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Why do I feel like I haven’t logged in since last year? HAPPY NEW YEAR! 

Something tells me I’ve already shared a Baaba Maal song to this blog, and it might be this one. Regardless I’m sharing it again because it’s my favourite song of his. Baaba Maal is from this country a good friend of mine would call ‘The Land of Awesomeness”, Senegal, which I’m yet to visit, but certainly will. I remember my friend also used to tell me in college that Baaba Maal doesn’t speak in Wolof if I remember correctly. I will ask again. 

It is called Souka Nayo and probably means I will follow you. I liked everything about the song while being a child, from the beautiful voices in English at the beginning to the upbeat turn the song takes to his amazing voice. I still do absolutely love this song and I thought it’d be fitting to make it the first post of 2018. 

Portez-vous bien et écoutez toujours plus de musique Africaine!!!

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Tshala Muana, from ex-Zaire, Congo! This is an old one as well. (I mean I can’t help that I have a thing for vintage things - save me from myself!) It is titled “Tshibola” and is probably one of her most popular songs in the region. You’d have to be very open if you’re not from the culture to appreciate it, but I like it a lot. Mainly because it does take me back to childhood (not sure what year it came out), but local TV channels would broadcast her videos and concerts a lot when I was a child. I remember mixing her up with Tina Turner growing up, when in actuality they don’t have much in common at all. It was probably the facial expressions while she sings and her (hips) moves and legs! Just a beautiful Congolese woman. 

En tout cas, ceci est ‘Tshibola’ par la chanteuse Congolaise Tshala Muana. Je pense être en mesure d’effectivement mettre un morceau, un lien Youtube ou Spotify sur ce blog chaque jour jusqu’à Noël! Je suis sur la bonne voie. 

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Qui se rappelle du Bisso na Bisso? Le super groupe de Hip Hop et de Rap constitué d’une diaspora Congolaise dynamique, artistique et talentueuse? MOI.

I already posted ‘L’union’ to this blog, and I’m coming this time with the lead single of their ablbum “Racines”, which ‘L’Union’ is also a part of. It’s in French, and it’s fun, and man I brings about a lot of memories! The title is “Bisso na Bisso”. Do enjoy quality rap and quality music whenever you can, beautiful people! 

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Yooooo I randomly thought about this song a minute ago. I remember hearing it first when I came home from a very traumatic experience abroad in the first world 5 years ago. I was switching through music channels and bumped on this. The song didn’t change my life per se but it immediately brightened my mood and made me smile. It had that effect on me because it took me back to the 90s when Eagle Eye Cherry’s ‘Save Tonight’ and ‘Falling in love again’ where some of my anthems. I believe there is something very comfortable and happy about their sound. I also found it interesting that a rock band from Senegal had such a nice video and would switch between Wolof (I believe), French and English languages in one song. That’s the colourful beauty of Africa! I also remember finding the lady cool and the frontman handsome in their visuals. 

Cette chanson s’intitule ‘Fire’ et je me demande pourquoi Takeifa n’a pas explosé, ou du moins n’est pas plus connu, ne serait-ce qu’en Occident. Je trouve sincèrement leur style rafraîchissant, leur dreadlocks époustouflants, et la guitariste albinos ravissante. C’est dommage qu’on n’en entende pas vraiment parler, parcequ’ils sont énormément bourrés de talent. Qu'à cela ne tienne, voici le lien de leur page tumblr! 

https://takeifa.tumblr.com/

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Beh dis donc, j’ai pas eu de vie ces derniers temps et j’ai negligé mon blog! Mais je suis de retour! Yay! 

Here are Koffi Olomide and the late Papa Wemba in ‘Wake up’. Pretty sure it was released in 1998, it’s a pop-ish Congolese Rumba and I really liked it growing up. A little Lingala can never kill anybody! 

Eid Mubarak to all the muslims out there by the way! 

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I posted a Sally Nyolo song to this blog years ago. The title of the song was ‘Shana’. This is ‘Tam Tam’, the song that made her known in Cameroon back when we weren’t even teenagers. It’s folky, it’s bikutsi, it’s Ewondo, it’s black, it’s Cameroon and it’s awesome.

Passez un très bon début de semaine! 

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Can’t believe I never posted this Senegalese classic to this blog (or did I?). Youssou N’dour is a Grammy award winning artist from the beautiful country of Senegal, West Africa. He is also a refined vocalist. Some of the notes he hits on Birima alone attest to how skilled the man is vocally. He’s a legend in Senegal and one of the most popular African singers, so it should be quite easy to find information about him online. If you’re an African music fan and you do not know who Youssou N’dour is you’re not big enough of a fan.

Ceci est ‘Birima’, sorti en 2000 et c’est chanté en Wolof je pense (je suis ouverte aux contradictions au cas où je me trompe).

Enjoy and Happy Sunday!

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I’m in an old school kinda mood tonight! (When am I not lol) 

I’m in an old school Makossa mood tonight.

I’m in an old school, third world, Cameroon music video mood tonight.

I’m in a Gauthi Helle mood tonight.

This is ‘A Moumi’ and I’m posting it solely because I’m in one of those weird moods that take me back to my childhood and to my young parents bumping Makossa music all the time.

C’est vraiment juste un délire. C’est chanté en Douala et les souvenirs se bousculent dans mon cerveau tels des jeunes professionnels à leurs entrevues d’embauche.  

Peace and love.