Move it Chaleh! Words you might hear at an outdoor chop bar in Accra, Ghana, a calling for you to get up and shake it. A hint to the pungent grooves blasting out of subwoofers and beat up sound systems throughout West Africa today. Smaller, cheaper studios are sprouting all over big African cities, allowing [...]
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Mamou Sidibé – Foulbé
Akwaaba doesn’t have the pleasure of releasing this beautiful song by Mamou Sidibé, but it’s well worth a listen! You can find it at Calabash Music.
Mamou Sidibé – Bakoye
Mamou is a djelimousso or griot from the Wassoulou region of south-east Mali. For about 30 years now the region has been a musical hotbed for experimentation, where Manding and Peul traditions are fused with western instruments. Mamou started singing to encourage workers in the fields, before heading to the big city, Bamako, where she [...]
Meetings at CCF – Bamako
Today Amsatou and I headed to the Centre Culturel Français de Bamako (French Cultural Center of Bamako) where we met many of the artists we heard yesterday at Mali K7. Mamou Sidibé came with her friend and manager Mory Touré, a smart radio host who was completely thrilled by Akwaaba. Mory was saying the biggest [...]
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