The photo above was grabbed from this video of Fela Ransome-Kuti performing at the famous Luna Nite Club in Calabar in 1971. I don't th...

A few months ago over on Likembe , John B. posted a few selections from Rusted Highlife Vol. 1, a compilation of forgotten highlife classic...

(This probably shouldn't be a "Jake Sollo Is Awesome!" post, but it's been a while since I said Jake Sollo Is Awesome. And...

The Calabar of my childhood was not today's affectedly quaint, glossily-packaged tourist trap but a city lost in time. Back then, the to...

That's a shout-out to my Calabar peoples. I was quite delighted when I found this LP--Well, actually I didn't exactly recognize it, ...

Have I ever mentioned that Maxwell Udoh is one of my favorite Nigerian singers? I can't even make out what the hell he is saying more th...

(Someone requested The Doves' The Lord is My Shepherd in the comments, but it might be a while before I can rip that... So I hope this ...

Before I moved to the US to continue with university college in the early 90s, my grandmother actually said to me, all serious-like, "...

Don't know if y'all know this, but today is Vinyl Record Day, celebrating the 130th anniversary of the Phonograph (even though tech...