Mulatu Astatke is a legend
When the author heard Astatke's music, it was like listening to hip-hop for the first time.
Mulatu Astatke
Nas’s Angola Blues
Nas gets caught up in a musical scandal in Angola. Not how he wanted to make a connection to the continent.
Timeless
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjddFpAp6z0&w=480&h=295] This blog does not waste any opportunities to post visuals of Mulatu Astatke performing. Via
Somalia’s colonizers dressed really well
And although we loathe the "resilience of Africans" trope, I can't stop celebrating the Kinshasa Synphony Orchestra.
Addis Swing
The revival of Ethiopian jazz, a tradition that dates back to the 1920s, and had its heyday under Emperor Haile Selassie.