Weekend Music Break, N°35
We hardly ever feature Brazilian music, and even less their take on Afrobeat. The above tune by the Abayomy Afrobeat Orchestra dates from last year, but the video’s new. Hope to see more from them. We’ve got 9 more videos lined up for you this week. Ugandan duo Radio & Weasel came up with this:
Nigerian artists are flocking en masse to Cape Town’s seaboard to shoot their videos (taking cues from Congolese artists ten years ago). Clearly not just for “the light”. Davido’s ‘Gobe’ one more example:
Lagos’ SDC Commandant Obaifeiye Shem’s clumsy reply when asked on TV about the address of the website of his Service was that “my Oga at the top” knows it. The rest is history (as is he, it seems). Your viral Naija meme of the week:
M3nsa and Sena repping it for Ghana:
Tanzanian bongo flava from Belle 9 (call it pop): ‘Listen’:
Also from Tanzania is duo Aika & Nahreel who got themselves a dance hit with ‘Usinibwage’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0w6K1bwIGE
Kenyan bongo sounds, here’s ‘Bum Kubam’ by Nikki Wa Pili featuring G Nako. Quite the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baQu0PYhRe0
More Kenyan Hip-Hop by rapper Rabbit in ‘Adisia’:
And switching gears, this video by Just A Band:
H/Ts this week to @Birdseeding, @nemesisinc and GetMziki.