AFRICABEAT PLAYLIST 19/06/08

intro - MANU DIBANGO - "Wakafrica"

VICTOR UWAIFO (Nigeria) "Obodo Eyo" [Guitar Boy Superstar] (Soundway)

NELLY UCHENDU (Nigeria) "Akwa Alili" [Ogadili Gi Nma] (Afrodisia)

VAIAVY CHILA/ELIE CYNTHIA/RIVERA/DAH MAMA (Madagascar) "Tsim' Hety Girls"

ROSSY (Madagascar) "Bory Hele" [One Eye On The Future, One Eye On The Past] (Shanachie)

MABULU (Mozambique) "N'Dambi" [Karimbo] (Riverboat)

MARIO NTIMANE (Mozambique) "Tchela Kuwomile" [v/a Rough Guide To Marrabenta Mozambique] (WMN)

MASSUKOS (Mozambique) "Ntolilo" [Bumping] (Poo Productions)

TIKEN JAH FAKOLY (Ivory Coast) "Tonton D'America" [Tiken Jah Fakoly] (Universal)

GARIFUNA WOMENS PROJECT (Beleize) "Merua" [Umalali] (Cumbancha)

KRISTO NUMPUBY (Cameroon) "An Sol Me" [An Sol Me] (Lon Yes)

N'FALY KOUYATE & DUNYAKAN () "Denko" [Tunya] (Galileo)

JAOJOBY (Madagascar) "Tanora Aza Manambady" [Velono] (Label Bleu)

JEAN-AIME (Madagascar) "I Ty Anan Raivy Manamy"

newsdesk - NAHAWA DOUMBIA - "Doni Fo"

FRANCO & TPOK JAZZ (D.R.Congo) "Azda" [Franco 1972-74] (Sonodisc)

BALLA ET SES BALLADINS (Guinea) "Fadakudu" [The Sylliphone Years] (Sterns)

INGOSI STARS (Kenya) "Inzala Munda" [Langoni] (Daqui)

D'GARY (Madagascar) "Kabary Boketra" [Malagasy Guitar] (Shanachie)

TSINJAKA (Madagascar) "Aminay Agny" [Tsinjaka] (Rogue)

VAIAVY CHILA (Madagascar) "Aza Tia Raha" [Walli Wallah] (SM Pro)

TIKEN JAH FAKOLY (Ivory Coast) "Ou Aller Ou" [L'Africaine] (Wrasse)

MABULU (Mozambique) "Ngoma Macandju" [Karimbo] (Riverboat)

ORCHESTRE MARRABENTA STAR (Mozambique) "Elisa Gomara Saia" [v/a Rough Guide To Marrabenta Mozambique] (WMN)

VICTOR UWAIFO (Nigeria) "Kiri Kisi" [Guitar Boy Superstar] (Soundway)

JABULA (South Africa) "Africa Awake" [Africa Awake] (Jabula Records/Plane)

GITO BALOI (Mozambique) "Marrabenta" [v/a Rough Guide To Marrabenta Mozambique] (WMN)

AFRICABEAT PLAYLIST 05/06/08

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 05/06/08 Part 1

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 05/06/08 Part 2

intro - MANU DIBANGO - "Wakafrica"

CELESTINE UKWU (Nigeria) "Igede pt. 1" [True Philosophy] (Phillips)

BALLA ET SES BALLADINS (Guinea) "Manta Lokata" [The Syliphone Years] (Sterns)

TABU LEY ROCHEREAU w. AFRICAN JAZZ (D.R.Congo) "Succces African Jazz" [The Voice Of Lightness] (Sterns)

MBARAKA MWISHEHE (Tanzania) "Baba Mdogo"

BROTHER CHARLIE COMPUTER & THE GLORIA KINGS (Kenya) "Achieng Born Zo"

NELLY UCHENDU (Nigeria) "Udo Ego" [Aka Bu Eze] (Homzy)

HALLELUJAH CHICKEN RUN BAND (Zimbabwe) "Ali Kulila" [Take One] (Allulah/Analog Africa)

OLIVER MTUKUDZI (Zimbabwe) "Chinhambwe" [The Collection 1991-97] (Sheer Sound)

GARIFUNA WOMENS COLLECTIVE (Beleize) "Nibari" [Umalali] (Cumbancha)

NEO NOVELLAS (Mozambique) "Zula Zula" [New Dawn - Ku Khata] (World Connection)

MASSUKOS (Mozambique) "Muacia Wana" [Bumping] (Poo Productions)

ANGE-LAH (Madagascar) "Raparapa"

ORCHESTRA BAKA DE GBINE (Cameroon) "Masumana Colle" [Gati Bongo] (March Hare)

newsdesk - NAHAWA DOUMBIA - "Doni Fo"

ALPHA BLONDY (Ivory Coast) "Mister Grande Guele" [Jah Victory] (Jober)

SONNY OKOSUN (Nigeria) "Reparation"

SOROBA (Madagascar) "Jeje Beko"

SIBIRI SAMAKE (Mali) "Ladonkan"

TYOUR GNAWA (Morocco) "Barma" [v/a Hafla!] (Radiant Future)

NURU KANE (Senegal) "Djollof Djollof" [Sigil] (Riverboat)

BAKO DAGNON (Mali) "Titati" [Titati]

KRISTO NUMPUBY (Cameroon) "Mamang" [An Sol Me] (Lon Yes)

JOLI PRISO (Cameroon) [tr 10]

SALLE JOHN (Cameroon) "Le Soleil Rayonne" [Le Soleil Rayonne]

PAPA WEMBA (D.R.Congo) "Aladji-Djambo" [Best Of] (Sterns)

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 12/06/08 Part 1

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 12/06/08 Part 2

Celebrating Femi Kuti and Papa Wemba's birthdays and commemorating the 1976 Soweto uprising this week

MANU DIBANGO (Cameroon) - "Wakafrica"

FEMI KUTI (Nigeria) "Frustration" [Femi Kuti] (Tabu)

PAPA WEMBA (D.R.Congo) "Esclave" [Best Of] (Sterns)

ORCHESTRE BANTOUS DE LA CAPITALE (Congo-Brazza) "Isabelle"

ORCHESTRE JARDIN DE GUINEA (Guinea) [Balla et ses Balladins - The Sylliphone Years] (Sterns)

SOROBA (Madagascar) "Tontolo Laignagne"

KRISTO NUMPUBY (Cameroon) "Simona" [An Sol Me] (Lon Yes/Sacem)

PAPA WEMBA (D.R.Congo) "M'Balamuna" [v/a Soundtrack to "La Vie est Belle"] (Sterns)

FEMI KUTI (Nigeria) "Wonder Wonder" [Femi Kuti] (Tabu)

PAPA WEMBA (D.R.Congo) "Bibi Muna"

KAMER ALL STARS (Cameroon) "Dikosa La Cameroon" [Kamer All Stars Vol. 1] (JPS)

GARIFUNA WOMENS PROJECT (Beleize) "Tuguchili" [Umalali] (Cumbancha)

newsdesk - NAHAWA DOUMBIA (Mali) - "Doni Fo"

SONNY OKOSUN (Nigeria) "Fire In Soweto" [v/a Reggae Over Africa] (Nascente)

JABULA (South Africa) "Soweto" [African Soul] (Jabula Records/Plane)

RADIO FREEDOM (South Africa) "Here We Are" [Radio Freedom] (Rounder)

JABULA (South Africa) "Soweto's Children" [African Soul] (Jabula Records/Plane)

SAM MANGWANA (D.R.Congo) "Soweto" [Aladji] (Syllart)

HARRY BELAFONTE (USA) "We Are The Wave" [Paradise In Gazankulu] (EMI)

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM (South Africa) "Next Stop Soweto" [v/a African Horns] (Kaz)

MZWAKHE MBULI (South Africa) "Young People" [Kwazulu Natal] (CCP)

FEMI KUTI feat Mos Def (Nigeria) "Do Your Best" [Fight To Win] (Wrasse)

PAPA WEMBA (D.R.Congo) "Trop Bon, Trop Coullion"

SISTER FA ( ) "Selebou Yoon" [v/a Many Lessons] (Piranha)

SEAN KUTI (Nigeria) "Na Oil" [Many Things]

TIKEN JAH FAKOLY (Ivory Coast) "Ouvrez Les Frontieres" [The African] (Wrasse)

FEMI KUTI (Nigeria) "Fight To Win" [Fight To Win] (Wrasse)

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 29/05/08 Part 1

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 29/05/08 part 2

Celebrating African Liberation Day this week.

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 22/05/08 Part 1

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 22/05/08 Part 2

intro - MANU DIBANGO (Cameroon) - "Wakafrica"

MANU DIBANGO (Cameroon) "Aye Africa" [Mboa Sua] (Sonodisc)

SAM MANGWANA (D.R.Congo) "Canta Mocambique" [Best Of 2001]

BIGGIE TEMBO (Zimbabwe) "Mozambique" [Out Of Africa] (Cooking Vinyl)

WALDEMAR BASTOS (Angola) "Querida Angola" [Preta Luz] (Luaka Bop)

LONGUE LONGUE (Cameroon) "Ayo Africa" [Ayo Africa]

MZWAKHE MBULI (South Africa) "Uma Sizenzela" [Mbulism] (CCP)

SEAN ANIKULAPO KUTI & EGYPT 80 (Nigeria) "Dont Give That Shit" [Many Things] (Tot Ou Tard)

BA JABULA (Ghana?) "Ba Jabula"

FELA KUTI (Nigeria) "Coffin For Head Of State" [The Best Of The Black President] (Wrasse)

THOMAS MAPFUMO (Zimbabwe) "Chimurenga" [Choice Chimurenga] (Sheer Sound)

STELLA CHIWESHE (Zimbabwe) "Chachimurenga" [Double Check] (Piranha)

newsdesk - NAHAWA DOUMBIA (Mali) - "Doni Fo"

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB (Senegal) "Senegal Sunugal" [African Pearls Vol. 4] (Syllart)

BALLA ET SES BALLADINS (Guinea) "Lumumba" [The Sylliphone Years] (Sterns)

JOSEPH KABASELE & AFRICAN JAZZ (D.R.Congo) "Independance Cha Cha Cha" [v/a Golden Afrique Vol. 2] (Network)

SWAPO SINGERS feat. Jackson Kaujewa (Namibia) "Wind Of Change" [One Namibia, One Nation - SWAPO Freedom Songs] (SWAPO/Action Namibia)

KWAME NKRUMAH (Ghana) "United States Of Africa" (speech)

OBRAFOUR (Ghana) "Kwame Nkrumah"

DAS PRIMEIRO (Angola) "Liberdade" [v/a African Rap - Rough Guide] (WMN)

LOPANGO YA BANKA (D.R.Congo) "Telma Mpo Na Kongo"

SEAN ANIKULAPO KUTI & EGYPT 80 (Nigeria) "Many Things" [Many Things] (Tot Ou Tard)

MALIK P SOW & WELNERE (Senegal) "Jambarabe" [Danniyanke] (Yoff)

SAM MANGWANA (D.R.Congo) "Cantos De Esperanca" [Cantos De Esperanca] (Next)

VERCKYS & L'IMMORTAL VEVE (D.R.Congo) "Cou De Marteau" [Coup De Marteau] (EVVI)

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 15/05/08 Part 1

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 15/05/08 Part 2

intro - MANU DIBANGO (Cameroon) - "Wakafrica"

GRUPO LOKITO (UK) "Essengo Yako Ko Bina" [v/a Rough Guide African Street Party] (WMN)

KANDA BONGO MAN (D.R.Congo) "Sai" [Kwassa Kwassa] (Hannibal)

ORCHESTRE VEVE (D.R.Congo) "Fifi"

TRIO MADJESI & ORCHESTRE SOSOLISO (D.R.Congo) "Sex Madjesi"

ORCHESTRE LIPUA LIPUA (D.R.Congo) "Maswa"

EMPIRE BAKUBA (D.R.Congo) "Lundokisi" [La Naissance De l'Orchestre Empire Bakuba] (Ngoyato)

PIVI ET SES BALLADINS (Guinea) "Manta Lokoka" [Balla Et Ses Balladins - The Sylliphone Years] (Sterns)

newsdesk - NAHAWA DOUMBIA (Mali) - "Doni Fo"

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM/BARNEY RACHABANE (South Africa) "Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen" [African Sun] (Kaz)

MAHMOUD AHMED (Ethiopia) "Ere Mela Mela - live"

ORCHESTRE VEVE (D.R.Congo) "Baluti" [Vintage Verckys] (Retroafric)

TRIO MADJESI & ORCHESTRE SOSOLISO (D.R.Congo) "Photo Madjesi"

ORCHESTRE LIPUA LIPUA (D.R.Congo) "Nsayi"

BALLA ET SES BALLADINS (Guinea) "Paulette" [The Sylliphone Years] (Sterns)

THE HYGRADES (Nigeria) "In The Jungle - instrumental" [v/a Nigeria Rock Special] (Soundway Records)

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM/KIPPIE MOEKETSI (South Africa) "African Sun" [African Sun] (Kaz)

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 08/05/08 Part 1

AFRICABEAT PODCAST 08/05/08 Part 2

intro - MANU DIBANGO (Cameroon) "Wakafrica"

KOFFI OLOMIDE (D.R.Congo) "Ravisse" [Effra Kata]

KAMER ALL STARS (Cameroon) "Kamerun" [Kamer All Stars Vol 1] (JPS)

ORCHESTRA BAOBAB (Senegal) "Bikowa" [Made In Dakar] (World Circuit)

CELESTINE UKWU & HIS PHILOSOPHERS NATIONAL (Nigeria) "Okwuke Na Nchekwube" [v/a Nigeria Special] (Soundway Records)

AFRICAN FIESTA (D.R.Congo) "N'Daya Paradis" [Tabu Ley Rochereau - The Voice Of Lightness] (Sterns)

FRANCO & TPOK JAZZ (D.R.Congo) "Mujunga" [v/a Rough Guide To Congo Gold] (WMN)

BALLA ET SES BALLADINS (Guinea-Conakry) "Bambo" [The Syliphone Years] (Sterns)

LES MANGALEPA (Kenya) "Embakasi" [Endurance] (Retroafric)

GARIFUNA WOMENS PROJECT (Beleize) "Yunduya Weya" [Umalali] (Cumbancha)

SALLY NYOLO (Cameroon) "La Fillede" [Memoires Du Monde] (Cantos)

DOBET GNAHORE (Ivory Coast) "Telodie" [Na Afriki] (Contrejour)

newsdesk backing - NAHAWA DOUMBIA (Mali) "Doni Fo"

FATAI ROLLING DOLLAR (Nigeria) "Awure Banza" [v/a Rough Guide African Street Party] (WMN)

BANTU feat. Ayuba (Nigeria) "Many Lessons" [Many Lessons] (Piranha)

MASSUKOS (Mozambique) "Ntolilo" [Bumping] (Poo Productions)

MAHMOUD AHMED (Ethiopia) "Belony Benna" [Ere Mela Mela] (Hannibal)

NKODO SITONY (Cameroon) "Assimba"

BALLA ET SES BALLADINS (Guinea-Conakry) "Moi Ca Ma Fout" [The Syliphone Years] (Sterns)

ALLAN FAMILY (Ghana) "Kapanlogo"

VERCKYS & ORCHESTRA VEVE (D.R.Congo) "Marcelo Tozangana" [v/a Rough Guide To Congo Gold] (WMN)

PAPA WEMBA & KOFFI OLOMIDE (D.R.Congo) "Samba Samba" [Au Village De Molokai]

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM (South Africa) "Marabi Blue" [Cape Town Flowers] (Enja)

intro - MANU DIBANGO (Cameroon) - "Wakafrica" [Wakafrica]

SALLY NYOLO (Cameroon) "Mon Ami" [Memoires Du Monde] (Cantos)

BAKA DE GBINE (Cameroon) "Boulez Boulez" [Gati Bongo] (March Hare)

GARIFUNA WOMENS PROJECT (Belize) "Hattie" [Umalali] (Cumbancha)

MAYRA ANDRADE (Cape Verde) "Nha Nobreza" [Navega] (Sterns)

TITANA (Cape Verde) "A Mim Na Meio Di Mar" [Cruel Destino] (Astral Music)

SAM MANGWANA/DINO VANGU (D.R.Congo) "Femmes Africaines" [Sam Mangwana Sings Dino Vangu] (Sterns)

MBILIA BEL (D.R.Congo) "Nazaly Mwasi" [Belle Canto] (Sterns)

SAMMY KASULE (D.R.Congo/Kenya) "Kukupenda"

NKODO SITONY (Cameroon) "10F"

ORIGINAL WINGS (Nigeria) "Igba Alusi" [v/a Nigeria Rock Special] (Soundway)

POPULAR COOPER AND HIS ALL BEATS BAND (Nigeria) "Arraino" [v/a Nigeria Special] (Soundway)

news desk backing - NAHAWA DOUMBIA (Mali) "Doni Fo"

SWAPO SINGERS feat. Jackson Kaujewa (Namibia) "Power To The People"  [SWAPO Freedom Songs] (SWAPO/Action Namibia)

BRITS MAWU CHOIR (South Africa) "Give The People" [v/a South African Trade Union Worker Choirs] (Rounder Records)

BRAITEX WORKERS - NUTW (South Africa) "Ilizwe Ngelethu" [v/a South African Trade Union Worker Choirs] (Rounder Records)

LULU (South Africa) "Nkosi Sikalela" [promo] (MELT)

BUSI MHLONGO (South Africa) "Freedom" [Freedom] (Sony Jazz)

MOSES MOLELEKWA (South Africa) "Mountain Shade"

SIMPHIWE DANA (South Africa) "Bantu Biko Street - orchestral version" [The One Love Movement On Bantu Biko Street] (Gallo)

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM (South Africa) "The Mountain" [Abdullah Ibrahim - A Celebration] (Enja)

REBECCA MALOPE (South Africa) "Shwele Baba" [Shwele Baba]

KEUR GUI (Senegal) "Liye Raam" [v/a Many Lessons] (Piranha)

MBAYE DIEYE FAYE feat. Youssou N'Dour (Senegal) "Deugeula"

LOKUA KANZA (D.R.Congo) "Mbife" [Toyebe Te] (Universal)

ANNIE FLORE BATCHIELLILYS (Gabon) "Pa Va Gha Ivumunu" [Le Chant, C'Est Mon Champ]

DOBET GNAHORE (Ivory Coast) "Bete Djlili" [Ano Neko] (