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/3mnpyankurs22Ezra Collective - Only Love Feat. Pa Salieu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ziixar3gqI First single to their upcoming fourth studio album, "Here Because of Hope." https://ezracollective.bandcamp.com/album/here-because-of-hope #Rap #AfroJazz07 Jun 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpyankurs22https://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mnigk4l7fs2gTime Travelin' (A Tribute to Fela) (featuring Vinia Mojica, Roy Hargrove & Femi Kuti – Produced by D'Angelo, ?uestlove, James Poyser & Jay Dee [J Dilla]) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqVbqqYsWYE More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like_Water_for_Chocolate_(album) #Rap #HipHop04 Jun 2026 20:09 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnigk4l7fs2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mnfptxzwe22yLady cover for Red Hot + Fela https://amf.didiermary.fr/cover-lady-tune-yards-angelique-kidjo-akua-naru/ A cover of Fela Kuti‘s Lady with tUnE-yArDs, Angelique Kidjo, ?uestlove & Akua Naru for the album Red Hot + Fela in 2013. #Bénin #Cover #FelaKuti #Nigeria #AIDS03 Jun 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfptxzwe22yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mnfpdywffk2yYugen Blakrok – Carbon Form https://amf.didiermary.fr/yugen-blakrok-carbon-form/ Yugen Blakrok is a South African rapper. She appeared on the track “Opps” with Vince Staples from the Kendrick Lamar-produced soundtrack to the movie Black Panther in 2018. […] #SouthAfrica #Rap03 Jun 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfpdywffk2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mnfp6wfios2yMiriam Makeba & Nina Simone – Thulasizwe https://amf.didiermary.fr/miriam-makeba-nina-simone-thulasizwe/ "Two incandescent women musicians joined to give a concert […] at Carnegie Hall." Their paths crossed for the first time in New York […] #Gospel #Jazz #SouthAfrica03 Jun 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfp6wfios2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mnedkidr5s2iAli Farka Toure – Savane https://amf.didiermary.fr/ali-farka-toure-savane/ More info on the 20th anniversary edition of this album. #AliFarkaToure #DesertBlues #LiveMusic #Mali03 Jun 2026 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnedkidr5s2ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mn3rrmrxp22aBaloji – Buy Africa https://amf.didiermary.fr/baloji-orchestre-katuba-kuku-buy-africa/ “Buy Africa” is a cover of Fela Kuti’s song by Baloji & L’Orchestre de la Katuba, Feat. Kuku for Red Hot + Fela, the tribute album released in 2013. […] #Congo #FelaKuti #Cover #Afrobeat #Nigeria #Rap #AIDS30 May 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mn3rrmrxp22ahttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mmyyf5lmq22hWhen Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela met in the 70s, during Apartheid, they talked about recording together. They had to wait till 2010 to work together in the UK, [...] https://amf.didiermary.fr/rejoice-tony-allen-hugh-masekela/ #FullAlbum #HughMasekela #Jazz #Nigeria #Remixed #SouthAfrica #TonyAllen29 May 2026 16:46 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyyf5lmq22hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mmyycsuj422hTGIF! Thank God, It’s Friday! https://amf.didiermary.fr/yvonne-chaka-chaka-umqombothi/ “Umqombothi” (the name in Xhosa of a traditional beer) is a famous track by Yvonne Chaka Chaka, from her “Thank You Mr. D.J.” studio album, released in 1987. #80smusic #SouthAfrica #TGIF29 May 2026 16:45 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyycsuj422hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mmwortnmd22bOrchestra Baobab – Autorail https://amf.didiermary.fr/orchestra-baobab-autorail/ By the end of the 1970s, the band concluded its residency at the Baobab Club, which closed its doors in 1979. At this point, they were Senegal’s biggest band. […] #80smusic #Sénégal28 May 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmwortnmd22bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mmrb4lmr7c2gSiti Muharam, the ‘Golden Voice’ of Zanzibar, pays homage to the musical legacy of her Great Grandmother, Siti Binti Saad in her album “Siti of Unguja (Romance Revolution On Zanzibar)” in 2020. […] https://amf.didiermary.fr/siti-muharam-romance-revolution/ #Taarab #Tanzania #Zanzibar #Folk26 May 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrb4lmr7c2ghttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mmje6xliuk24King Ayisoba – Work Hard https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-ayisoba-work-hard/ “Work Hard,” released in February 2023, solidifies King Ayisoba‘s reputation as both a shamanic performer and a restless sonic experimenter. The album is a wild mashup of Ayisoba’s frenetic kologo sound and […] #Frafra #Ghana #Folk #Punk23 May 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmje6xliuk24https://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mmhgd74g7c2kMy Ancestors by Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family. Originally released in 1976, this is one of the greatest releases from Zambia’s Zamrock scene. […] https://amf.didiermary.fr/chrissy-zebby-tembo-my-ancestors/ #70smusic #Zambia #Zamrock22 May 2026 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhgd74g7c2khttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mmf5quk26k2bKing Ayisoba – Awudome https://amf.didiermary.fr/king-ayisoba-awudome/ Awudome… Life is a destination… Listen carefully! When singing, he uses two different voices: his own, and his father’s. His instrument, a kind of n’goni, is called a Kologo. Kai Kai Kai Kai Kai! #Frafra #Ghana21 May 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf5quk26k2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mmcoyo74o22fAta Kak – Batakari https://amf.didiermary.fr/ata-kak-batakari/ A pioneering electronic highlife artist, Ata Kak has released a new album in 2025, his first in 30 years. “Batakari” offers “an addictive mix of offbeat electronic music and Twi-language hiplife […] #Ghana #Highlife #Electro #HipHop20 May 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcoyo74o22fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mm2vzhrgf22iFemi Kuti – Beng Beng Beng remixed https://amf.didiermary.fr/femi-kuti-beng-beng-beng-remixed/ From the album “Shoki Shoki” by Femi Kuti released in 1998, “Beng Beng Beng” was a staple of MTV and got a special treatment with multiple remixed versions. […] #90smusic #DnB #FemiKuti #Nigeria #Remixed #AfroBeat17 May 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2vzhrgf22ihttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mly654lsss2tFela Kuti – Why Black Man Dey Suffer https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-why-black-man-dey-suffer/ On 1 January 1971, Fela changes his band’s name from Nigeria 70 to Africa 70. It is a breakthrough year for the group, which will remain the hottest attraction in Nigeria […] #70smusic #FelaKuti #FullAlbum #Nigeria16 May 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mly654lsss2thttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mlvzx3jtjs2eAbdou El Omari https://amf.didiermary.fr/abdou-el-omari/ Ultra rare Oriental psychedelic trilogy from the organ king of Casablanca, Abdou El Omari, combining traditional rhythms with spaced out modern sounds. #70smusic #Jazz #Morocco #Psychedelic #Electro15 May 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvzx3jtjs2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mltjh7h64c2yRick Asikpo & Afro Fusion – Got To Be Me https://amf.didiermary.fr/rick-asikpo-afro-fusion-got-to-be-me/ The funkiest of Nigerian musicians? Mythical soul and boogie album recorded in Louisiana in 1981 by multi-instrumentalist Rick Asikpo when he was studying in Houston, Texas. [...] #80smusic #AfroFunk #Nigeria #Soul #EWF14 May 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltjh7h64c2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mlqu45yom22vMopao Swahili Jazz – Msewe Hybrid https://amf.didiermary.fr/mopao-swahili-jazz-msewe-hybrid/ Mopao Swahili Jazz, founded by Emmanuel Abraham Mwandemelela aka Emma Mopao, is from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. [...] #Jazz #LiveMusic #Tanzania #AfroJazz13 May 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqu45yom22vhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mlo4g5jkg22vFela Kuti – Perambulator https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-perambulator/ Despite being credited to Egypt 80, “Perambulator” —backed with “Frustration”— was almost certainly recorded in January or early February 1977, years before the formation of the band. […] #70smusic #FelaKuti #Nigeria #AfroBeat12 May 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo4g5jkg22vhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mllsovq5zs2yRobin Fassie – Intwasa: The Becoming https://amf.didiermary.fr/robin-fassie-intwasa-the-becoming/ Robin Fassie, nephew of SA Pop legend Brenda Fassie, became known for his inspired performances on Listening to the Ground de Nduduzo Makhathini in 2015. […] #Jazz #LiveMusic #SouthAfrica #AfroJazz11 May 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllsovq5zs2yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mll6eh2ngc2fKwaito Tribute to J Dilla by South African collective SPAZABASS. This South African music collective consists of a DJ / Producer and various live session musicians. https://amf.didiermary.fr/spazabass-kwaito-dilla-jazz-ep/ #FullAlbum #Kwaito #SouthAfrica #Electro11 May 2026 11:31 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mll6eh2ngc2fhttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mljhiemlxc25Fela Kuti – O.D.O.O. https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-o-d-o-o-overtake/ O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake – 1990) was the penultimate album of newly recorded studio material released by Fela before he passed in 1997. [...] #90smusic #FelaKuti #Nigeria #AfroBeat10 May 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mljhiemlxc25https://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mlgx6nmypc2oReleased in March 2026, “Hoggar” is Tinariwen’s tenth studio album. https://amf.didiermary.fr/tinariwen-hoggar/ Tinariwen evolve once again on their brand new album, connecting with a younger generation of Tuareg musicians [...] #Algeria #DesertBlues #Sudan #Tuareg #Folk09 May 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgx6nmypc2ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mlglgpfwg22oJackson Five in Africa https://amf.didiermary.fr/jackson-five-africa/ “Jackson Five in Africa” est un documentaire (50 mn environ), qui montre le premier voyage des Jackson Five (ou 5 ?), dont Michael, alors agé de 16 ans, en Afrique […] #Documentary #MichaelJackson #Sénégal09 May 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlglgpfwg22ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/blogamf.blacksky.app/post/3mlepm3z5z224Music of many Colours https://amf.didiermary.fr/fela-kuti-feat-roy-ayers-music-of-many-colours/ When Roy Ayers toured Nigeria with his band as the opening act for Fela and Egypt 80 (80s), Fela Kuti and Ayers became friends and got together for this album, mixing Afrobeat and Jazz-Funk. #AfroFunk #FelaKuti #Jazz #AfroBeat08 May 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:s4ungvjt5cguvitgjggku3sg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlepm3z5z224