E06: Roots and Routes – Flows of Influence in '70s Africa

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In this week's episode Jeremy and Tim complete their three-part study of African music by looking at the flows of musical influence across the Black Atlantic. They explore how diasporic sounds reflected back on music being made in African nations, including the heavy Latin rhythms found in the Malian Super Rail Band and the fingerprint of Duke Ellington on the Ethiopian Jazz of Mulatu Astatke.

Tim and Jeremy also investigate how state subsidies in aid of building national culture affected musical production, flesh out the geopolitical background these independence movements took place against, and dedicate a long discussion to Manu Dibango and his talismanic record, Soul Makosa. 

Produced and edited by Matt Huxley.   

Tracklist:
The Super Rail Band - Rail Band
Orchestra Baobab - Baila Mi Gente (feat. Medoune Diallo)
Manu Dibango - Hymne de la Coupe d’Afrique des Nations
Manu Dibango - Soul Makosa
Manu Dibango - Lily
Mulatu Astatke - Dewol
Ebenezer Obey - Inter-Reformers A Tunde
Miriam Makeba - I'mm You'mm We'mm

Books:
Paul Gilroy - The Black Atlantic
Banning Eyre - In Griot Time
Manu Dibango - Three Kilos of Coffee