African guitar music

[GarfieldModo]

Through listening to Paul Simon, Vampire Weekens, Animal Collective, Talking Heads etc, i started to love african guitar music. Like Ray Phiri. Anyone here knowing some great african guitar music?

[Happymeal]

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My favorite song with an african type vibe to it

A good album is Exuma by Exuma. I think it just has an african rock type sound to it (in my opinion, of course I'm not the genre guru).

[Romanelli]

King Sunny Ade has a lot of guitar in his music...he's a great player. I love this song: "Ase" from the Aura album (1984). not a guitar solo song, but the guitars do sound great. Stevie Wonder on harmonica, by the way.


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[GarfieldModo]

[Guest]

Ali Farka Toure and his son Vieux both play entrancing Malian blues. Fela Kuti is a great Afro-funk composer worth checking out (Zombie and Expensive Shit, in particular, are necessary additions to any music fan's collection). King Sunny Ade is a funky Nigerian juju guitarist who everyone should check out. I'm not an expert, but I'm sure a few people here are and can give many more recommendations.

EDIT: I see Romanelli beat me to it with the King Sunny Ade mention. All the more reason to have a gander.

[Jimmy Dread]

There's a couple that immediately spring to mind, both from the Western Sahara...

TINARIWEN


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GROUP DOUEH


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You could also try THE VERY BEST, who take the whole thing full circle and on their debut cover Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa...


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