The Very Best of Africa
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Artist:
Various Artists
Label: Nascente
Category: Music
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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2
EAN: 5014797132443
ASIN: B00005QD0X
Release Date: 2004-04-06 |
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Excellent compilation albums
Tracks:
- Didi - Khalèd
- 7 Seconds - Neneh Cherry, , Youssou N'Dour
- Monie - Kanda Bongo Man
- Diboukokou Lambe
- Truth Don Die - Femi Kuti
- Tekere
- Are You Ready - Johnny Clegg, Savuka
- Barra Barra - Rachid Taha
- Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango
- Umuntu Ngumuntu - Mahlathini,
- Itche Koutche - Angélique Kidjo
- Ring of Fire - The Bhundu Boys
- Yeke Yeke - Mory Kanté
Tracks:
- Set - Cheikh Lô
- Musanyepere - Thomas Mapfumo
- Sodade [Live] - Césaria Évora
- Homeless - Ladysmith Black Mambazo
- Merengue - Franco
- Yodelle Mann - Baaba Maal
- Click Song - Miriam Makeba
- Lady - Fela Kuti
- Salama - Toumani Diabaté
- Grazing in the Grass - Hugh Masekela
- Cousins - Ali Farka Touré
- Mutserendende - Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi
- Zimbabwe - Abdullah Ibrahim
Customer Reviews:
African hits galore!.......2003-12-29
This wonderful album is a brilliant introduction to the pop music of Africa as it covers a wide variety of styles from many countries. In addition, all of the tracks are classics and the selection spans the decades.
From South Africa there's Miriam Makeba's ebullient 1960s classic Pata Pata, Hugh Masekela's languid Grazin' In The Grass, Abdullah Ibrahim's jazzy Zimbabwe, Ladysmith Black Mambazo's soulful Homeless and the beautiful Umuntu Ngumuntu by Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens. Zimbabweans Thomas Mapfumo and The Bhundu Boys contribute Musanypere and Ring Of Fire.
The well-known hits include Youssou N'dour and Neneh Cherry's Seven Seconds, Yeke Yeke by Mory Kante and the huge disco hit Soul Makossa by Manu Dibango. Kanda Bongo Man and Franco contribute hip-shaking Congolese soukous whilst Femi Kuti and Fela Kuti present those funk-rock Nigerian sounds.
Baaba Maal, Cheikh Lo and Salif Keita bring us the splendours of West African music and Khaled and Rachid Taha do the same for North Africa whilst Cesaria Evora from Cape Verde charms with her lovely voice on Sodade and Angelique Kidjo impresses with her lively voice and buoyant rhythms.
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