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Racine Sall — Wale Niouma Don 20 Aug 2013 | 01:17 am
Side A Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Side B Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 Track 9 Track 10 Sometimes a solo vocalist on some pious recitation vibe is all you need with a little keyboard. Against...
Orchestre Kiam 1 Aug 2013 | 07:09 am
Face A Maketa Ifantu Makonda Memi Face B Masumu Mbale Bakule A while back, someone sent me a bunch of old tapes picked up in Kinshasa. This collection of 7-inches by the great, under-hype...
Yemane Ghebremichael — Vol. 2 14 Jul 2013 | 05:40 am
Side A Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Side B Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8 This 1992 recording (1986 in Ethiopian calendar) is an awesome tape. I've had a YouTube crush on the music of Eritrean ....
Kwaya Ya Patandi — Msifungiwe Nira Vol 3 3 Jul 2013 | 05:08 am
Side A Msifungiwe Nira Dunia Inapita Mwana Mpotevu Njooni Hakuna Wokovu Haya Shime Bwana Asema Side B Imba Imba Dhambi Jipe Moyo Mkuu Kazi Yake Ni Nani Ni Kweli Bwana Wangu Bonus* *—There was an e.....
Wedel Bikri 28 Jun 2013 | 12:44 am
Side A Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Side B Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Sudanese tape I bought in Ethiopia recently is really hitting me hard this week. There's an excellent confluence of things happe...
Simon's Slow Music from Africa Vol. 2 mixtape 18 Jun 2013 | 11:16 pm
At long last, for the true heads who've been following Awesome Tapes From Africa for years now. One of my closest homies in the music/life continuum, Simon, has returned with a new mix of personal cla...
Simon's Slow Music from Africa Vol. 2 mixtape 18 Jun 2013 | 11:16 pm
At long last, for the true heads who've been following Awesome Tapes From Africa for years now. One of my closest homies in the music/life continuum, Simon, has returned with a new mix of personal cla...
Tondjon — Niyak3 29 May 2013 | 10:02 am
Face A Imadatji Fanga SIDA Dedicace Face B Les Droit Des Enfants Toubabou Imadatji (Remix) Intro Rap from Mali. Deal with it. I think "tondjon" means "slaves" in Bambara.
Hailu Mergia and His Classical Instrument 11 May 2013 | 05:01 am
The next Awesome Tapes From Africa LP release is by Hailu Mergia, the Ethiopian one-man-band accordion/keyboardist extraordinaire. Hailu made his name in Walias Band and later went on to do some visio...
Untitled 13 Apr 2013 | 08:31 pm
Massinko—DJ Mengie (NYC) & DJ XL Yafet Side A Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Side B Track 8 Track 9 Track 10 Track 11 Track 12 Track 13 OK here's something you don't hear e...
