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“Oh Wow, Really African”

Today is Thanksgiving in the US, this little freebie is quick way to give thanks, as Akwaaba dood Benjamin Lebrave gets ready to head back to Accra. The name of this mix is the type of comment heard over and over on this trip… read more about it here. The mix was recorded live at [...]

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Just A Band In Your Earbuds

Take classics: Fela, Manu Dibango, Hugh Masekela. Take dancefloor killers: DJ Cleo, Louie Vega, Hat+Hoodie. Soak it all in a thick Just A Band Kenyan stew. Bam! Sick sick sick mixtape by our favorite Kenyan band, thanks to okayafrica for making it happen! Check Just A Band’s album “82″ if you haven’t – this is [...]

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FOKN Bois & Irie Maffia Remixes

It’s been a busy year so far for Ghana’s most scandalous Afro-pop duo known as the FOKN Bois. Aside from almost causing a war between Nigeria and Ghana, touring Europe, USA and releasing the world’s first Pidgen Musical, they also managed to record an 8-track EP The FOKN Dunaquest in Budapest with ELO of Irie [...]

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Don’t Watch That FOKN TV

Don’t Watch That FOKN TV

NEWSFLASH: SORRY!!! Apparently the owners of this video have revoked our right to embed it on this site… we’re not sure at all what the point of making videos non-embeddable is, do you? Hopefully the video returns swiftly! Meanwhil you can watch it here The FOKN Bois are back! Freestyling bucolic style, video courtesy of [...]

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Arc Djébé – “Mandja”

Late October, Pushking Noize came down to Accra to enjoy some time off in the sunshine, and record a few songs with Arc Djébé. Then in September, while he was editing the music back in Zurich, we headed over to Lomé to film Arc performing some of the songs we recorded. This is the first [...]

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