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26 - African Funk Explosion

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Oct. 31, 2016, 4:33 p.m.

Summary: Journey Without Maps brings you vintage, rare, and underground global music from uncharted sonic territories. Every week, I unearth a new musical landscape: African soul & funk, Latin rhythms, eastern European electronica, Middle East psychedelic, Asian surf rock â¦ and more.

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Notes: In this episode, we've unearthed some heavy, dirty, sweaty-ass, powerful funk from the African continent: Congo, Burkina Faso, Benin, Guinea, Ghana, and Gabon.

Bama & The Family "Feeling Good" from "African Music Today"
Orchestre National du Congo "Ah! Congo" from "Vision 1976"
Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band "TilÃ©" from "Juguya"
L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou "Ne Te Faches Pas" from "Zero + Zero = Zero"
Balla et Ses Balladins "Samba" from "Samba / Bi Diamana MÃ¶o"
The Barbeques "Aaya Lolo" from "Ghana Special: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Ghanaian Blues 1968-81"
K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas "Hwehwe Mu Na Yi Wo Mpena" from "K. Frimpong And His Cubano Fiestas"
Vyckoss "Mbea (L'Aigle)" from "Mbea / Dibenga"
Tony Sarfo & The Funky Afrosibi "I Beg" from "Afrobeat Airways, Vol. 2 (Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983)"
This Hustling World "This Hustling World" from "Booniay!!"

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Length (hh:mm:ss): 00:54:26

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Date Recorded: Sept. 25, 2016

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