May 9, 2018
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#Massada eyewear #futurevintage #handmade #lovespecs #misiyu
Also got home to find my #lovespecs had been delivered! All profits go towards helping communities in Malawi ✌ They turn lights into pretty heart shapes too 😍 Thank you @clarapaget for promoting these badboys 💓 @lovespecs
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So tomorrow is the day I leave for Malawi to volunteer for a beautiful charity whose name represents their simple yet powerful message… Love. Support. Unite.
As my last post I leave you with this music from Diko Fils. This is Kiri…
Please is you have any spare pennies and have enjoyed this Music for Malawi then please donate to my Just Giving page here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lovesupportunitemalawi
It feels good to give and the love will be received whole-heartedly from the people of Malawi and Love Support Unite, who really are changing lives…
6 Days...
Nneka Lucia Egbuna is a Nigerian hip-hop, soul, reggae singer, songwriter and actress. She sings in both English and Nigerian Pidgin. She sings about political issues in many of her songs, talking of the plight of the Niger Delta and the corruption in her homeland.
My soul sister Lainey introduced me to this beaut… This is her 2007 single; Africaans…
Recordings from Hugh Tracey
Hugh Tracey (1903–1977) was a twentieth century ethnomusicologist. He and his wife collected and archived music from Southern and Central Africa. He began making field recordings of music in the early 1920s, through the 1970s.
Tracey was particularly fascinated with the Mbira, an instrument found nowhere else in the world. Tracey founded the International Library of African Music (ILAM) in 1954 and we have him to thank for the 100s on intimate recordings he made during his investigations. He took sample digging to a whole other level, often heading into the Congo to record the sounds of so many different tribes.
It’s hard to just pick a few, as they are so great, but here goes…
Baziri Teofili, a Mbira player from the Congo in 1952.
Bakia Pierre of the Congo, playing the Kundi – a type of harp.
20 Days…
A classic cartoon to go with your Saturday morning cereal! The Lion King is the only Disney film to be translated into an African language other than Arabic. This is Scar’s Be Prepared in Zulu… it fits so well! Listen out for the *clicks* in the language.
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“The numerous relocations, all the travel, and the global adaptability this entailed – all these things strongly influenced me. Yet I feel no sense of displacement or inner conflict. On the contrary, it is all these stages of a journey, all the impressions and experiences en route, which together, form a sum that is greater than its parts – a greater whole – the sum of me, my totality.”…
Strong words from Y’akoto when she was questioned about her nomadic lifestyle. She is half Ghanaian, half German, grew up in Ghana, Cameroon and Chad and now resides between Hamburg, Lomé and Paris. A restless wanderer that has no plans to stop – I know a fair few wonderful people that feel exactly the same way!
This is “Tamba” taken from her debut album Babyblues. You can definitely hear the Badu influence in her music…
23 Days... Released in 1978 this is ‘Amida’ taken from the album I Can’t Understand You, written and performed by Zambian musician, Nike Nyoni. A smooth groove addressed to a beautiful girl, urging her to stay out of trouble and protect herself from vultures!