NOW PLAYING on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, three hours of American women in hip-hop, 1979-2020
NOW PLAYING on WFMU's Give the Drummer Radio, three hours of American women in hip-hop, 1979-2020
A recent find, this Nigerian Yoruba artist hailed from Ibadan, a city of 6 million people, about 80 miles north of Lagos.
According to this website, Dauda Epo-Akara (1943-2005) recorded over 80 albums; Discogs lists half a dozen. Based on the overall look of the cassette, I'm guessing "Omo Yoruba" is from the 1990s, possibly late 1980s.
Although the J-card and each side of the cassette list individual tracks, there is no break between them on either side; thus, our rips of Sides A and B consist of a single FLAC file each.
Bakisimba, dancehall, electronic, field, folk, hip hop, and pop sounds from Uganda
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Terrific, stripped-down cassette (two voices, string instrument, percussion) found in Nassem Halal Meat and Mediterranean Grocery on Steinway Street.
I'm guessing this is Moroccan, but Tim will have to confirm or deny. UPDATE: Tim says it's Yemeni, and points to an Arabic Wikipedia entry for Najeeba Abdullah, who is apparently also a film star.
Translating that page, it looks like Abdullah's acting career took off in 1989 and that she withdrew from the art in the mid-90s to raise her kids; however, in 1994, she began releasing her first cassettes.
Here's a scan of the track list:
SIDE AAl Amraouia - العمراويةHalekni B-Nnkhwa - هالكني بالنخوىLli jabtou lqudra ishki b-dnoubou - لي جابتو القدرة يشكي بدنوبوLhit - الهيتSayeh Bu Derbala - السايح بودربالةSIDE BSherqawi Buâbid - الشرقاوي بوعبيدBen Hsein - بن حسينÂla Lhoudoud hah - على الحدود هاهAl Halga - الحلـڭـة
Newly ripped tracks from Algerian, Burmese, Cambodian, Cuban, Ecuadoran, Egyptian, Lebanese, Moroccan, Puerto Rican, Sudanese, Syrian, Turkish, and Yemeni tapes