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Lungu Lungu: Instilling African Confidence
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, he wrote about Mo Laudi, a South African DJ … read more »
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Lungu Lungu: Bamboo’s Timeless Swahili Bridge
I can never get enough Congolese guitar. I’m so addicted to it that I hunt it down wherever possible, even if it lives outside of the Congolese rumba world. If you read through past posts, … read more »
Lungu Lungu: Ghana’s Flowing Beauty
I was asked recently to identify artists with a strong social or political message, in about a dozen specific African countries, Ghana excluded. I found it very difficult, and eventually wished I had to find … read more »
Lungu Lungu: Heavy Coupé Décalé From Guinea
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, he wrote about coupé décalé and Oudy 1er. Living … read more »
Lungu Lungu: DJ Marfox, Tarraxinha, and Rubbing Pelvises
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, he write about Angola’s tarraxinha music. One of the … read more »
Lungu Lungu: Kyekyeku’s Palm Wine Music
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, he writes about palm wine music and Kyekyeku. Yesterday … read more »
Lungu Lungu: Burkina’s on the Map
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, in a sort of followup to last time’s feature … read more »
Lungu Lungu: Renegade Rhymes
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, it’s the strong-spirited Burkinabé rapper Art Melody. In West … read more »
Lungu Lungu: Fried Zambian Street Food
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, it’s Zambian group 2wo 1ne’s “Vitumbuwa.” Today we travel … read more »
Lungu Lungu: Highlife & Recklessness
Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, it’s Dampoo and his highlife. The holiday season in … read more »
