Global A Go-Go presents:
Music is my identity
We’re taking a deep dive into the Igbo highlife sound of eastern Nigeria on this week’s program. The whole first hour will be devoted to this marvelous, mellifluous genre that combines the modern highlife music popular across Anglophone West Africa with Igbo traditional rhythms, also factoring in the influential guitar stylings from bordering Cameroon’s makossa and the not-too-far-away Congo’s soukous and successors.
Like the Zimbabwean sungura I played last week, Igbo highlife found a bit of a first-world audience during the 1980s world music boom. Our ears have long since turned to newer novelties, but the category never went out of style at home. Now guitarist Oliver Nayoka is reminding northern listeners of what they’ve forgotten with two fabulous new albums. I’ll play a track from each plus some classics from the 70s and 80s, including Africa’s favorite song as chosen in 2004 by BBC’s Network Africa listeners.
Also this week (Sunday February 20, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards on the wrir.org archive player, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): songs Charlie Gillett taught me, some new roots reggae, and what the Super Bowl hip hop halftime show needed was some cumbia.
Oh, and here’s a great read about one of Igbo highlife’s superstars, the man behind the aforementioned “Africa’s favorite song”: narratively.com/his-biggest-hit-sold-more-copies-than-any-of-the-beatles-so-why-havent-you-heard-of-him
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Show Archive
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Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros, “Global a Go-Go”
from Global a Go-Go
BMG Rights Management (US) LLC - 2001
England UK
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Dr Sir Warrior & The Oriental Brothers International, “Ilhe Chinyenre”
Vampisoul - 1973
Nigeria
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Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, “Osondi Owendi”
from Rough Guide to Highlife (2nd Edition)
World Music - 2012
Nigeria, 1984
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Oliver Nayoka, “Prince Ndubueze Special”
Palenque Records - 2022
Nigeria
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Oliver Nayoka, “Njiri Mara Mu Bu Egwu”
from Aja Wele Wele
Palenque Records y Odogwu Entertainment - 2021
Nigeria
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Sekouba Bambino, “It's A Man's Man's Man's World”
from Sinikan
Syllart Records - 2002
Guinee Conakry
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Terry Hall & Mushtaq, “The Hour of Two Lights”
Honest Jon's Records - 2010
England UK, 2003
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Joe Dukie & DJ Fitchie, “Midnight Marauders”
from Midnight Marauders
The Drop - 2009
New Zealand, 2002
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Tiken Jah Fakoly, “Is It Because I'm Black? (feat Ken Boothe)”
from Racines
Universal Music Division Barclay - 2015
Cote D'Ivoire-Jamaica
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Duane Stephenson & Friendly Fire Band, “Tenament Yard”
Friendly Fire Music - 2022
England UK-Jamaica
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Black-Am-I, “Jah in My Corner (feat. Kabaka Pyramid)”
from Jah in My Corner (feat. Kabaka Pyramid) - Single
Ghetto Youths International - 2022
Jamaica
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Johnny Clarke, “Jah Jah Bless Joshua”
from Jah Jah Bless Joshua - Single
Alexander Music Group - 2014
Jamaica, 1974
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Quantic Y Su Conjunto Los Míticos Del Ritmo, “Nuthin' But A "G" Thing (Dre En Cumbia)”
from Hip Hop En Cumbia
Tru Thoughts - 2011
England UK-Colombia
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Sam Redmore, “Get Ur Freak On (Sam Redmore remix)”
from Bootleg Remixes
unreleased - 2022
England UK
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Los Auténticos Decadentes, “Jurabas Tú (feat Los Palmeras)”
from Jurabas Tú - Single
Pop Art - 2022
Argentina
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Bill Lupoletti Global A Go-Go February 20th, 2022
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