10 African Albums of the Year, 2011
If people still bought full albums, we would suggest them buying these 10 from 2011 for their friends. Like we will.
From the cover art of Tinariwen's "Tassili."
Tinariwen, Tassili, Mali. Quote: “I go quietly to pay Mizgawa a little visit.”
FOKN Bois meet Irie Maffia Production The FOKN DunaQuest In BudapestGhana/Hungary. Quote: “We see demma Maffia side, but now everything be Irie.”
Seun Kuti, From Africa with Fury: Rise, Nigeria. Quote: “Our ear don’t fool for your words, our stomach still empty.”
Teck-Zilla, Afro J.E.T.S Club Project, Nigeria/Canada. Quote: “No lyrics, just snippets.”
El Rego, El Rego (Re-Issue), Benin. Quote: “This isn’t the sort of one-world pabulum available in your Whole Foods check-out line.”
Boubacar Traoré, Mali Denhou. Mali. Quote: “There’s all kinds of things in the idea of Midnight.”
Various Artists, Bambara Mystic Soul – “The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979.”Burkina Faso. Quote: “The record documents a time prior to the military coups.”
Blitz The Ambassador, Native Sun, Ghana/US. Quote: “I don’t know what the future holds.”
Amerigo Gazaway, Fela Soul. US/Nigeria. Quote: “For this one I was basically trying to recreate the Jake One beat using Fela Kuti samples.”
Various Artists, Chief Boima presents Lone Stars: Hipco and Gbema Vol. 1. Liberia. Quote: “After we ate, and the son and his friends performed for the guests, we all sat through a lecture by the politician’s wife on how being a musician wasn’t a serious job.”
