African releases enchant
Pape Nziengui re-releases historic Kadi Yombo while Malian singer Rokia Kone’s haunting voice captures a country in tumult
published : 1 Feb 2022 at 04:00
The World Beat desk has been inundated with new releases in the past few weeks as record labels begin to get back on track. Three outstanding albums from Africa have been playing regularly on the World Beat sound system: Pape Nziengui’s Kadi Yombo (Awesome Tapes From Africa); Rokia Kone and Jacknife Lee’s Bamanan (Real World); and the Ano Nobo Quartet’s The Strings Of Sao Domingos (Ostinato).
Pape Nziengui is a Bwiti harp master from Gabon. The Bwiti harp is used in rituals by the…
