A-T-2 269 Nigerian Heavy Funk
A piece I read today pointed out that Britain by being forced to abandon her imperial project had its ruling class scrambling around "to control the narrative of the loss of imperial power" their solution "they produced the myth of decolonisation as a managed and planned process. Elizabeth II’s involvement was central to this myth" as kings and queens don't lead armies into battle anymore they need the appearance of doing something, such as "mediating between opposing groups like African nationalists and white settlers" - of course this too was stage management
Here's a great article weaving together the turmoil and the tumult of the Nigerian Civil War which can be seen as a resulting from its colonial past and the effect that had on Nigerian music
How war, economic growth, and musical influences from abroad spawned a unique, psychedelic alchemy of sounds.
The article mentioned the heavier sound Nigerian musicians went for and I think you can hear it in these tracks
Don Bruce - I'm In Love
Mike Umoh - Do It
Paradise Stars - Start To Move. From the album Don't Forget produced by Jake Sollo
Paradise Stars - Funk Feel
Soki Ohale - Come And Groove It
