Farofa, a meal composed of cassava flour toasted in fat or grease, is a staple food in Brazil. It is also the name of a musical movement la...

MsMak requested this one yesterday. As has been previously established, Nigeria had long been one of the world's most important markets...

BeninBoy requested this song, so here it is: Harry Mosco - "If Only I Could Fly" From the 1982 LP, Sugar Cane Baby.

Orlando Owoh dies at 74 The legend of Kennery highlife music, Dr. Orlando Owoh on Tuesday passed on at 74, report. Victor Akande and Dare A...

There's a song I've been trying to find for years now. It was popular around 1985 or so. Had kind of a calypso or dance band highli...

The band was officially called The Apostles (or The Apostles of Aba), but as some of their album covers announced them simply as "Apos...

I haven't had time to post much as I've been working on a few projects that I hope will come to light soon, but I figured I'd tr...

In 1982, mere months after the release of Felix Lebarty's blockbuster debut, Lover Boy, a second Lebarty album hit the market. But rat...

The mid-western region of Nigeria--an area once known as Bendel State, but now subdivided into Delta and Edo States--has produced a great ma...

Just so that there is no confusion, let us make this point perfectly clear right from the get-go: Jake Sollo was the hottest, the most proli...

48 years today... You've come a long way, baby! Theadora Ifudu - "Her Name Is Nigeria

It's raining like the dickens here and there's a flood watch on, so it's not without a tinge of irony that I post today's fu...

As I have stated a few times before, I have something of a love-hate relationship with Nigerian reggae. I mean, I've actually warmed up ...

Another artist I know absolutely nothing about. The album has a bunch of great musicians on it, though: the ebullient Mambo on drums, the ev...

Another mystery artist. I know nothing of this Sunny White or the Clinks. Nor am I familiar with any of the names in the list of musicians w...

I feel like I should know who he is... The name does activate distant bells in my head... But I don't know; a handle like "Tony B...

I fear I shall never get the grime out from under my fingernails but I'm still pretty pleased with the day's take. I haven't gon...

Just heard the news. More to come as I learn it. R.I.P. Thanks to John B. for furnishing us with this mp3 of Oliver's biggest hit, ...

Sorry I was so slow on the uptake identifying this song when N.I.M.M.O. mentioned it in the comments... Of course I remember "Highlife...

American disco music has taken over Africa. During the days of Victor Olaiya, the Uhurus, the Ramblers dance-bands there was jazz music from...