Nnamdi Moweta invited Akwaaba founder Benjamin Lebrave to his show, Afrodicia, Saturday December 13 from 2 to 4pm. Nnamdi plays a lot of party music from all over the gulf of Guinea, soukous, highlife, afrobeat, hiplife, coupé décalé… Akwaaba fits right in, check it out!
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Michel Pinheiro – Atchegbe
Atchegbe is a Yoruba word which means doing something without consequences, as in “I’m going to rip off this guy, it’s atchegbe” – it’ll have no consequence. It’s used anytime someone makes a dubious profit. The song, which is not sang in Yoruba but in Fon, takes a shot at corruption, a rampant problem in [...]
About Michel Pinheiro
Michel was born in southern Bénin, where he started singing at a very early age. After playing the guitar for local bands, he got his first break when he met Mamadou Doumbia during a trip to Côte d’Ivoire. There he learned to play the trombone and started playing for many local musicians. Today he plays [...]
Meeting Michel Pinheiro
I’m on my way back from Africa, 2 day stop in Paris to say hi to friends and family, and out of the blue comes Mory Touré from Bamako, who’s in France for the first time. He’s invited by RFI to do a radio internship here, and being the wheeler dealer he is, introduced me [...]
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