Reviews
Yen Ara
Ebo Taylor has been doing his stuff for more than 60 years now, so he knows how to make an...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Mim Ê Bô
It has been a long wait for Tito Paris to end his self-imposed recording silence of 15 years. A key...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Laço Umbilical
On a trip to Cape Verde last year I found myself being chastised by another journalist for mentioning the search...
Reviewed in issue May/2018
Iphupho: A Cappella from South Africa
Afrika Mamas’ fourth album, Iphupho (New Dreams), beautifully encapsulates the magic of sisterhood and the central role that community plays...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Sycophantic Friends
Attentive listeners may have first heard Atamina on the 2016 compilation This is Kologo Power!, on which he appeared alongside...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Lala Belu
After reissuing three of Hailu Mergia's classic albums to great success, Awesome Tapes From Africa have taken the veteran Ethiopian...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
World Affairs
Mpho Majiga is a South African gospel singer with a disco vibe. This is his fifth album and World Affairs,...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Mes Racines
The son of Slah Mosbah, a celebrated singer among Tunisia's marginalised black community from the southern desert lands on the...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
Leeroy Presents: Fela is the Future
A French hip-hop and beatboxing hero from the early 2000s, Leeroy is at the controls here as curator and producer...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
