#jujumusic — Public Fediverse posts
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Cool Cats Invasion
https://amf.didiermary.fr/cool-cats-invasion-highlife/
“Cool Cats Invasion” is a classic collection (102 tracks) of Highlife, Palm-wine music & Jùjú from Nigeria & Ghana, from the 50’s & 60’s.
This compilation includes unavailable tracks by Earnest Olatunde Thomas, known as Tunde Nightingale or The Western Nightingale, as well as legendary Afrobeat pioneer Fela Ransome Kuti‘s first [...]
#50smusic #60smusic #Compilation #FelaKuti #Ghana #JujuMusic #Nigeria #PalmWineMusic
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Tunde Nightingale & His Highlife Boys – Omo Lafiah / Araba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/tunde-nightingale-his-highlife-boys-omo-lafiaji-araba/
Earnest Olatunde Thomas, known as Tunde Nightingale, was a Nigerian singer and guitarist, best known for his unique Jùjú music style, following in the tradition of Tunde King…
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Chief (Commander) Ebenezer Obey
https://amf.didiermary.fr/chief-commander-ebenezer-obey-aimasiko/
Ebenezer Obey (born in April 1942), aka Chief or Chief Commander, began his professional career in the mid-1950s after moving to Lagos. After tutelage under Fatai Rolling-Dollar‘s band, he formed a band called The International Brothers in 1964, playing highlife–jùjú fusion. The band later metamorphosed into Inter-Reformers in the early-1970s, with [...]
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Lagbaja – Me (Full Album)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/lagbaja-me/
Lágbájá (aka Òpátàmèdù) is a Nigerian musician, singer-songwriter and percussionist as well as a musical humourist.
His stage name means “anonymous” in the Yoruba language.Lagbaja’s music is a symbolic bridge that connects the old to the new; the dangers, apprehension, and injustices of the Nigerian military era [see also Fela Kuti] to a new […]
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Manu Dibango – Waka Juju
https://amf.didiermary.fr/manu-dibango-waka-juju/
Waka Juju is an ode to Juju Music on this 6-track album from 1982.
Mixing Afrobeat, Highlife and Jazz Funk influences across 6 tracks, Dibango incorporated electronic elements into his sound, with synths played by legend Wally Badarou.
#80smusic #Bénin #Cameroon #Highlife #Jazz #JujuMusic #LiveMusic #ManuDibango #AfroBeat