Category: Old African Music

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Old African Music

RIP Nana Kwame Ampadu

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Renowned Ghanaian highlife musician, Nana Ampadu, died on September 28, 2021. In this interview from 2007, historian Jennifer Hart talks with him about the music that made him famous.

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Old African Music

Gnonnas Pedro & His Dadjes Band – Feso Jaiye

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Old African Music

Sonar Senghor & His Rhythms

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This album “African Tribal Songs And Dances”, recorded and distributed in the 1950s, is probably one of the first recordings to expose the traditional music of Western Africa.