When most people think about the music of Nigeria, the first thing that comes
to mind is probably afrobeat, the darkly funky African jazz stew popularized by
bandleader Fela Kuti, himself a Yoruba from the southwestern region of the country.
Or perhaps they might mention other Yoruba musicians such as King Sunny Ade
and Ebenezer Obey, the twin pillars of the southwestern juju style. Maybe their
thoughts would glide more towards the eastern extreme of the country, where Igbo
highlife stars such as Stephen Osita Osadebe, the Oriental Brothers and Oliver de Coque
have made a mark upon the arena. More imaginative thinkers might look
northwards to cite Hausa and Fulani griots like Dan Maraya Jos, Alhaji Mamman
Shata and Alhaji Musa Dankwairo. It is rare though, that the spotlight is leveled
towards the mid-western region of the region of the country, the territory encom-
passing the modern-day Nigerian states of Edo and Delta. Edo in particular boasts
of a wealth of musical traditions that is both deep and broad, yet shamefully under-
explored; and among this assortment of musical traditions, one of the richest is the
music of the Afemai, or Etsako people. And in the field of Afemai music, the
undefeated champ is Alhaji Waziri Oshomah. (read more at Superfly Records)

Endolab
Discogs
All titles

01 – Agbo-oshiomare
02 – Era-iyo-joe agbedo
03 – Omonolegba-chief aruna osumah
04 – Okpa-eva doherty agbi

baobab.com
Wikipedia, nl
Wikipedia, en
Discogs

Gouye Guy de Dakar 1983
Baobab à Paris 1978
On Verra Ça ? 1978
Senegaal Sunugaal 1975
Une Nuit au Jandeer 1978
Adduna Jarul Naawo 1975
Bawobab 75 1975

01 – Mansa
02 – Mansané cissé
03 – Sutukum
04 – Cabral
05 – Digone nga ma
06 – Sindieli
07 – Sona
08 – Tooñ baaxul
09 – Saxaar
10 – Kura
11 – Tante marie
12 – Notisé

On this sampler, which covers various songs from albums
posted between april 16 and may 6, 2019, we find music
from Nigeria, Haïti, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Congo, Cuba,
Angola, Brazil and Jamaica. Enjoy listening and find
your favourites by using our search-bar ..

Op deze sampler, die nummers bevat van albums gepost
tussen 16 april en 6 mei, 2019, vind je muziek uit Nigeria,
Haïti, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Congo, Cuba, Angola, Brazil
en Jamaica. Veel plezier en vind je favorieten
middels onze zoekbalk ..

All Samplers

01 – Sir Waziri Oshomah – Alhaji col. f.a.z. shelu
02 – Chief Anco Momodu – Odifiri
03 – Ensemble Tropical Systeme – Douceur fanatique
04 – Kyeremateng Atwedie & the Kyeremateng Stars – Bea woti nkwa
05 – Kwame Nkrumah – Kalabule
06 – Typical Combo – Ban moin on ti femme
07 – Ringo Moya – Ressencement
08 – Pio Leyva – Buen tumbao
09 – Meridionale des Cayes – St. jacques
10 – Conjunto Os Tropicais – N’golo banza mamã
11 – Beth Carvalho – O Pior é saber
12 – Welton Irie – DJ connection
13 – Paulson Afrikhanah Kalu and his Stars 25 International – Abiala ha ozo
14 – Coupé Cloué et le Trio Select – Rue du quai
15 – A.K. Yeboah and K.K’s No2 Band – Odo fever

click on it

We already had some records with A.B. Crentsil, personally
I feel this might be one of the best, if not the best one, until
now. No exact date is known, but according to a stamp on the
backsleeve I’m guessing it is from 1982. Songs 1,3 and 4 written
by A.B. Crentsil, songs 2 and 5 written by second vocalist Tony
Mensah. Get it and spread it like you’re used to ..

We hadden al enkele platen met A,B, Crentsil, persoonlijk vind
ik dit één van de beste, zoniet de beste, die ik ken. Geen exact
jaar van uitgifte is bekend, maar aan de hand van een stempel
op de achterkant gok ik dat hij uit 1982 komt. Songs 1,3 en 4
zijn van de hand van A.B. Crentsil, songs 2 en 5 van de tweede
zanger Tony Mensah. Down en deel als altijd ..

All Music Biography
Wikipedia
Discogs

Srekye Duku 1982
with Eric Agyeman, Highlife Stars One 1983
Tantie Alaba (Auntie Araba) 1984
Abrokyiri Abrabo 1986
Eric Agyeman, Highlife Safari

01 – Atea special
02 – Sunsum biara nni ho
03 – I don’t know
04 – Mewo road
05 – Odo ye anigye

This one is requested by Sulingman,
enjoy listening everybody ..

Discogs

01 – Kassikoun
02 – Louanze
03 – Dona bolife
04 – Wale gnouma
05 – Sisi kouloun
06 – Djama djigui
07 – Africa
08 – Djarake

Deze plaat met Alex Konadu’s Band uit 1981 klinkt absoluut
niet perfect. Hij heeft wat ruis enzo en naar het eind van kant
één zit er echt wat vervorming in. Helaas hebben we niet de luxe
om een betere versie te posten. Tot er ooit een betere opduikt
zullen we het met deze moeten doen. We hadden al zo’n 17 van
zijn albums, vandaag dus nummer 18. Luister zelf ..

This record with Alex Konadu from 1981 sound far from perfect.
It has some hiss and such and towards the end of side one there
is some real distortion. Unfortunately we do not have the luxury
of posting a better sounding copy. Until that day we’ll have to
settle with this one. We already had some 17 of his albums,
so today this is no. 18. Listen and make up your own mind ..

Wikipedia
Discogs

All titles with Alex Konadu

01 – Mene wo asetena
—- B3ye yiye a.
02 – Obi abawuo
03 – Bo me dua ma menwu

An album by the two juju friends Sir Shina Peters and Segun
Adewale. They called their group, without a trace of irony, Sir
Shina Adewale and the Superstars International. Scroll back to
yesterday’s post and find two other records with them. This
one is from 1978 on the Wel-Kadeb Records label. Sweet ..

Vandaag vinden we nog een plaat met de twee juju vrienden
Sir Shina Peters en Segun Adewale. Ze noemden hun band,
zonder een greintje ironie, Sir Shina Adewale and the
Superstars International. Scroll terug naar gisteren en
vind nog twee van hun albums. Deze komt uit 1978
en verscheen op het Wel-Kadeb Records label ..

Discogs
Wikipedia on Shina Peters

01 – Itan odun ileya
02 – Irohin kayefi
—- Iya mi ati baba mi e seun
—- Eni ebi npa mabaraje
—- Oba to dayon
—- Ibukun nla ni
—- Mo ti gba jesu

We saw him on several earlier occasions. We have some solo
albums, one with his firend Shina Peters with whom he worked
under General Prince Adekunle. Segun Adewale reformed his juju
to become Yoruba Pop music or in short Yopop. This is his 1984
record Atewo-Lara. Like yesterday’s post an elpee on the
outstanding Ibukun Orisun Iye label ..

We zagen hem al bij een aantal eerdere gelegenheden. We hebben
enkele solo platen en eentje met zijn vriend Shina Peters met wie hij
onder General Prince Adekunle werkte. Segun Adewale hervormde
zijn juju sound om later Yoruba Pop ofwel Yopop te worden. Dit
is zijn Atewo-Lara uit 1984. Net als vorige geposte plaat eentje
op het mooie Ibukun Orisun Iye label ..

Segun Adewale, biography
Discogs

Sir Shina Adewale, Superstar 1978
Sir Shina Adewale, and the Super Stars International 1979
Segun Adewale, Ase 1983
Segun Adewale, Ojo Je 1985
Segun Adewale, I Love You 1987
Sir Shina Peters, Shinamania 1990
Sir Shina Peters, Ko Temi Fun Mi
General Prince Adekunle posts
I.K. Dairo posts

01 – Atewo-lara
02 – Ka tepa mo
—- E ma fi ile iwe sere
02 – Olojo ibi
—- Jelili
—- Suru ni e se

At Discogs it is classified as highlife. I do not hear pure highlife
though. I think I hear more juju. We also cannot say it is pure juju,
somewhere in the middle of the two and a bit more juju than highlife.
I would classify it as Juju-Highlife. From 1979 and on Ibukun
Orisun from Lagos, Nigeria. I love it, wonderful sound ..

Discogs
Ibukun orisun Iye

01 – Ona orun jin
—- Oloko awaye
—- Makanju
—- Igbehin l’alayo mi ta
02 – Jiji ti mo ji
—- Esan a ke l’ori odale

The two other albums we had with Canadoes Super Stars
of Ghana had great response. It is one of those groups from
Ghana that recorded in Nigeria to get to sound different.
Recordings made by Rogers All Stars were more sparkling
somehow than the stuff made in Ghana itself. According
to Discogs, this should be their second album from back
in 1980. Sleeve looks quite bad, actual
vinyl a little better ..

De twee eerder geposte platen met de Canadoes Super
Stars of Ghana kregen enorm goede reacties. Het is zo’n
band uit Ghana die in Nigeria ging opnemen om anders
te gaan klinken. Op de een of andere manier klinken
elpees die bij Rogers All Stars gemaakt werden een heel
stuk sprankelender dan degenen uit Ghana zelf. Volgens
de lijst van Discogs is dit hun tweede album en uit 1980.
De hoes is in tamelijk belabberde staat,
het vinyl zelf is iets beter ..

Oga Sorry 1980
Fine Woman 1981

01 – Medowo
02 – Medofora
03 – Mere wu naana
04 – Ye da mo ase
05 – Ko nkonsa ni bebre
06 – Dwene wo ho