What are your favorite African musical artists? High on the list for me are:

S.E. Rogie

Ali Farka TourĂŠ

Zap Mama

Tiken Jah Fakoly

Doudou N’Diaye Rose

African Jazz Pioneers

Fela Kuti

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Die Antwoord

Haha yeah they’re awesome

Youssou N’dour, king sunny ade

I didn’t know King Sunny, thank you!

I love N’Dour’s Seven Seconds - it got a lot of airplay in Belgium in the 1990s

Check out N’dours back catalogue, great stuff!

Also Tony Allen , drummer and afrobeat legend

Baaba Maal, guitarist is great too

That’s a subcategory I must shamefully admit I know nothing about 😁

It’s a fascinating universe

A seed might have been planted…

There was a clip in style of Mario bros game... great song, could be someone from the list

Cool list, will look into it!

Some of my favorites:

Wally Badarou (esp Album: Echoes)

Fwonte (tracks: Pal Male, Pa KolĂŠ)

Yemi Alade (tracks: Ferrari, Enjoyment)

Bambii (Canadian DJane, but many influences)

Thank you 🤌

If metal is up your alley

- Last Year's Tragedy

- Irony Destroyed

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zFWOCjHe0ak

Die Antwoord

Jack Parrow

https://youtu.be/lRzFqW4Xh2k

Toumani Diabate (check out Elyne Road)

Cesaria Evora

Femi Kuti

I once saw Femi Kutj live! It was unforgettable…

I used to have a “best of” or Evora, she’s amazing. I don’t know Diabate yet.

Cesaria Evora

All good but need to include music from Hugh Masekela

Hugh Masekela for the win!

Francis Bebey

The African blues of Ali Farka Touré ⭐️