Reviews
Africainement Vôtre
Magic System, the Ivory Coast's most successful proponents of zouglou – a mix of zouk, ragga and soca music –...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
1970s Algerian Proto-Rai Underground
A pair of fascinating albums mining a fruitful seam of musical esoterica – the Algerian 45rpm vinyl releases of the...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Kiriké
Over his long career, Kassé Mady Diabaté has been part of the fusion projects Songhai and AfroCubism, he has sung...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Film of Life
The man who Brian Eno has dubbed the finest drummer on the planet has made a string of intriguing albums...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
The ABCD
Born and bred in London, the rapper Olushola Ajose, better known as Afrikan Boy, has re-examined his Nigerian roots in...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Wouty
On first listen this sounds like a very pleasant, semi-acoustic, low-key, album of relaxed, modern Senegalese music. After several plays,...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Mbira Korositina
Chartwell Dutiro & Mike Parnell
Chartwell Dutiro is a well-known mbira (thumb piano) player, a former member of Thomas Mapfumo's group, and a teacher of...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Griot Classique
A decade younger than his cousin Toumani, the kora player Mamadou Diabaté is arguably the better-known of the two in...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Democrazy
It's a sign of our amazing cross-cultural times that a group hailing from the Massif Central, the wild granite heart...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
Dzen
There are many projects that aim for a pan-African sound; they usually rely on collaboration between different cultures. Not for...
Reviewed in issue Nov/Dec/2014
