An irony of post-1980s world music is that it has sustained an interest in the earlier, belle epoque musical styles of post-colonial Africa, elements of which it reshaped and recalibrated for a global ...
The 1960s and 1970s are often referred to as the "golden years" of African music. As more and more African countries freed themselves from colonialism, a wave of artists emerged who celebrated their ...
Indépendance Cha-Cha, le Bembeya Jazz, le highlife sont presque les noms de code d’une époque où naquit, sur les côtes atlantiques de l’Afrique, un vaste mouvement musical au début des années 60. La ...