We love Batida! We already posted the first video for the song Bazuka, which itself samples the equally awesome song Bassoka from Carlos Lamartine’s album Histórias Da Casa Velha. And here Batida return with a beautifully nostalgic video for the potently upbeat song Alegria. Do yourself a favor, check out www.radiofazuma.com and buy the album Dance Mwangolé (iTunes)!
“The ‘Hand of God’ now belongs to me. Mine is the real ‘Hand Of God’. I made the best save of the tournament. Sometimes in training I play as a goalkeeper so it was worth it,” said Suarez. We’re not sports commentators. We’re just occasional soccer fans, and yesterday we were bummed out beyond belief. 3 million Uruguayans celebrate an unfair victory, while an entire continent mourns. Shame on FIFA as well for sticking to ridiculous and outdated rules. Why must football remain in the 19th century?!?!
On a more positive note, check back soon for footage from Accra right after Muntari’s goal at the end of the first half. MAYHEM!!! Photos by Ivan Sekretarev/Associated Press off of the NY Times’s site, and Dylan Martinez/Reuters from lemonde.fr.
Our friend Gervase de Wilde writes for the Guardian, and we’ve been secretly hoping he’d get Just A Band a feature in the paper… but as it turns out the band shows up in the travel section as a fine example of Nairobi’s lively music scene. No need to paraphrase, just click on the image!
We met George Spratz in Kumasi last month, but only Ananse got to meet Frederica, who sings with George. Ananse brought back this video, which we melted for. We’d never heard the original song by Ronan Keating, but we sure like this one. So we recorded George, Frederica, Junior on the bass + all kinds of percussions. The result is coming to this page very soon…
The energy today in Accra was crazy. The game stirred up the city on an otherwise quiet sunday. We’ve got more pix coming, but for now let’s celebrate the man of the hour, the Black Stars striker, Mr Asamoah Gyan! Ananse saw him and a bunch of other top soccer players at Afrodisiac a few weeks ago. This is a little more paparazzi style than we usually go for, but we hope all see this as a friendly incursion into Accra’s nightlife, and an homage to the players, cheerful and filled with energy. Go Black Stars!!!!!
Asamoah Gyan with Togo’s Emmanuel Adebayor (!)
Rahim Ayew
Derek Boateng
Adebayor breaking apart the dancefloor, with his *Francophone* DJ blasting coupé décalé!!
(apologies for the erratic layout. WordPress /Macbook not very cooperative and it’s getting late…)