Reviews
Music in Me/Nziyo Dziri Mandiri
Gera's 2016 song ‘Chema Zimbabwe’ (Cry Zimbabwe) was a heartfelt critique of the deteriorating economic and political situation in his...
Reviewed in issue March/2020
Pour Me A Grog: The Funaná Revolt in 1990s Cabo Verde
Anyone who has come across Madonna's latest album may have noticed the singer's recent love affair with Cape Verdean music....
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Pata Pata
Since her death in 2008, we have been inundated with compilations drawn from Makeba's 50-year career. All of them have...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Humans
This nine-piece, comprising members from the UK, Congo, Italy, France, Argentina and New Zealand, is a fantastic emblem of the...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
La Grande Cantatrice Malienne Vol 1
Awesome Tapes from Africa began its life as a record label with a reissue of Malian Wassoulou singer Nahawa Doumbia's...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Oumniya
Souad Massi's career has followed an uneven path since her 2001 debut album, Raoui, earned her a nomination for Best...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Oulad Lghaba
Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou
Much fuss is being made over the young Gnawi maalma (female maalem) Asmâa Hamzaoui, who, still in her early 20s,...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Rwanda, You Should be Loved
This recording – which was created on the farm of bandleader Adrien Kazigira and whittles 40 of his compositions down...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
Rhythm of the Griot
Kora player Diabel Cissokho has long explored the connection between blues and the griot tradition, most notably on the album...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2020
