Golden Afrique (Vinyl 2xLP) JazzThis album provides a window on the golden age of African music, presenting the finest works created during the era of decolonisation when the Black Continent looked forward to a brighter future. In Volume 1 of Golden Afrique, we take a look at some West African countries: some of them (Mali, Guinea, and later Guinea Bissau) tried a ?socialist? path, while others, such as Senegal, Gambia and Ivory Coast, looked to the ?capitalist? model. Today, we
while the borrowed choruses of Gloria and Land of a Thousand Dances are more in tune with the era of sampling than they were in the '70s
"Bringing a distinctive eastern take on afrobeat" BBC Radio 3
Comes with all it's iconic original artwork and really is a must have album
bombastic "Castiatic Tackle" and "Mega-Feast" or the noisily gleeful "I Was Denied" would all likely be opening tracks if the band ever did what's expected
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Created over three weeks in the region known for spaced-out rock 'n' roll and psychedelic cowboy folk
'Nissodia' (joy of optimism)
homesickness
Fela decries the authorities attempts to restrain his activities with a scathing attack on the judiciary
The Afro Funk side of the Latin Soul maestro
Huey Newton and more who inspired Fela's philosophy of Blackism
" "Pavilions of Sun
