AfroBase

A selection of tracks about Money matters. Listed in order - Afro National Band (Sierra Leone), Irina França (Angola/Semba), Godwin Omobuwa & His Archibogs (Nigeria/Highlife), Kyekyeku (Ghana/Highlife), A B Crentsil (Ghana/Highlife), 3rd Generation Band (Ghana/Afrobeat), Onyenze (Nigeria/Remixed), The Kondi Band (Sierra Leone/Kondi), Muito Kaballa Power Ensemble (Afrobeat), Ebo Taylor & Pat Thomas (Ghana/Highlife), Chicco (South Africa/Bubblegum). Full track listing as shown.

We play a hommage to the great Kora player Toumani Diabate. News of live shows in Brighton of Somalian singer Sahra Hagan, and Seun Kuti, son of the late afrobeat legend Fela, and a track with Damian Marley from his forthcoming album. New compilation from Ugandan DJ Kampire focussing on hard to find Congolese Soukous stars and South African artists. Recent releases from Bosq & Kaleta, Bibi Tanga & The Selenites, and Jupiter & Okwess and French troupe Voilaaa cover Ebo Taylor's Love and Death with Rio vocalist Joao Selva

A catch up on artists playing Womad this weekend with The Zawose Queens, Pat Thomas and Charles Amoah. Plus new releases from Niger's Mamman Sani & Tropikal Camel, a remix from South Africa's Bokani Dyer, and Bahian artist Lucas Santtana, more artists from compilations Sofa Elsewhere with Trinidadian legendary arranger Errol Ince, and Guyana composer Harry Panday, and AntiBalas new live recording