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Ouganda
Ensembles villageoises du Busoga

Artist: VA
CD title: Ouganda - Ensembles villageoises du Busoga
Released date: 1997
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Ethnic
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 320 Kbit
Channels: 44Khz, stereo
Total size: 160 MB
Info: Full booklet scans included

Tracks:
01. Otabona Bukaire Nanvu [00:07:17] 16,6 MB
02. Mboine Kirabu [00:03:55] 8,96 MB
03. Osete Tainyuma [00:03:32] 8,09 MB
04. Mperekera Omugeni Owomulembe [00:02:20] 5,34 MB
05. Waiswa Mpola, Mpola [00:07:07] 16,2 MB
06. Dinu/ Mwena Mwena Mudhuge Lero [00:02:49] 6,45 MB
07. Babalema [ 00:4:25] 10,1 MB
08. Agebaale [00:04:03] 9,27 MB
09. Piririya [00:04:39] 10,6 MB
10. Olumbe LW' Amaani [00:06:55] 15,8 MB
11. Okusamira [00:08:24] 19,2 MB
12. Mary Yange Guma Omwoyo [00:02:49] 6,45 MB
13. Baliranie I [00:05:16] 12 MB
14. Baliranie II [00:06:29] 14,8 MB

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Mamadou Diabate
Heritage

Artist: Mamadou Diabate
CD title: Heritage
Released date: 2006
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Ethnic
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 256-320 Kbit
Channels: 44Khz, stereo
Total size: 85,6 MB
Info: covers included

Tracks:
01. Sara [00:05:10] 7,88 MB
02. Joukouya [00:05:24] 8,15 MB
03. Foulaya [00:06:15] 9,55 MB
04. African Orphans [00:05:27 7,86 MB
05. Waiswa Salimou [00:04:56] 7,23 MB
06. Fali [00:03:55] 5,5 MB
07. Djiribah [00:05:26] 8,3 MB
08. Behni Diayemoko [00:04:25] 6,46 MB
09. Gansana [00:04:23] 6,45 MB
10. Sandra [00:04:22] 6,29 MB
11. Segou Blues [00:04:21] 6,33 MB

Info:
Diabate was born in 1975 in Kita, a Malian city long known as a center for the arts and culture of the Manding people of West Africa. As the name Diabate indicates, Mamadou comes from a family of griots, or jelis as they are known among the Manding. Jelis are more than just traditional musicians. They use music and sometimes oratory to preserve and sustain people's consciousness of the past, a past that stretches back to the 13th century when the Manding king Sunjata Keita consolidated the vast Empire of Mali, covering much of West Africa. The stories of these glory days and the times since remain important touchstones for people today, not only for the Manding, but for many citizens of Mali, Guinea, Gambia, and Senegal. So to be born to a distinguished jeli family in Kita is already an auspicious beginning.

Mamadou's father Djelimory played the kora, the jeli's venerable 21-string harp. He was widely known as N'fa Diabate, performing in the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali and recording on the National Radio of Mali. At the age of four, Mamadou went to live with his father in Bamako, where the Ensemble was based. When it came time for him to return to Kita and go to school, Mamadou knew that the kora was his destiny. His father had taught him how to play the instrument, and from there he listened and watched and devoted himself to practicing the kora, to the point that his mother worried that he was not concentrating enough on school. When she took it away, it only reduced his interest in studying, and he quickly resorted to making his own kora so he could continue.

Before long, Mamadou left school and began playing kora for local jeli singers, and traveling throughout the region to play at the ceremonies where modern jelis ply their trade, mostly weddings and baptisms. When he was fifteen, Mamadou won first prize for his kora playing in a regional competition and instantly became something of a local celebrity. The next year, he went to Bamako, and under the tutelage of his famous kora playing cousin, Toumani Diabate, he worked the jeli circuit, backing singers at neighborhood weddings and baptisms and entertaining the powerful at the city's posh Amitié Hotel. Toumani gave his cousin the nickname "Djelika Djan" meaning "Tall Griot," a reference to Mamadou's impressive physical stature. The name has stuck.

In 1996, a touring group from the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali offered Mamadou the chance to travel to the United States with a group of Manding musicians and cultural authorities. Following a successful tour, Mamadou decided to continue his work in the United States and, since then, he's made his home in and around New York. Mamadou gets frequent invitations to perform with visiting Malian stars including Ami Koita, Tata Bambo Kouyate, Kandia Kouyate, and Babani Koné. He has performed at the United Nations, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum, and at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. In addition, he's delved into uncharted waters, jamming with all manner of expert musicians, including jazz luminaries Donald Byrd and Randy Weston, Zimbabwean legend Thomas Mapfumo, and blues masters Eric Bibb and Guy Davis. Mamadou's recording credits have expanded as he has laid tracks with artists ranging from Irish soloist Susan McKeown, jazz bassist Ben Allison, and Benin's celebrated Angélique Kidjo.

Mamadou teaching kora to his son, Djelimory Mamadou says that his father advised him to listen to all the best kora players and to learn from each one. The kora itself came to Mali from Gabu, the region centered between Gambia, Senegal, and Guinea Bissau, and the Malian kora tradition has always put a premium on holding onto the old ways while constantly innovating and developing the art.

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moon · Advanced

Great player ! Thank you.

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Tinariwen
The Radio Tisdas Sessions [2000]

Artist: Tinariwen
CD title: The Radio Tisdas Sessions
Released date: 2000
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Ethnic
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 252 Kbit
Duration: 00:52:04
Total size: 94,7 MB
Info: covers included

Tracks:
01. Le Chant Des Fauves [00:07:32] 13,7 MB
02. Nar Djenetbouba [00:04:46] 8,69 MB
03. Imidiwaren [00:06:26] 11,7 MB
04. Zin Es Gourmeden [00:05:22] 9,77 MB
05. Afours Afours [00:05:27] 9,91 MB
06. Tessalit [00:03:58] 7,21 MB
07. Khedou Khedou [00:06:12] 11,3 MB
08. Mataraden Anexan [00:05:47] 10,5 MB
09. Bismillah [00:04:22] 7,93 MB
10. Tin-Essako [Live] [00:02:08] 3,91 MB

Info:
Tinariwen is a band formed in 1982 in Moammar al-Qadhafi's camps of Touareg rebels. They play in the Tishoumaren ("music of the unemployed") style, and sing mostly in the French and Tamashek languages. Their songs mostly cover the subject of independence for their people from the government of Mali. They are said to be the first Tuareg band to use electric guitars.
Having recorded many albums available on cassette over their eighteen years, the group recorded their first album for the CD format in December of 2000; the album was known as The Radio Tisdas Sessions and was their first recording available outside of Africa.
The Western world first took great notice of Tinariwen due to their performance at Le Festival au Désert, a musical festival held in Tin-Essako, Mali, a remote region of the Sahara Desert, in January of 2001.
The band released a second album, Amassakoul ("Traveller") in 2004, and played concerts in Europe (where they performed one of the highlights of the 2004 Womad Reading ) and the United States to support the album.
Tinariwen's new album entitled Aman Iman, meaning "Water is Life", was released in February 2007. A 52 minute documentary called Teshumara, or the guitars of the revolution recently played in movie theaters in Europe. It tells the history of the Tuareg rebellion and the role played by Tinariwen in this struggle for freedom. Combined with Amassakoul, it's been released as the CD/DVD combo The Soul Rebel Of African Desert.

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Tinariwen
Aman Iman (Water is Life)

Artist: Tinariwen
CD title: Aman Iman
Release date: 2007
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: African Rock
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 256 Kbit
Duration: 00:54:18
Total size: 99,3 MB

Tracks:
01. Cler Achel [00:04:27] 8,15 MB
02. Mano Dayak [00:05:43] 10,4 MB
03. Matadjem Yinmixan [00:05:45] 10,5 MB
04. Ahimana [00:04:58] 9,1 MB
05. Soixante Trois [00:04:13] 7,73 MB
06. Toumast [00:04:26] 8,13 MB
07. Imidiwan Winakalin [00:04:27] 8,15 MB
08. Awa Didjen [00:04:14] 7,75 MB
09. Ikyadarh Dim [00:03:37] 6,63 MB
10. Tamatant Tilay [00:03:21] 6,13 MB
11. Assouf [00:03:58] 7,27 MB
12. Izarharh Tenere [00:05:04] 9,29 MB

Info:
Tinariwen is a band formed in 1982 in Moammar al-Qadhafi's camps of Touareg rebels. They play in the Tishoumaren ("music of the unemployed") style, and sing mostly in the French and Tamashek languages. Their songs mostly cover the subject of independence for their people from the government of Mali. They are said to be the first Tuareg band to use electric guitars.
Having recorded many albums available on cassette over their eighteen years, the group recorded their first album for the CD format in December of 2000; the album was known as The Radio Tisdas Sessions and was their first recording available outside of Africa.
The Western world first took great notice of Tinariwen due to their performance at Le Festival au Désert, a musical festival held in Tin-Essako, Mali, a remote region of the Sahara Desert, in January of 2001.
The band released a second album, Amassakoul ("Traveller") in 2004, and played concerts in Europe (where they performed one of the highlights of the 2004 Womad Reading ) and the United States to support the album.
Tinariwen's new album entitled Aman Iman, meaning "Water is Life", was released in February 2007. A 52 minute documentary called Teshumara, or the guitars of the revolution recently played in movie theaters in Europe. It tells the history of the Tuareg rebellion and the role played by Tinariwen in this struggle for freedom. Combined with Amassakoul, it's been released as the CD/DVD combo The Soul Rebel Of African Desert.

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moon · Advanced

This stuff is so refreshing. Thanks for posting it and going to the trouble to unveil it . Happy New Year.

sismis_bajro · Super User!!

Ladysmith Black Mambazo nandritra ny fampisehoana Graceland tany amin’ny kianja malalak’i Rufaro, Harare, Zimbaboe [tsy afaka notanterahina tany Afrika Atsimo noho ny lalàna mandrara ny mainty sy fotsy tsy hifangaro], miara-mihira ny Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika amin’i Paul Simon sy Miriam Makeba [akanjo mainty] ary i Hugh Masakela [trompetra], taona 1987.
Rolling Eyes

Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika
Classic Xhosa Version

The first verse and chorus of this version are the original words composed by Sontonga in 1897. The remaining verses were added in 1927 by Samuel E Mqhayi.

Nkosi, sikelel' iAfrika;
Malupakam'upondo lwayo;
Yiva imitandazo yetu
Usisikelele.
Chorus
Yihla Moya, Yihla Moya,
Yihla Moya Oyingcwele
Sikelela iNkosi zetu;
Zimkumbule umDali wazo;
Zimoyike zezimhlonele,
Azisikelele.
Sikelel' amadod' esizwe,
Sikelela kwa nomlisela
Ulitwal'ilizwe ngomonde,
Uwusikelele.
Sikelel'amakosikazi;
Nawo onk'amanenekazi;
Pakamisa wonk'umtinjana
Uwusikelele.
Sikelela abafundisi
Bemvaba zonke zelilizwe;
Ubatwese ngoMoya Wako
Ubasikelele.
Sikelel'ulimo nemfuyo;
Gxota zonk'indlala nezifo;
Zalisa ilizwe ngempilo
Ulisikelele
Sikelel'amalinge etu
Awomanyano nokuzaka,
Awemfundo nemvisiswano
Uwasikelele.
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika;
Cima bonk' ubugwenxa bayo
Nezigqito, nezono zayo
Uyisikelele.
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Tinariwen
Amassakoul [2004]

Artist: Tinariwen
CD title: Amassakoul
Release date: 2004
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: African rock
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 128 Kbit
Duration: 45,55
Total size: 42 MB

Tracks:
01 - Amassakoul 'N'Ténéré [00:03:24] 3,10 MB
02 - Tinariwen - Oualahila Ar Teninam [00:03:47] 3,47 MB
03 - Tinariwen – Chatma [00:05:36] 5,12 MB
04 - Tinariwen – Arawan [00:04:06] 3,76 MB
05 - Chet Boghassa [00:03:52] 3,54 MB
06 - Tinariwen – Amidinin [00:02:51] 2,61 MB
07 - Tinariwen - Ténéré Daféo Nikchan [00:04:51] 4,43 MB
08 - Tinariwen - Aldhechen Manin [00:03:54] 3,57 MB
09 - Tinariwen - Alkhar Dessouf [00:04:55] 4,49 MB
10 - Tinariwen - Eh Massina Sintadoben [00:04:29] 4,1 MB
11 - Tinariwen – Assoul [00:04:06] 3,75 MB

Background information:
Tinariwen strip rock down to its basic building blocks of rhythm, guitars, and voice. On their second CD there are no fancy studio tricks or multiple overdubs. They stick to what they've shown they do well -- keep the music raw and emotional. While there are similarities to the desert blues of Mali, these Tuareg nomads from the Western Sahara are as much as rock band as the Stones at their best, capable of conjuring up magic with a guitar riff or lick. Oftentimes, the music has the same bluesy, undulating, hypnotic rhythm of a camel crossing the sand, as on "Aldhechen Manin." But they can also crank the amps and unleash something to tingle the spine and feet, which they do on "Oualahila Ar Tesninam," as frantic and primal a piece of rock & roll as you're likely to find. There's even a touch of rap on "Arawan." But there's a complexity in their basic approach, the interlocking layers of electric guitars and the plaintive, defiant voices. To listen to Tinariwen is to believe once more in rock and its power. This is angry and passionate; it's dangerous music in the very best sense. Western bands might have forgotten how to rock as if their lives depended on it; Tinariwen can teach them. (AMG)

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Mamadou Diabate
Behmanka

Artist: Mamadou Diabate
CD title: Behmanka
Release date: 2004
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Ethnic
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 320 Kbit
Time: 00:49:14
Total size: 78 MB
Info: covers included

Tracks:
01. Touma [00:05:44] 8,85 MB
02. Jamanadiera [00:06:16] 9,92 MB
03. Behmankha [00:05:48] 9,02 MB
04. Koraboloba [00:09:42] 15,8 MB
05. Kita baro [00:05:12] 8:25 MB
06. Jarrabeekele [00:05:15] 8,2 MB
07. Sansenefoly [00:04:35] 7,23 MB
08. Djimbaseh [00:06:37] 10,6 MB

Info:
Mamadou Diabate is a master of the kora, the ancient 21-string West African harp. He was born in Kita, Mali, a city long known as a center for the arts and culture of the Manding people of West Africa. As his last name indicates, he comes from a family of griots, or jelis as they are known among the Manding, who are traditional historians, genealogists, and story-tellers as well as musicians.

Mamadou’s father taught him to play the kora as a child, and from there he listened and watched, and devoted himself to practicing the instrument. Before long, Mamadou was playing kora for local jeli singers throughout the region at ceremonies such as weddings and baptisms. At sixteen he went to Bamako, where under the tutelage of his famous cousin, Toumani Diabate, he worked the jeli circuit and entertained the powerful at the city's posh Amitié Hotel.

After touring the US in 1996 as part of the Instrumental Ensemble of Mali, Mamadou decided to stay in the US and now calls it home. He performs nationally and internationally as a soloist, as well as leading the Mamadou Diabate Ensemble, which includes himself on kora, Balla Kouyate on balafon, Baye Kouyate on talking drum and calabash, and Noah Jarrett on bass.

Mamadou Diabate has collaborated broadly with jazz musicians from Donald Byrd to Randy Weston, as well as popular figures from Afropop star Angelique Kidjo and Zimbabwean legend Thomas Mapfumo to blues mavericks Taj Mahal and Eric Bibb, and even the jam band Donna the Buffalo. He gets frequent invitations to perform with visiting Malian stars including grand divas such as Ami Koita, Tata Bambo Kouyate, Kandia Kouyate, and Babani Koné.

Since 2000, Mamadou Diabate has released three CDs, one of which, Behmanka (World Village), was nominated for a Grammy in 2005.

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Habib Koite
Afriki

Artist: Habib Koite
CD title: Afriki
Released date: 2007
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Ethnic
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 320 Kbit
Duration: 00:45:59
Total size: 105MB

Tracks:
01. Namania [00:04:09] 9,58 MB
02. N'tesse [00:04:31] 10,4 MB
03. Africa [00:04:50] 11,1 MB
04. Fimani [00:04:26] 10,2 MB
05. N'ba [00:04:38] 10,6 MB
06. Mali Ba [00:04:42] 10,8 MB
07. Barra [00:03:47] 8:71 MB
08. N'Teri [00:04:34] 10,5 MB
09. Nta Dima [00:03:03] 7,06 MB
10. Massake [00:03:52] 8,9 MB
11. Titati [00:03:23] 7,8 MB

Habib Koité Gets Afriki: Africa’s Musical Ambassador Releases First Studio Album in Six Years
After a six-year absence from the recording studio, Malian guitarist Habib Koité and his band Bamada return this fall with a stunning new album, Afriki. With more than 250,000 albums sold around the globe, an appearance on Late Night with David Letterman, a duet with Bonnie Raitt on her 2001 album Silver Lining and nearly a thousand concerts on some of the world’s most prestigious stages under his belt, Habib Koité is one of Africa’s most beloved and popular musicians. Afriki, which will be released by Cumbancha on September 25th, 2007, features an appealing set of songs that reflect Habib’s unique and innovative approach to the diverse styles of Malian music.

Habib Koite is known for his unique approach to playing the guitar. He tunes his instrument to the pentatonic scale and plays on open strings as one would on a kamale n'goni. At other times Habib plays music that sounds closer to the blues or flamenco, two styles he studied under Khalilou Traore, veteran of the legendary Afro-Cuban band Maravillas du Mali. Unlike the griots, his singing style is restrained and intimate with varying cadenced rhythms and melodies. His supporting cast, Bamada, is an explosive super-group of West African rhythm section talent.

"Nobody really taught me to sing or to play the guitar," says Habib Koite. "I watched my parents, and it washed off on me." Koite was headed for a career as an engineer, but on the insistence of his uncle, who recognized Habib's musical talent, he enrolled at the National Institute of Arts in Bamako, Mali, launching his twenty-year career.

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sismis_bajro · Super User!!

Zap Mama

Tracks:
01 - Zap Mama - Mupepe.mp3
02 - Zap Mama - NDJe Mukanie.mp3
03 - Zap Mama - Abadou.mp3
04 - Zap Mama - Marie Josee.mp3
05 - Zap Mama - Etupe.mp3
06 - Zap Mama - Nabombeli Yo.mp3
07 - Zap Mama - Take Me Coco.mp3
08 - Zap Mama - Son Cubano.mp3
09 - Zap Mama - Guzophela.mp3
10 - Zap Mama - Plekete.mp3
11 - Zap Mama - Bottom.mp3
12 - Zap Mama - I Ne Suhe.mp3
13 - Zap Mama - Mizike.mp3
14 - Zap Mama - Babanzele.mp3
15 - Zap Mama - Din Din.mp3

Background:
The essence of Zap Mama goes back to Marie Daulne's birth. It was a very difficult time in Zaire, a time of revolution. The Simba rebels sought to kill interracial couples. Her mother was a Bantu. Her father was Belgian. Threatened, her mother took her into the jungle to stay with the Pygmies for eight months. They were safe because the rebels were scared of the strong magic of the forest peoples. Eventually they were taken to Belgium where Marie grew up. It is this dual cultural heritage which lies at the root of the music and mission of Zap Mama.

By l989 she had spent several years singing in jazz cafes and bars in Brussels when she decided to create a group to musically merge the cultures of her life, both which she cherishes. Marie remembered Sylvie Nawasando from singing on the train to school and later at the university. Their brothers had played music together. Sabine is a mixture of peoples like Marie, Zairean and Belgian. With three, Marie held an audition and discovered Marie Alfonso. Finally they found Sally Nyolo and performed their first concert in 1989.All the women contributed in different ways, spiritual, emotional, information, stories. Marie does most of the researching for the songs.

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Ismaël Lo
Senegal

Artist: Ismaël Lo
CD title: Senegal
Release date: 2006
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Ethnic
Type: MP3 format sound
Quality: 320 Kbit
Time: 01:01:03
Total size: 140 MB
Info: covers included

Tracks:
01. Baykat
02. Incha Allah
03. Tass Yakar
04. Jola
05. Taar Dusey
06. Manko
07. Yaye Boye
08. Plus Je Fais Ci, Plus Je Fais Ça
09. Mbindane
10. Wakhal
11. Ouvriers
12. Jiguen
13. Ma Fille
14. Tajabone

Info:
Ismael Lo possess one of the finest voices in Senegal, but he uses it sparingly. His last album of new songs was released five years back, and the one before that appeared 12 years ago. So has this been worth the wait? Well, sort of. The man once dubbed the "Bob Dylan of Africa" because of his acoustic guitar, harmonica and trenchant lyrics now sounds like a cool soul singer, with his distinctive, relaxed vocals matched against lush backing, with brass, strings and keyboards. He never quite breaks into a sweat, but his songs are for the most part a gently upbeat blend of Senegalese mbalax, reggae and ballads. The subject matter apparently covers anything from arranged marriages to democracy, but despite his fame as a lyricist, no English translation is provided.
Still, it's a classy set, even if the orchestration can be annoying. His classic song Tajabone sounded better when he first recorded it 15 years ago, without the sweeping strings.
Robin Denselow
Friday November 10, 2006
The Guardian

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South Africa presents: Women with a Voice

Year: 2007
Style: World, Jazz, Pop
Country: South Africa
Label: Skip
Format: mp3
Quality: 224 kbps
Size: 108 MB

Tracklist:
01. Simphiwe Dana - Vukani
02. Thandiswa - Nizalwa Ngobani
03. Busi Mhlongo - Yehlisan'Umoya Ma-Afrika
04. Nana - Koboyi
05. Gloria Bosman - Natures Dances
06. Judith Sephuma - Iya Iyo
07. Sibongile Khumalo - Seliyana
08. Thandi Klaasen - Sophiatown
09. Letta Mbulu - Not Yet Uhuru
10. Mahotella Queens - Ntyilo Ntyilo
11. Suthukazi Arosi - Abafazi Balelali
12. Tu Nokwe - Shosholoza
13. Miriam Makeba - Back Of The Moon

The collection of 13 fabulous female vocalists from South Africa being presented is already something very special, even if it's simply because all of these artists have biographies that stand in direct correlation to political events. Though apartheid has come to an end, so many multifaced problems still exist in South Africa that all of these vocalists are raising their voices in the interests of "their" people. "Women With A Voice" is displaying the broad spectrum of styles and generations fort he first time: from Mbaqanga to Jazz, from Maskanda to modern Afro-Pop, from highly promising newcomers on the scene to legendary "divas". This album is a tribute to the South African music scene in its creatively outstanding multicomplexity , spanning the range from South Africa's most recent star Simphiwe Dana to divas like Sibongile Khumalo, Letta Mbulu , Busi Mhlongo or Gloria Bosman and of course Mama Africa Miriam Makeba. An event for all fans of great female voices from Africa.

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