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No Title Shumba Ratshega Makhirikhiri Face A Dumelang Masa Sengweneu-gwen Sananapo Tsabama Face B Makhirikhiri Bantaloia Mmaamota AIDS Dikgafela This stuff is a big deal in Botswana. Awesome Tapes from Africa DJ sets coming up: BPM in Williamsburg on [...]
Artist:Shumba Ratsehga
Title:Dikgafela
Link Text:Dikgafela
File Name:Shumba_Dikgafela.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Shumba Ratshega
Title:AIDS
Link Text:AIDS
File Name:Shumba_Aids.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Shumba Ratshega
Title:Bantaloia
Link Text:Bantaloia
File Name:Shumba_Bantaloia.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Shumba Ratshega
Title:Dumelang
Link Text:Dumelang
File Name:Shumba_Dumelang.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Shumba Ratshega
Title:Masa
Link Text:Masa
File Name:Shumba_Masa.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Shumba Ratshega
Title:Mmaamota
Link Text:Mmaamota
File Name:Shumba_Mmaamota.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Shumba Ratshega
Title:Sananapo
Link Text:Sananapo
File Name:Shumba_Sananapo.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Shumba Ratshega
Title:Sengweneu-gwen
Link Text:Sengweneu-gwen
File Name:Shumba_Sengweneu.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Shumba Ratshega
Title:Tsabama
Link Text:Tsabama
File Name:Shumba_Tsabama.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sumba Ratshega
Title:Makhirikhiri
Link Text:Makhirikhiri
File Name:Shumba_Makhirikhiri.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Sekouba Traore Walinyumadon Vol. 1 Face A Bèki de la Dô Walinyumadon Dankoroba - Nianza Face B Chouyala Kaban Dounouni Nakama Konianba Hunters' music from Mali par excellence. Buzzy, bluesy blackouts abound. The tape swings harder and rawer than most. I bought this tape at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in DC, 2003... KEXP captured a performance there .
Artist:Sekouba Traore
Title:Bèki de la Dô
Link Text:Bèki de la Dô
File Name:Sekouba_Beki.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sekouba Traore
Title:Chouyala Kaban
Link Text:Chouyala Kaban
File Name:Sekouba_Chouyala.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sekouba Traore
Title:Dankoroba - Nianza
Link Text:Dankoroba - Nianza
File Name:Sekouba_Dankoroba.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sekouba Traore
Title:Dounouni
Link Text:Dounouni
File Name:Sekouba_Dounouni.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sekouba Traore
Title:Nakama Konianba
Link Text:Nakama Konianba
File Name:Sekouba_Nakama.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sekouba Traore
Title:Walinyumadon
Link Text:Walinyumadon
File Name:Sekouba_Walinyumadon.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Black Nature and Heavy D Wumbanma Side A Nangbanyini Sokoliki Chelmi Obaatumtum Side B Soomei Sonka Wumbanma Chilibu/Wubgibu Azuhukanbe It's been raining all day so I am not mad at bubbly rhythms and auto-tune right about now. Hiplife from Northern Ghana circa 2005.
Artist:Black Nature and Heavy D
Title:Azuhukanbe
Link Text:Azuhukanbe
File Name:BlackNature_Azuhukanbe.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Black Nature and Heavy D
Title:Chelmi
Link Text:Chelmi
File Name:BlackNature_Chelmi.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Black Nature and HEavy D
Title:Chilibu/Wudgibu
Link Text:Chilibu/Wubgibu
File Name:BlackNature_Chilibu.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Black Nature and Heavy D
Title:Nangbanyini
Link Text:Nangbanyini
File Name:BlackNature_Nangbanyini.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Black Nature and Heavy D
Title:Obaatumtum
Link Text:Obaatumtum
File Name:BlackNature_ObaTumtum.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Black Nature and Heavy D
Title:Sokoliki
Link Text:Sokoliki
File Name:BlackNature_Sokoliki.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Black Nature and Heavy D
Title:Soomei Sonka
Link Text:Soomei Sonka
File Name:BlackNature_SoomeiSonka.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Black Nature and Heavy D
Title:Wumbanma
Link Text:Wumbanma
File Name:BlackNature_Wumbanma.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Emperor Teddy Obinna Uwa Wu Paw-Paw Side A Onyegbula Onye-Ugwu Nsogbu-Uwa Side B Gwupiti Na Azu Uwa Wu Paw-Paw A great late period tape by the Ultimate Dr. Sir Warrior, who was captain of Nigeria's Oriental Bros. International Band. Obinna was one of the more prolific highlife figures of yesteryear with a discography to prove it.
Artist:Teddy Obinna
Title:Gwupiti Na Azu
Link Text:Gwupiti Na Azu
File Name:TeddyObinna_Gwupiti.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Teddy Obinna
Title:Nsogbu-Uwa
Link Text:Nsogbu-Uwa
File Name:TeddyObinna_Nsogbu.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Teddy Obinna
Title:Onye-Ugwu
Link Text:Onye-Ugwu
File Name:TeddyObinna_OnyeUgwu.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Teddy Obinna
Title:Onyegbula
Link Text:Onyegbula
File Name:TeddyObinna_Onyegbula.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Teddy Obinna
Title:Uwa Wu Paw-Paw
Link Text:Uwa Wu Paw-Paw
File Name:TeddyObinna_UwaWu.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Hamdawa Side A Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Side B Track 4 "Special Music Ganawa" indeed. Light some incense, put dark shades on the windows and dance all night to this solid entry in the pantheon of gnawa music from Morocco.
Artist:Hamdawa
Title:Track 1
Link Text:Track 1
File Name:Hamdawa_Track1.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Hamdawa
Title:Track 2
Link Text:Track 2
File Name:Hamdawa_Track2.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Hamdawa
Title:track 3
Link Text:Track 3
File Name:Hamdawa_Track3.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Hamdawa
Title:Track 4
Link Text:Track 4
File Name:Hamdawa_Track4.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Sourakata Koite Side A Seremende Ha-Madi Moussa Kaira Side B Djonol N'na Dioula Hadjiatu Mari n'Djaye Perfection. Special Valentine's treat for lovers (of kora music).
Artist:Sourakata Koite
Title:Dioula
Link Text:Dioula
File Name:Sourakata_Dioula.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sourakata Koite
Title:Djonol
Link Text:Djonol
File Name:Sourakata_Djonol.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sourakata Koite
Title:Ha-Madi
Link Text:Ha-Madi
File Name:Sourakata_HaMadi.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sourakata Koite
Title:Hadjiatu Mari n'Djaye
Link Text:Hadjiatu Mari n'Djaye
File Name:Sourakata_Hadjiatu.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sourakata Koite
Title:Kaira
Link Text:Kaira
File Name:Sourakata_Kaira.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sourakata Koite
Title:Moussa
Link Text:Moussa
File Name:Sourakata_Moussa.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sourakata Koite
Title:N'na
Link Text:N'na
File Name:Sourakata_Nna.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Sourakata Koite
Title:Seremende
Link Text:Seremende
File Name:Sourakata_Seremende.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Iliss Ntmazirte Side 1 Side 2 This comes from the aforementioned stash of Moroccan tapes I recently received. Purposeful, driving and (at times) stark. For lovers of all things violin, vocals and verve.
Artist:Iliss Ntmarizte
Title:Side 2
Link Text:Side 2
File Name:IlissNtmazirte_Side2.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Iliss Ntmazirte
Title:Side 1
Link Text:Side 1
File Name:IlissNtmazirte_Side1.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title A.B. Crentsil and the Osookoo Stars Side A Ye Wo Adea Oye Side B Nawa To Be Husband Only Your Voice, Julianna Ehurisi Angelina Hard-to-find tape recording of an LP by one of the most prolific and influential of the great Ghanaian highlife personages. My friend Aaron who hooked up this tape pointed out an interesting article [...]
Artist:A. B. Crentsil
Title:angelina
Link Text:Angelina
File Name:Angelina.mp3
Artist:A. B. Crentsil
Title:ehurisi
Link Text:Ehurisi
File Name:Ehurisi.mp3
Artist:A. B. Crentsil
Title:nawa to be husband
Link Text:Nawa To Be Husband
File Name:Nawa_To_Be_Husband.mp3
Artist:A. B. Crentsil
Title:only your voice, julianna
Link Text:Only Your Voice, Julianna
File Name:Only_Your_Voice_Julianna.mp3
Artist:A. B. Crentsil
Title:ye wo adea oye
Link Text:Ye Wo Adea Oye
File Name:Ye_Wo_Adea_Oye.mp3

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No Title Aby Ngana Diop Liital Face A Dieuleul-Dieuleul Ndame Yaye Penda Mbaye Face B Liital Sapaly Ndadje In lieu of that new cassette deck I am posting something special, which was sent to me by a loyal reader. His laid back assurance that "it's a good tape" might be the understatement of the moment. The first song conjures drum n' bass circa 1993 [...]
Artist:Aby Ngana Diop
Title:DIEULEUL-DIEULEUL
Link Text:Dieuleul-Dieuleul
File Name:A1_-_Aby_Ngana_Diop_-_DIEULEUL -DIEULEUL_-_LIITAL.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Aby Ngana Diop
Title:LIITAL
Link Text:Liital
File Name:B1_-_Aby_Ngana_Diop_-_LIITAL_- _LIITAL.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Aby Ngana Diop
Title:NDADJE
Link Text:Ndadje
File Name:B3_-_By_Ngana_Diop_-_NDADJE_-_ LIITAL.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Aby Ngana Diop
Title:NDAME
Link Text:Ndame
File Name:A2_-_Aby_Ngana_Diop_-_NDAME_-_ LIITAL.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Aby Ngana Diop
Title:SAPALY
Link Text:Sapaly
File Name:B2_-_Aby_Ngana_Diop_-_SAPALY_- _LIITAL.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Aby Ngana Diop
Title:YAYA PENDA MBAYE
Link Text:Yaye Penda Mbaye
File Name:A3_-_Aby_Ngana_Diop_-_YAYA_PEN DA_MBAYE_-_LIITAL.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps

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No Title New Cassette Deck Is On The Way In the meantime: I am packing up my tapes and heading to Europe this summer to play some music. Like me to join you somewhere? Contact me via the profile link in the upper-left.

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No Title Please help me identify this tape Side 1 Side 2 I think this tape might be from Sudan. Thanks to Shawn , who found it in LA somewhere.
Artist:????
Title:Side 1
Link Text:Side 1
File Name:_Side_1.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:????
Title:Side 2
Link Text:Side 2
File Name:_Side2.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Empire Bakuba et Pepe Kalle Atinze Mwana Popi Face A Atinze Mwana Popi Nadi Consoler Ngai Face B Andoya Jeudi Noir It's New York City, 2010 and I'm feeling it so far. Could be more or less exciting than New York City, 1989 , when a dancing midget accompanied this band onstage, but the music is definitely still here in some form. [...]
Artist:Empire Bakuba et Pepe Kalle
Title:Andoya
Link Text:Andoya
File Name:PepeKalle_Andoya.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Empire Bakuba et Pepe Kalle
Title:Atinze Mwana Popi
Link Text:Atinze Mwana Popi
File Name:PepeKalle_Atinze.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Empire Bakuba et Pepe Kalle
Title:Jeudi Noir
Link Text:Jeudi Noir
File Name:PepeKalle_JeudiNoir.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Empire Bakuba et Pepe Kalle
Title:Nadi Consoler Ngai
Link Text:Nadi Consoler Ngai
File Name:PepeKalle_Nadi.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Ragheb Alame Albi Eshekha Side 1 Side 2 Seasons greetings from all of us at Awesome Tapes from Africa. This tape, some forthcoming tapes and this recent Jil Jilala post were kindly provided by Tom, who found them in Morocco. Ragheb Alame is a giant star from Lebanon, which is not in Africa. I'm feeling festive.
Artist:Ragheb Alame
Title:Side 1
Link Text:Side 1
File Name:RaghebAlame_Side1.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Ragheb Alame
Title:Side 2
Link Text:Side 2
File Name:RaghebAlame_Side2.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Tigrean People's Liberation Front Tigray 90, Tigrean Revolutionary Songs Side A Side B This rare cassette from Tigray, Eritrea , which is part of a long series from the Tigrean People's Liberation Front , was "found in Muna's grandma's closet." I received it from Palm Wine, Italy, who asked that I note it's origin. Although the sound quality is not great—even by this site's meager standards—the tape is musically and historically [...]
Link Text:Side A
File Name:TRS-27_A.mp3
Bitrate:96 kbps
Link Text:Side B
File Name:TRS-27_B.mp3
Bitrate:96 kbps

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No Title Jil Jilala Side 1 Side 2 Moroccan guys in the 70s who wanted to big up traditional music in a mainstream kind of way . Much of the music on this tape is gnawa in spirit, which really just means it's sublime, occasionally trance-inducing magic. The shadowy drum machine is killing me and therefore makes Jil Jilala's effort pretty major in my book.
Artist:Jil Jilala
Title:Side 1
Link Text:Side 1
File Name:JilJilala_Side1.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Jil Jilala
Title:Side 2
Link Text:Side 2
File Name:JilJilala_Side2.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Alhaji Yaya Zakori Fushien Kububua Side 1 Fushien Kububua Munfisu Sani Ranan Fita Watan Million Bandasiwa Dunia Baiwa Nasa Ala Na Ba Kowa Gyiwa Tafi Gabantaroko Side 2 Dadin Dunia Shege Nde Bagori Bamei Yi She Alla Komei Nade Iyaka Satura Ne Bakaina Faruba So this is part-whatever in my ongoing obsession with music from northern Ghana. After a long while of admiring this tape I only just (like a few [...]
Artist:Alhaji Yaya Zakori
Title:Side 1
Link Text:Side 1
File Name:AlhajiYaya_Side_1.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Alhaji Yaya Zakori
Title:Side 2
Link Text:Side 2
File Name:AlhajiYaya_Side_2.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Issa Bagayogo Sya Face A Sya Gnangran Kanadiankan Djinew Nakan Face B Diarabi Kouloun Lanaya Madomba This cassette of atmospheric dance tracks from Malian kamele n'goni ninja Issa Bagayogo, who is very well known across the world, may not be for everyone. But I really like the way it's [...]
Artist:Issa Bagayogo
Title:Diarabi
Link Text:Diarabi
File Name:IssaBagayogo_Diarabi.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Issa Bagayogo
Title:Djinew Nakan
Link Text:Djinew Nakan
File Name:IssaBagayogo_Djinew.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Issa Bagayogo
Title:Gnangran
Link Text:Gnangran
File Name:IssaBagayogo_Gnangran.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Issa Bagayogo
Title:Kanadianfan
Link Text:Kanadiankan
File Name:IssaBagayogo_Kanadianfan.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Issa Bagayogo
Title:Kouloun
Link Text:Kouloun
File Name:IssaBagayogo_Kouloun.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Issa Bagayogo
Title:Lanaya
Link Text:Lanaya
File Name:IssaBagayogo_Lanaya.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Issa Bagayogo
Title:Madomba
Link Text:Madomba
File Name:IssaBagayogo_Madomba.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Issa Bagayogo
Title:Sya
Link Text:Sya
File Name:IssaBagayogo_Sya.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Wulomei Kpabi Side A Kpabi Aashola Ataa Odonkpoto Side B Ataa Oblanyo Bijou Esi Ekua Awuma Yeli People sometimes ask me why I do this blog, how did I get into African music, etc. I first heard this tape as a 19-year-old college student and it just destroyed me [...]
Title:wulomei_A1_kpabi
Link Text:Kpabi
File Name:wulomei_A1_kpabi.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Title:wulomei_A2_aashola
Link Text:Aashola
File Name:wulomei_A2_aashola.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Title:wulomei_A3_ataa
Link Text:Ataa
File Name:wulomei_A3_ataa.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Title:wulomei_A4_odonkpoto
Link Text:Odonkpoto
File Name:wulomei_A4_odonkpoto.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Title:wulomei_B1_ataa_oblanyo
Link Text:Ataa Oblanyo
File Name:wulomei_B1_ataa_oblanyo.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Title:wulomei_B2_bijou
Link Text:Bijou
File Name:wulomei_B2_bijou.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Title:wulomei_B3_esi_ekua
Link Text:Esi Ekua
File Name:wulomei_B3_esi_ekua.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Title:wulomei_B4_awuma_yeli
Link Text:Awuma Yeli
File Name:wulomei_B4_awuma_yeli.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Shadia Side 1 Side 2 Another smokey-sweet recording from this intriguing Egyptian diva. See also this other Shadia post .
Artist:Shadia
Title:Side 1
Link Text:Side 1
File Name:Shadia2_Side1.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Shadia
Title:Side 2
Link Text:Side 2
File Name:Shadia2_Side2.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

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No Title Samaya Djely dite Mah Kouyate no. 1 Vol. 1 Face A Sira Djeli Soundiata Face B Ssanga N'ngnogote Fila Djole Djala Some of my favorite Mandingo griot music from Mali. The electric kora rises to particularly gratifying heights throughout (don't you dare hate on electric kora, my dudes). Meanwhile Kouyate's voice—thick as a tree trunk, light as a feather—turns emotional straw [...]
Artist:Mah Kouyate no. 1
Title:Djala
Link Text:Djala
File Name:MahKouyate_Djala.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Mah Kouyate no. 1
Title:Fila Djole
Link Text:Fila Djole
File Name:MahKouyate_FilaDjole.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Mah Kouyate no. 1
Title:Sira Djeli
Link Text:Sira Djeli
File Name:MahKouyate_SiraDjeli.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Mah Kouyate no. 1
Title:Soundiata
Link Text:Soundiata
File Name:MahKouyate_Soundiata.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Mah Kouyate no. 1
Title:Ssanga N'gnogote
Link Text:Ssanga N'ngnogote
File Name:MahKouyate_Ssanga.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
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