This is an Afropop lover's dream come true--on three stages in four days we caught Bembeya Jazz, King Sunny Adandeacute;, Lokua Kanza, Tinawaren, Amadou and Mariam, Habib Koite, Hasna el Becharia, the Gangbe Brass Band, D'Gary, Cesaria Evora, Abdel Gadir Salim, and more! Enjoy these gorgeous live recordings and visits with the musicians. 

Musiques Metisses

Une heure de musique d'Afrique et de sa Diaspora: Youssou Ndour, Pepe Oleka, Cheikh Lo, Nelo Carvalho FT. Jacob Desvarieux, Eddy Tussa, Burna Boy, CongoBlaze FT.  Yaw Siki, D-Black, Ice Prince, Espoir 2000, Bembeya Jazz...

Artistes D'Afrique 16714 (in French) HP Koubaka

Kizaa Zaa Radio is on an unexpected break while we look for a new format to air the show. In the meantime, you can stay in denial about the fact that summer is pretty much over (at least here in Sweden)by listening to this tropical sounding music from Africa!!! 
Tracks:
1. Grito De Bo Fidje, Mendes & Mendes (Cape Verde)
2. Ife Si Na Chi, Celestine Ukwu (Nigeria)
3. Guitar Boy, Sir Victor Uwaifo (Nigeria) (my apologies for the weird static towards the end of this one :C )
4. Whiskey Soda, Bembeya Jazz National (Guinea)
5. Pape Ndiaye, Orchestra Baobab (Senegal)
6. Maye Obi Den, Kyerematen Stars (Ghana)
7. Table Ronde, Grande Kalle (Congo)
8. African Typic Collection, Sam Fan Thomas (Cameroon)
9. N'Gola Yétu, ???, Angola
10. Pamparida, Super Mama Djombo (Guinea Bissau)
11. Maphuthi, The Mgababa Queens (S. Africa)
12. Kiseru Parts, Misiane & Shirati Jazz (Tanzania)
13. Aninha, Africa Negra (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Tropical Adventure Time Bananas Party Mix

Check out my alter ego, Kelly Smisque on Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/kellysmisk/
I don't post here anymore because so many mixes got flagged by Soundcloud 😭

Sprung out of an almost obsessive need for Florida Keys native Kelly Smisk to spread the gospel of the music of Africa to the frozen inhabitants of the Stockholm tundra, the radio show ☆Kizaa Zaa☆ was born in 2011. The show has been aired in various FM and web formats and was eventually brought out of the radio studio and onto the dance floor. Joining Kelly at the DJ booth then was fellow dance floor enthusiast Robin Folkö to help her take the poor frozen Swedes on awesome auditory adventures to Africa. The Swedes started tapping their feet, moving around and dancing, singing along to lyrics in languages they didn’t even know and eventually their pulses hastened, they slung off their jackets and… they had defrosted!

Culture from Africa and the African Diaspora

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti. 

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