AMF (African Music Forum) is a #Music blog about musics from #Africa 🌍️, since the 50s, all styles. Already 2100+ 🎵 posts... https://amf.didiermary.fr/ https://indieweb.social/@blogamf #Jazz #AfroJazz #Afrobeat #AfricanMusic #AfroFunk #AfroHouse #RSSClubhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.apphttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mr6gc6sios2lOchieng’ Nelly, godfather of Benga music https://amf.didiermary.fr/rip-ochieng-nelly-godfather-benga/ Born Nelson Ochieng Orwa in 1943 in South Nyanza, he began playing the guitar in his teenage years after being taught […] #60smusic #Benga #Kenya #Soukous #OldAfricanMusic21 Jul 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6gc6sios2lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mr6gau4on22lAfrobeat Disco/Funk from the vault… A 2-track LP Afro Super-Feelings Led By Segun Okeji released in 1970. […] https://amf.didiermary.fr/afro-super-feelings-segun-okeji/ #70smusic #AfroFunk #Disco #Nigeria #Vinyl21 Jul 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6gau4on22lhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mqxsdgjk7k2hNicknamed “The Spirits of Yop,” after Yopougon (the university district), or “The Cocos,” Didier Bilé’s group is one of the forerunners of Ivorian zouglou, a style revived in the midst of the student movement. https://amf.didiermary.fr/didier-bile-parents-campus-gboglo-koffi/ #90smusic #CôteDIvoire #Zouglou #OldAfricanMusic19 Jul 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxsdgjk7k2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mqu5eouozc27William Onyeabor, pioneer of Electronic Music in Nigeria, has a fascinating story… Watch the documentary below… https://amf.didiermary.fr/william-onyeabor-pioneer-electronic-music-nigeria/ Little is known about William Onyeabor, and that’s the way he likes it. […] #AfroFunk #Documentary #Nigeria #Electro17 Jul 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu5eouozc27https://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mqsctejpe2252 classic Reggae tracks from Côte d’Ivoire… by Seydou Koné, better known by his stage name Alpha Blondy. Many of his songs are politically and socially motivated. https://amf.didiermary.fr/alpha-blondy-brigadier-sabari/ #80smusic #CôteDIvoire #OldAfricanMusic16 Jul 2026 22:45 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqsctejpe225https://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mqphzylews2jClub Africa is the name of 2 compilations of “Hard African Funk, Afro-Jazz And Original Afro-Beat” released in 1999 and 2000. https://amf.didiermary.fr/club-africa-compilation/ #70smusic #AfroFunk #Compilation #Jazz #AfroJazz15 Jul 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqphzylews2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mqmr6ur2g22gSimigwa is a legendary Ghanian album – with one of the most iconic covers ever! – that fuses Highlife, Afrobeat, Folk and Funk. Ambolley’s debut solo album originally released in 1975 […] https://amf.didiermary.fr/ambolley-simigwa/ #70smusic #AfroFunk #Ghana #Highlife #AfroBeat14 Jul 2026 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmr6ur2g22ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mqflrenzbk22Ajate, Afrobeat “made in Japan” https://amf.didiermary.fr/ajate-afrobeat-made-in-japan/ Sort of… Tokyo based band and *Afrobayashi* pioneers Ajate are back with their third album “Dala Toni.” Experience the explosive encounter of Afro grooves and Japanese traditional Ohayashi music! […] #Ghana #AfroBeat11 Jul 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqflrenzbk22https://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mqcxbroli22sHarari – Party amf.didiermary.fr/harari-party/ This single by Harari, “Party” (the 7″ release), entered the US Disco Top 100 in 1982. #80smusic #AfroFunk #SouthAfrica #Funk https://amf.didiermary.fr/harari-party/10 Jul 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcxbroli22shttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mqcqzmvy3c262 classic albums from psychedelic South African afro-rock were re-released in 2021: Rufaro, which contains the song Musikana, and Beaters / Harari. [...] https://amf.didiermary.fr/harari-musikana/ #70smusic #altRock #Psychedelic #SoulJazz #SouthAfrica #OldAfricanMusic10 Jul 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcqzmvy3c26https://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mqa3zfgf4s25Mahotella Queens’ Come back (Buya Buya) https://amf.didiermary.fr/mahotella-queens-come-back-buya/ “Buya Buya: Come Back” is the first full album of exciting new Queens material in nearly 20 years and marks their long-awaited return to the world stage. […] #Mbaqanga #SouthAfrica09 Jul 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqa3zfgf4s25https://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mq5zp6vfdk2qThe Spirit of Fela is Alive and Well! https://amf.didiermary.fr/spirit-fela-alive-well-kaleta-remix/ An explosive slice of Afrobeat from Kaleta (Leon Ligan-Majek), originally clocking in at over 14 minutes, has been chopped virtually in half to add more punch and immediacy. […] #Remixed #AfroBeat #Electro08 Jul 2026 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5zp6vfdk2qhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mpyy7zxbvs25In 1997, a quiet, unassuming man of 59 years old named Victor Tavares – better know as Bitori – walks into a studio for the very first time to record a masterpiece which many Cabo Verdean consider to be the best Funaná album ever made. https://amf.didiermary.fr/bitori-legend-of-funana/ #CaboVerde #LiveMusic #Folk06 Jul 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyy7zxbvs25https://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mptzr5gm3k2w2002’s Red Hot + Riot album is available on streaming platforms in a Deluxe reissue for its 20th anniversary. https://amf.didiermary.fr/red-hot-riot-fela-kuti/ “The original album had to be heavily edited to fit the time limit of a physical CD, […] #AIDS #Documentary #FelaKuti #Remixed #AfroBeat04 Jul 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mptzr5gm3k2whttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mpsdn6cum22rDance, No One’s Watching! (2024) Ezra Collective - God Gave Me Feet For Dancing Feat. Yazmin Lacey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JUjFN9AuFU Album on Bandcamp: https://ezracollective.bandcamp.com/album/dance-no-ones-watching #Jazz #Soul04 Jul 2026 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsdn6cum22rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mpli72ruv22dWicked Leaders… African politicians beware! King Ayisoba is out there… https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-ayisoba-wicked-leaders/ Kologo music from Ghana, North East Region, mainly in Frafra and in English, highly catchy that moves your soul as well as your feet. #Frafra #Ghana #LiveMusic01 Jul 2026 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpli72ruv22dhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mpjjrh2gk22cFela Kuti – Monkey Banana https://amf.didiermary.fr/rss-club/fela-kuti-monkey-banana/ Released in 1975 as an LP with Africa70, with B-side “Sense Wiseness” Both songs speak of the alienation Nigerian educated elites find themselves in, reflected in lyrics such as “before I jump like monkey, give me banana.” #Afrobeat30 Jun 2026 17:30 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpjjrh2gk22chttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mpg5cjbw4c2zLamisi from Ghana, produced by Wanlov the Kubolor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB_NOY1-EEY From album "Let Us Clap" - https://amf.didiermary.fr/lamisi-let-us-clap/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jun 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpg5cjbw4c2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mp552g7cmc2cWhen you heard J. Cole’s song (“Can’t Get Enough”) in 2011, you might have wondered where the music was sampled from… Well, this is a great Guinean love song from Balla et ses Balladins… https://amf.didiermary.fr/balla-balladins-paulette-jcole/ Listen to the “original” Paulette! #Guinea25 Jun 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp552g7cmc2chttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mp2lsgxm5k2wLive at WOMAD 1982 https://amf.didiermary.fr/live-womad-1982/ A historic live recording celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Festival “Womad 1982”, a landmark cultural moment including performances by [...] #Burundi #Egypt #SouthAfrica24 Jun 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp2lsgxm5k2whttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3movlls2lfc2j"Cradle Of Humanity" features Mulatu Astatke, the Father Of Ethiojazz, in collaboration with Australian musical collective Black Jesus Experience. https://amf.didiermary.fr/mulatu-astatke-black-jesus-experience-cradle-humanity/ Cradle Of Humanity is the funkified product of [...] #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #FullAlbum #Jazz #MulatuAstatké #AfroJazz22 Jun 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3movlls2lfc2jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3movli4zkl22jMulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience https://amf.didiermary.fr/mulatu-astatke-black-jesus-experience-to-know-without-knowing/ The legendary Mulatu Astatke blends his Ethio-jazz with the Melbourne-based group‘s grooves on the 9-track album “To Know Without Knowing” in 2020. #Ethiojazz #Ethiopia #FullAlbum #MulatuAstatké #AfroJazz22 Jun 2026 19:07 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3movli4zkl22jhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mot3khvw3k2gTrésor Magnétique – Francis Bebey https://amf.didiermary.fr/tresor-magnetique-francis-bebey/ Francis Bebey was a true musical trailblazer. An artist who refused to choose between past and future, tradition and technology. […] #Cameroon #Compilation #FrancisBebey #Electro21 Jun 2026 19:17 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mot3khvw3k2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3moqrupavbs2uHappy Mentality https://amf.didiermary.fr/happy-mentality/ A mashup of Fela Kuti‘s “Colonial Mentality” and Pharrel William‘s “Happy” by DJ 100 Proof. #FelaKuti #Remixed20 Jun 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3moqrupavbs2uhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3moq2js2o222g“Sorrow, Tears and Blood” has Fela Kuti calling out the unjust killings that occurred in Nigeria, South Africa and all of the continent more broadly, under multiple authoritarian and totalitarian rules. https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-sorrow-tears-blood/ #70sMusic #FelaKuti #Nigeria #AfroBeat20 Jun 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3moq2js2o222ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mopyqawcsc2rThe incredible “Psychedelic Sanza (1982-1984)” album is a beautifully dreamy celebration of the uniquely affective timbre of the sanza (or mbira), the African thumb piano, by Francis Bebey. https://amf.didiermary.fr/francis-bebey-psychedelic-sanza/ #80smusic #Cameroon #FrancisBebey #FullAlbum #Mbira20 Jun 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mopyqawcsc2rhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3moktt4ui6c2mZambia’s 70s Psych Rock Scene (aka Zamrock) explained in a short film below! https://amf.didiermary.fr/zambia-70s-psych-rock-scene-zamrock/ Zamrock thrived for only a few years in the mid-70s, but its bands produced some incredibly catchy rock anthems. [...] #70smusic #altRock #Documentary #Psychedelic #Rock #Zambia #Zamrock18 Jun 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3moktt4ui6c2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mokcbzwoks2bThe road is never easy – BCUC https://amf.didiermary.fr/road-never-easy-bcuc/ BCUC – Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness – have been channeling the spirit of Soweto for over twenty years. Indigenous funk, hip-hop consciousness, and punk rock energy fused into […] #Dub #Punk #SouthAfrica #Rap #HipHop #Reggae18 Jun 2026 07:24 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokcbzwoks2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3moj5iliwnk2sHugh Masekela's “Coal Train (Stimela)” recorded at the “Freedom Beat” festival in June 1986. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYhTTZXP4g More info: https://amf.didiermary.fr/coal-train-hugh-masekela-live/ #SouthAfrica #LiveMusic #Jazz [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jun 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3moj5iliwnk2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3moj536plnc2sThe King of Jùjú Music, King Sunny Ade live! https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-sunny-ade-live/ He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success, and has been called one of the most influential musicians [...] #80smusic #TV #JujuMusic #LiveMusic #Nigeria #OldAfricanMusic17 Jun 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3moj536plnc2s