#oldafricanmusic — Public Fediverse posts
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Twist à Léo with Manu!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/twist-leopoldville-with-manu/
The year 1960 found Dibango playing the Anges Noirs in Brussels where he met Congolese singer Joseph Kabasele and his African Jazz. Dibango made his first recordings with African Jazz the following year, then joined the band in Congo-Kinshasa for a re-introduction to Africa that would encompass two years, gigs with African Jazz, and jobs […]
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Twist à Léo with Manu!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/twist-leopoldville-with-manu/
The year 1960 found Dibango playing the Anges Noirs in Brussels where he met Congolese singer Joseph Kabasele and his African Jazz. Dibango made his first recordings with African Jazz the following year, then joined the band in Congo-Kinshasa for a re-introduction to Africa that would encompass two years, gigs with African Jazz, and jobs […]
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Twist à Léo with Manu!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/twist-leopoldville-with-manu/
The year 1960 found Dibango playing the Anges Noirs in Brussels where he met Congolese singer Joseph Kabasele and his African Jazz. Dibango made his first recordings with African Jazz the following year, then joined the band in Congo-Kinshasa for a re-introduction to Africa that would encompass two years, gigs with African Jazz, and jobs […]
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Twist à Léo with Manu!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/twist-leopoldville-with-manu/
The year 1960 found Dibango playing the Anges Noirs in Brussels where he met Congolese singer Joseph Kabasele and his African Jazz. Dibango made his first recordings with African Jazz the following year, then joined the band in Congo-Kinshasa for a re-introduction to Africa that would encompass two years, gigs with African Jazz, and jobs […]
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Twist à Léo with Manu!
https://amf.didiermary.fr/twist-leopoldville-with-manu/
The year 1960 found Dibango playing the Anges Noirs in Brussels where he met Congolese singer Joseph Kabasele and his African Jazz. Dibango made his first recordings with African Jazz the following year, then joined the band in Congo-Kinshasa for a re-introduction to Africa that would encompass two years, gigs with African Jazz, and jobs […]
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Dr Nico & l’African Fiesta Sukisa – Tu m’as déçu Chouchou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nico-african-fiesta-sukisa-decu-chouchou/
Dr Nico (Nicolas Kasanda) avec l’Orchestre African Fiesta Sukisa — L’Afrique Danse #10 (a compilation of previously released 7″)
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Dr Nico & l’African Fiesta Sukisa – Tu m’as déçu Chouchou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nico-african-fiesta-sukisa-decu-chouchou/
Dr Nico (Nicolas Kasanda) avec l’Orchestre African Fiesta Sukisa — L’Afrique Danse #10 (a compilation of previously released 7″)
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Dr Nico & l’African Fiesta Sukisa – Tu m’as déçu Chouchou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nico-african-fiesta-sukisa-decu-chouchou/
Dr Nico (Nicolas Kasanda) avec l’Orchestre African Fiesta Sukisa — L’Afrique Danse #10 (a compilation of previously released 7″)
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Dr Nico & l’African Fiesta Sukisa – Tu m’as déçu Chouchou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nico-african-fiesta-sukisa-decu-chouchou/
Dr Nico (Nicolas Kasanda) avec l’Orchestre African Fiesta Sukisa — L’Afrique Danse #10 (a compilation of previously released 7″)
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Dr Nico & l’African Fiesta Sukisa – Tu m’as déçu Chouchou
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nico-african-fiesta-sukisa-decu-chouchou/
Dr Nico (Nicolas Kasanda) avec l’Orchestre African Fiesta Sukisa — L’Afrique Danse #10 (a compilation of previously released 7″)
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Uhuru Dance Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/uhuru-dance-band/
Uhuru Dance Band was formed in the mid-60s under the leadership of Stan Plange, when some of the musicians broke away from the Broadway Dance Band (established in 1958 and run by the management of the Zenith Hotel in Takoradi), after returning from a performance in post-independence Kenya.
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Uhuru Dance Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/uhuru-dance-band/
Uhuru Dance Band was formed in the mid-60s under the leadership of Stan Plange, when some of the musicians broke away from the Broadway Dance Band (established in 1958 and run by the management of the Zenith Hotel in Takoradi), after returning from a performance in post-independence Kenya.
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Uhuru Dance Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/uhuru-dance-band/
Uhuru Dance Band was formed in the mid-60s under the leadership of Stan Plange, when some of the musicians broke away from the Broadway Dance Band (established in 1958 and run by the management of the Zenith Hotel in Takoradi), after returning from a performance in post-independence Kenya.
Uhuru was a 24-piece band, the first big […] -
Uhuru Dance Band
https://amf.didiermary.fr/uhuru-dance-band/
Uhuru Dance Band was formed in the mid-60s under the leadership of Stan Plange, when some of the musicians broke away from the Broadway Dance Band (established in 1958 and run by the management of the Zenith Hotel in Takoradi), after returning from a performance in post-independence Kenya.
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Orchestra Massako – Gnekelhe Mohi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-massako-gnekelhe-mohi/
An adept of folk rhythms, Jean-Christian Mboumba Mackaya, known as Mack-Joss, founder of the Mighty Orchestra Massako, began his career as a musician when he was just 17 of age and he quickly established himself as a staple of Libreville’s nightlife scene, singing in various local bands. By 1966 he had released “Le Boucher”, his […]
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Orchestra Massako – Gnekelhe Mohi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-massako-gnekelhe-mohi/
An adept of folk rhythms, Jean-Christian Mboumba Mackaya, known as Mack-Joss, founder of the Mighty Orchestra Massako, began his career as a musician when he was just 17 of age and he quickly established himself as a staple of Libreville’s nightlife scene, singing in various local bands. By 1966 he had released “Le Boucher”, his […]
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Orchestra Massako – Gnekelhe Mohi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-massako-gnekelhe-mohi/
An adept of folk rhythms, Jean-Christian Mboumba Mackaya, known as Mack-Joss, founder of the Mighty Orchestra Massako, began his career as a musician when he was just 17 of age and he quickly established himself as a staple of Libreville’s nightlife scene, singing in various local bands. By 1966 he had released “Le Boucher”, his […]
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Orchestra Massako – Gnekelhe Mohi
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-massako-gnekelhe-mohi/
An adept of folk rhythms, Jean-Christian Mboumba Mackaya, known as Mack-Joss, founder of the Mighty Orchestra Massako, began his career as a musician when he was just 17 of age and he quickly established himself as a staple of Libreville’s nightlife scene, singing in various local bands. By 1966 he had released “Le Boucher”, his […]
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Les Mangelepa – Nyako Konya
https://amf.didiermary.fr/mangelepa-nyako-konya/
Nairobi, Kenya, 1978. The popular Congolese Rumba band Les Mangelepa is finishing a session. Things are going well: they have recorded all the music they planned and still have an hour to kill before giving back the studio keys. How about improvising one last song on the spot?
And this is how ‘Nyako Konya’ was born. […] -
The mythic live album “Paris-Ziguinchor” by Toure Kunda in 1984.
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Le Star Band de Dakar
https://amf.didiermary.fr/star-band-dakar/
Star Band was a music group from Senegal, the resident band of Dakar’s Miami Club. They, along with the many off-shoots of the band, are responsible for many of the crucial developments in Senegalese popular music.
For Senegal, importing Cuban culture could achieve the ultimate goal — dignity — and radically change the notion of […]
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Dr K. Gyasi & His Noble Kings (1974)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dr-kwame-gyasi-noble-kings-1974/
Kwame Gyasi (1929–2012), aka Dr K. Gyasi, was a Ghanaian highlife musician. He originated the Sikyi highlife sub-genre which combined electric organ with the known highlife genres.He formed the Noble Kings Band with which he spent a large portion of his career.
No collection should be without this classic by Dr. K. Gyasi and his […]
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John Chibadura & Tembo Brothers
https://amf.didiermary.fr/john-chibadura-tembo-brothers/
John Chibadura (1957–1999) was a Zimbabwean guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found great success in Zimbabwe and Mozambique with his band The Tembo Brothers and as a solo artist.
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Miriam Makeba Zaire 74
https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-zaire-74/
Yes, she was part of the event, performing the famous Click Song (Qongqothwane). [...]
#70smusic #Congo #LiveMusic #MiriamMakeba #SoulPower #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic
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Blay Ambolley – Simi Rapp
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gyedu-blay-ambolley-simi-rapp/
A major force in Afro-funk since the early 1970s, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is considered the godfather of Hiplife, transforming the Highlife genre by adding elements of Hiphop, Funk and Jazz, as can be seen in this amazing and influential “Simi Rapp”.
This song was originally released in 1996, as part of the album “Blay Ambolley – […]
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Sam Fan Thomas – Wini
https://amf.didiermary.fr/sam-fan-thomas-wini/
Sam Fan Thomas (born Samuel Thomas Ndonfeng, in 1952 in Bafoussam) is a Cameroonian musician. He began his career in the early 1970s as a guitarist in the band Black Tigers (Tigres Noirs) with André-Marie Tala, where he stayed until 1976, when he launched his solo career.
Makassi is the name of Thomas’ music style, […]
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Bikutsi with Martin Atangana
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bikutsi-with-martin-atangana/
Martin Atangana (sometimes “Martino”) is an AfroJazz musician born in Cameroon. With Georges Seba, he played and arranged guitars on the song “Proof” from Paul Simon’s eighth solo studio album “The Rhythm of the Saints” in 1990, released after his acclaimed “Graceland.” […]
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Maha – Law Laffeina El Ard
https://amf.didiermary.fr/maha-law-laffeina-el-ard/
Completely unknown album by Egyptian vocalist Maha, recorded in Cairo in 1979. Maha’s “Orkos” album originally released on cassette connects Jazz and Egyptian pop with Funk, Latin and Soul.
“Law Laffeina El Ard” is the first single off the release, a upbeat production which climaxes in dense string arrangement set the perfect backdrop for Maha’s […]
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Chicco – We Can Dance
https://amf.didiermary.fr/chicco-we-can-dance/
Sello Twala, born in Soweto, released his 1st solo single in 1985 as Chicco.
His songs are part of the pop & funky productions, known as “bubblegum music”. Check “I need some money” too.In the 1970s, Twala played in soul bands including Umoja and Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse’s Harari, as well as forming his own […]
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Pat Thomas & The Sweet Beans – Revolution
https://amf.didiermary.fr/pat-thomas-sweet-beans-revolution/
Ghanaian highlife master and “The Golden Voice Of Africa,” here’s Pat Thomas’ first full career retrospective, “Coming Home,” covering his career from his late ‘60s big band highlife recordings through to the “burger highlife” movement of the early ‘80s.
Growing up with music around him (“my uncle, [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #80smusic #Compilation #Ghana #Highlife #OldAfricanMusic #Reggae
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Ebo Taylor & the Sweet Beans – Odofo Nyi Akyiri Biara
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ebo-taylor-sweet-beans-odofo-nyi-akyiri-biara/
Ebo Taylor, here with the Sweet Beans (aka Marijata), one of the bands leading Highlife music in Ghana in the 70s.
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Bankolo Miziki – Masters of Congolese Rumba
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bankolo-miziki-wendo-alongwi-kinshasa/
Bankolo Miziki (“Masters of Music” in Lingala), subtitled “Les Pionniers de la Musique Congolaise de Leopoldville à Kinshasa” (Pioneers of Congolese Music from Leopoldville to Kinshasa) is a series of 3 compilations (anthology of sort) with multiple artists / pioneers of Congolese Rumba in the 50s. [...]
#50smusic #70smusic #Compilation #Congo #FullAlbum #Rumba #OldAfricanMusic
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Baaba Maal & Mansour Seck – Djam Leelii
https://amf.didiermary.fr/baaba-maal-mansour-seck-djam-leelii/
Djam Leelii (The Adventurers in Toucouleur) is the first widely distributed album of Senegalese musician Baaba Maal and guitarist Mansour Seck. First released as a cassette in 1984, it wasn’t available on CD immediately, as the original mixes were lost for some time, till the multi-track originals were found again.
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Chimes of Freedom – Youssou N’dour
https://amf.didiermary.fr/chimes-freedom-youssou-ndour/
“Chimes of Freedom” is a cover by Youssou N’Dour of the song by Bob Dylan (1964) in Wolof. It is also the musical basis for the song Casamança.
Below: Live version for Amnesty International’s “Human Rights Now!” Tour at Wembley Stadium in 1988, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Universal Declaration [...]
#90smusic #Cover #LiveMusic #Mbalax #Sénégal #YoussouNDour #OldAfricanMusic #BobDylan
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Youssou N’Dour – Casamança
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-casamanca/
“Casamança” first appeared on a cassette for the Senegalese market, Diapason + 95, a recording of a live concert with le Super Etoile.The song revisits the musical basis Youssou N’Dour used the year before while covering Bob Dylan’s Chimes of Freedom for Amnesty International.
Casamança was later recorded in studio and appears on a special […]
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Bebe Manga – AmiO
https://amf.didiermary.fr/bebe-manga-amio/
Bebe Manga rose to stardom and international fame in 1980 when she covered Ebanda Manfred‘s 1962 radio hit, “Amie” (meaning “friend” in French). Bebe Manga’s version known as “Amio” earned her the prestigious “Maracas d’or” award from SACEM, and a firm place in history as one of Cameroon‘s greatest voices […]
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Air Volta – Volta Jazz
https://amf.didiermary.fr/air-volta-volta-jazz/
Volta Jazz is a music group originating from the city of Bobo-Dioulasso. Created in 1964, it is one of the very first modern orchestras of Upper Volta, present day Burkina Faso.
Air Volta is a compilation, in 2022, combining many songs released as 7″ vinyls. Combining Congolese rumba, American R&B, French yé-yé, Cuban salsa and [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #BurkinaFaso #Compilation #Vinyl #OldAfricanMusic
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Youssou N’Dour – Set Live
https://amf.didiermary.fr/youssou-ndour-set-live/
Set (meaning “clean”) is a song and eponym album by the Senegalese musician Youssou N’Dour, released in 1990, that in part inspired the Senegalese youth movement Set-Setal, which sought to beautify Dakar. Here’s Set live @ Bataclan in Paris in 2017.
#90smusic #LiveMusic #Mbalax #Sénégal #YoussouNDour #OldAfricanMusic
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LÉVE LÉVE Vol. 1 & 2
https://amf.didiermary.fr/leve-leve-vol-1-2-sao-tome-principe/
2 compilations focusing on the golden age of São Tomé & Principe Sounds in the 70s and 80s.
The two Portuguese-speaking African islands of São Tomé & Principe, located in the Gulf of Guinea, created an unique music called Puxa : a refined mixture of various musical components from both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. […]
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Space Echo (Cabo Verde)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/space-echo-cabo-verde/
Space Echo – The Mystery Behind the Cosmic Sound of Cabo Verde Finally Revealed!
A #MustRead story, from myth to reality...
In the spring of 1968 a cargo ship was preparing to leave the port of Baltimore with an important shipment of musical instruments. Its final destination was Rio De Janeiro, where the EMSE Exhibition (Exposição Mundial Do Son Eletrônico) was going […]
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Uselu Motor Park
https://amf.didiermary.fr/uselu-motor-park/
Edo Funk / Benin City, anyone?
Here’s “Uselu Motor Park” by the Drivers Union Dance Band & Osaro Nomayo, released in 1978. The album blends highlife rhythms with local influences, creating a lively and engaging musical experience.
David Osaro Nomayo (1956-2002), the lead figure in the band, contributes to its distinct sound and success in […]
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Johnny Bokelo & Conga Succès – Tambola na Mokili
https://amf.didiermary.fr/johnny-bokelo-conga-succes-tambola-na-mokili/
Johnny Bokelo, born Jean Bokelo Isenge in the (late) 1930s in then Belgian Congo, moved to Leopoldville in 1958 where he founded multiple orchestras, first with his elder brothers (Alberto Bosaba, Lokonda Mpoku aka Ondo-Ondo, Paul Ebengo Isenge aka Dewayon), then as a guitarist, composer and bandleader. After a long career in Rumba [...]
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Les Belgicains
https://amf.didiermary.fr/les-belgicains/
The compilation “Les Belgicains – Na Tango Ya Covadia 1964-1970” (‘Les Belgicains’ during the time of Covadia 1964-1970) tells the remarkable story of the first Congolese student orchestras in Belgium.
During that time Congolese referred to countrymen living in Belgium as ‘Les Belgicains’. The music presented on this compilation blew a new, fresh wind through […]
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Miriam Makeba & The Skylarks (1956-59)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-the-skylarks-1956-59/
The Skylarks were an all-woman South African vocal group, founded by Miriam Makeba in 1956. The original lineup comprised Makeba and Johanna Radebe, Mary Rabotapi, and Mummy Girl Nketle. Later, Helen Van Rensburg and Abigail Kubeka replaced Radebe. They played a blend of South African (mbombela, kwela) and Zulu music, jazz and jive/swing. [...]
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RIP “le Maestro” Boncana Maïga
https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-maestro-boncana-maiga/
A great African music master is gone. Boncana Maïga, nicknamed “le Maestro,” passed away on February 28, 2026, in a clinic in Bamako. Composer, arranger, musical director, producer, multi-instrumentalist (mainly flute and saxophone), he co-founded “Las Maravillas de Mali,” in the 60s after travelling to Cuba, where he was sent [...]
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Orlando Julius – Disco Hi-Life
https://amf.didiermary.fr/orlando-julius-disco-hi-life/
“Disco Hi-Life” is a 4-track vinyl released in 1979 “this international year of the child, with love, peace and happiness,” this last part being the title of a song and LP by Orlando Julius in 1978.
#Disco #Highlife #Nigeria #OrlandoJulius #Vinyl #OldAfricanMusic
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Marcel Tjahé – SOS Mon Coeur
https://amf.didiermary.fr/marcel-tjahe-sos-mon-coeur/
Marcel Tjahé is one of the emblematic figures of Makossa, a musical genre that emerged in Cameroon in the 1980s. His career, marked by collaborations with seasoned musicians, played a role in the emergence and popularization of Makossa, with albums such as “Roue de secours” in 1982 and “Misso ma julietta” in 1983. […]
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William Onyeabor – Why Go To War
https://amf.didiermary.fr/william-onyeabor-why-go-to-war/
Why go to war? Why not find peace, in this world?
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Music For A Revolution Vol 1 & 2
https://amf.didiermary.fr/music-revolution-syliphone-vol-1-2/
Music For A Revolution: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label, a compilation in 2 volumes with Balla et ses Balladins, Bembeya Jazz National, Keletigui et ses Tambourinis & many more…
– Vol 1 – 1967-1973
– Vol 2 – 1968-1980On October 2 1958, after over 60 years of colonial rule, Guineans voted overwhelmingly for their independence, [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #AfroLatino #Compilation #Guinea #OldAfricanMusic
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Music For A Revolution Vol 1 & 2
https://amf.didiermary.fr/music-revolution-syliphone-vol-1-2/
Music For A Revolution: Guinea’s Syliphone Recording Label, a compilation in 2 volumes with Balla et ses Balladins, Bembeya Jazz National, Keletigui et ses Tambourinis & many more…
– Vol 1 – 1967-1973
– Vol 2 – 1968-1980On October 2 1958, after over 60 years of colonial rule, Guineans voted overwhelmingly for their independence, [...]
#60smusic #70smusic #AfroLatino #Compilation #Guinea #OldAfricanMusic