsula is original South Africa dance that comes straight from the townships."
Feb 24
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A Thoroughly Inadequate Guide to African Music For Beginners
A few thoughts on navigating African music as a newcomer.
Feb 18
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Pick of the Week - Johnny and Sipho (South Africa)
An unplugged version of an old Juluka song by Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu.
Jan 27
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Music of Africa's Best of 2023
Recapping a few of the great songs I stumbled across in 2023.
Jan 1
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Two More African Christmas Songs
A Christmas song from Chris Ndonye and one from Mabel Mafuya.
Dec 25, 2023
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Who is Jack Bohloko?
Hint: He's got something to do with music videos and southern Africa.
Dec 17, 2023
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On BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness)
The South African group is twenty years long and going strong.
Nov 27, 2023
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Pick Of The Week - Mandoza (South Africa)
Mduduzi Thembinkosi Edmund Tshabalala, aka Mandoza, was born in 1978. He died of cancer at an early age, in 2016. In the interim, he released 14 albums…
Nov 18, 2023
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Music Time In Africa's YouTube Channel
Music Time in Africa, the Voice of America' radio program and YouTube Channel
Nov 6, 2023
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