Comments on: RADIO & ALGERIE http://www.negrophonic.com/2007/radio-algerie/ dirt, sound, lit Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:32:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: afrikan boi http://www.negrophonic.com/2007/radio-algerie/#comment-2733 afrikan boi Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:15:28 +0000 http://www.negrophonic.com/2007/radio-algerie/#comment-2733 I was wrong. It's not from Sierra Leone. It's from Nigeria, and it's by Prince Nico Mbarga of the Abakaliki region in Southeastern Nigeria. His music is widely accessible, as close as Amazon.com and Sterns Music. Google his name, there's a nice Wikipedia writeup. I actually grew up in Sierra Leone listening to this song, and I thought it was done by a Sierra Leonean musician... until now, which serves as a testament to how popular the song was/is even today. The lyrics are very catchy and accessible (especially for anglophone Africans because it is sung in pidgin), then you have the Congolese guitar riffs, and the highlife motifs. I'm quite sure my father owns this record, or some other Mbarga record. As for Skepta, I heard that in one of his rhymes, that he's Nigerian. One for Africa! I was wrong. It’s not from Sierra Leone. It’s from Nigeria, and it’s by Prince Nico Mbarga of the Abakaliki region in Southeastern Nigeria. His music is widely accessible, as close as Amazon.com and Sterns Music. Google his name, there’s a nice Wikipedia writeup.

I actually grew up in Sierra Leone listening to this song, and I thought it was done by a Sierra Leonean musician… until now, which serves as a testament to how popular the song was/is even today. The lyrics are very catchy and accessible (especially for anglophone Africans because it is sung in pidgin), then you have the Congolese guitar riffs, and the highlife motifs. I’m quite sure my father owns this record, or some other Mbarga record.

As for Skepta, I heard that in one of his rhymes, that he’s Nigerian. One for Africa!

]]> By: jj rupture http://www.negrophonic.com/2007/radio-algerie/#comment-2732 jj rupture Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:36:47 +0000 http://www.negrophonic.com/2007/radio-algerie/#comment-2732 thanks for the ID! do you know the name of the track/artist? Skepta's Nigerian. thanks for the ID! do you know the name of the track/artist? Skepta’s Nigerian.

]]> By: afrikan boi http://www.negrophonic.com/2007/radio-algerie/#comment-2730 afrikan boi Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:46:00 +0000 http://www.negrophonic.com/2007/radio-algerie/#comment-2730 the radio/mix/show was really nice. the music at the beginning of that new skepta tune is from sierra leone, and it is very well-known in the whole west africa. the radio/mix/show was really nice. the music at the beginning of that new skepta tune is from sierra leone, and it is very well-known in the whole west africa.

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