good african artists or groups

[Planet Boulder]

-- King Sunny Ade -- the king of Nigerian juju music -- many overlapping guitars and percussion.

One of my all-time favorites in ANY genre. I saw him a few years ago and, before the show, as I was walking to the theater, I spotted him walking up the street by himself. I shakily walked over to him (I was nervous) and shook his hand and asked him a couple of questions about some songs. To say that he was incredibly nice would be to understate the matter. He is an amazing person and musician and I truly had stars in y eyes that night after getting to meet him.

Oh, and the show was incredible, too!

I have a bunch of his CDS and I've been a fan for a long time.

 

[Matt Till]

Dudes, seriously, Konono No1





They have albums you should own.

 

[Andrew Jones]

Check out:

Youssou N'dOUR
Thione Seck
Salif Keita
Habib Koite
Toure Kunda
Cheikh Lo
Ismael Lo
Mokhtar Samba



Aj

 

[Richard Lindsey]

Dudes, seriously, Konono No1





They have albums you should own.

I've had that for a while. Trippy stuff.