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The Motherland Influence: December 8, 2024 5:00-7:00 PM

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We live in age of digitized African music streamed impersonally and with little profit for the artists.

This is not always the case, though. Stores like Plan 9 and others here in Richmond still stock African records and CDs where the browsing and listening and purchasing experience is still available.

Back in the day, this was the rule rather than the exception. From African record boutiques in USA lIke the African Music Gallery and the African Record Center that specialized in all genres or specific genres of music to mega stores like Tower Records and independent music stores like Sterns, African LPs were readily available for browsing and making choice purchases. The choices in cities like Paris were far greater.

The variety of great music was astounding -with the vast majority of LPs in most stores being Congolese recordings  -and choices for purchase were often difficult.

Today I’m starting a two part series, to be continued in two weeks, of LPs selected and purchased in stores in DC, Richmond, Paris, San Francisco and New York, mostly during the 1980s, the heyday of great pan-African music.

This episode, I’ll play songs from Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria, Ghana, the Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Benin. You’ll hear some songs you may know and many that you may hear only on WRIR, including from rare LP by well known artists.

Next time we’ll sample records from Mali, Guinea, Congo, Senegal, South Africa and more.

Enjoy!

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Playlist:

Time: December 8 - 1:00:22 pm

• Mose Fan Fan & Orchestre Somo Somo, “Hello Hello (program theme song)”

  from Hello Hello

  Sterns - 1995

  RDCongo

Time: December 8 - 1:02:42 pm

• Moni Bile, “Africa Melody”

  from Africa Melody

  SAPPA - 1985

  Cameroon

Time: December 8 - 1:08:30 pm

• Sam Fan Thomas, “Funky Makassi”

  from Sam Fan Thomas

  Tamwo Records - 1986

Time: December 8 - 1:15:07 pm

• Les Diablotins 83, “Na Dipedi”

  from Les Diablotins 83 Vol. 7

  Editions Diablotins - 1983

  Gabon

Time: December 8 - 1:25:02 pm

• Stella dans l'Ambiance de Kounabele, “Caids”

  from Mbila Assuku

  Editions Nkoussou - 1987

  Gabon

Time: December 8 - 1:32:30 pm
• 

  Chief Ebenezer Obey, “Je Ka Jo”

  from Je Ka Jo

  Chief Ebenezer Obey - 1983

  Nigeria

Time: December 8 - 1:36:52 pm
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  Prince Nico Mbarga, “Welenga”

  from Prince Nico Mbarga and Rocafil Jazz

  Rogers All Stars - 1981

  Nigeria

Time: December 8 - 1:44:39 pm

• Eric Agyemang & His Kokroko Band, “Kona Kohwe”

  from Hye Me Bo

  P.M.A. Records - 1994

  Ghana

Time: December 8 - 1:49:31 pm
• 

  Canadoes Super Stars Band of Ghana, “Maria”

  from Oga Sorry

  Rogers All Stars Nig LTD - 1980

  Ghana

Time: December 8 - 1:59:13 pm
• 

  Le Groupe Wanzama, “Yodina”

  from Tout Tremble

  A.D.K. Production - 1989

  Central African Republic

Time: December 8 - 2:05:53 pm

• Kokombo Stars, “Lungu Aye”

  from Mambo Rock

  Sissoko Records - 1985

  Central African Republic

Time: December 8 - 2:13:27 pm

• Knowledge Kunenyati and Kassongo Band, “Ita Basa Sebasa”

  from Geju

  Kasongo - 1990

  Zimbabwe

Time: December 8 - 2:19:12 pm

• Jonah Moyo & Devera Ngwena, “Taxi Driver”

  from Taxi Driver

  K-Ko Records - 1988

  Zimbabwe

Time: December 8 - 2:28:02 pm

• D.O. Misiani And Shirati Jazz, “J. Rabour Bade Dongo Pt.1 & 2”

  from My Life And Loves

  Discafrique - 1988

  Kenya

Time: December 8 - 2:36:55 pm

• H.O. Kabaselleh Kidi and his Lunna Kidi Band, “Princess Lako”

  from Greatest Hits volume 1

  Jumbo Jet - 1985

  Kenya

Time: December 8 - 2:46:34 pm

• Lemed Janvier & African All Stars, “Akpenin Mia Non”

  from Super 81-82

  Oueme - 1982

  Benin

Time: December 8 - 2:55:28 pm

• Papillon du Poly-Rythmo, “Sikira”

  from Ambiance Africana N° 1

  Libert International Records

  Benin

David Noyes    The Motherland Influence    December 8th, 2024

Posted In: Music Shows

Tags: African music