Unidade, Luta, Progresso
The little West African nation of Guiné-Bissau (about the size of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined, with a population of just 2 million) celebrates its 50th Independence Day on Sunday September 24.
Independence hasn’t been a walk in the park: Revolutionary leader Amílcar Cabral, one of Africa’s greatest anti-colonialists, was assassinated nine months before independence and since then instability has been a constant, with the most recent unsuccessful coup d’etat taking place just last year.
Nonetheless, 50 years of self-government after a century of colonial rule and two centuries of the slave trade is an achievement to be celebrated, and Global A Go-Go offers its congratulations this week with a set of some of the best music Guiné-Bissau has produced, including songs from bands who were there at the country’s birth: Le Cobiana Djazz and Super Mama Djombo.
Also this week (Sunday September 24, 1:00-3:00 PM on WRIR, for two weeks afterwards at wrir.org/listen, check your local listings for airing on other radio stations, and any old time at my podcast site): New Latin folktronica by Soema Montenegro and Pahua, a set of accordion-driven Colombian cumbia, new music from Quebecois stars Genticorum who will be featured at this year’s Richmond Folk Festival, Bombino’s best desert blues recording yet, and the cutting-edge Ethio-jazz of Nègarit Band.
Podcast: radio4all.net/program/116428
All the podcasts: radio4all.net/series/Global%20A%20Go-Go
Show archive
Playlist
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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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Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, “Maestro Toño Garcia (Cerrero Dub de Gaita Mix)”
from Colombian Musical Powerhouses Vol. 4
Alianza de Sellos Independientes de Colombia - 2023
Colombia, 2020
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Pahua, “No Huí (feat. El Individuo)”
from No Huí (feat. El Individuo) - Single
Nacional - 2023
México-Cuba-Costa Rica
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Diomedes Díaz & Naffer Durán, “Pobre Negro”
from Herencia Vallenata, Mi Primera Grabacion
Codiscos S.A.S. - 2014
Colombia, 1976
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El Peke Y Sus Mochileros, “Cumbia Costumbrisa (Piper Street Sound version)”
from Colombian Musical Powerhouses Vol. 4
Alianza de Sellos Independientes de Colombia - 2023
Colombia, 2022
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Andrés Landero, “La Pava Congona”
from Lo Mejor De
Pipila Records S.A. DE C.V. - 2022
Colombia, 1972
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Conjunto Típico Vallenato, “Cumbia Sampuesana”
from Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 1
Vampisoul - 2023
Colombia, 1953
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Combo Sampuesano, “Cumbia Monteriana”
from Cumbia Cumbia Cumbia!!! Vol. 1
Vampisoul - 2023
Colombia, 1973
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Faris, “Oulhawen Win Tidit (Death Letter)”
Wrasse Records - 2015
Italy-Algeria
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Mulatu Astatke, “Gambella”
from Sketches of Ethiopia (Bonus Track Version)
Jazz Village - 2013
Ethiopia-England UK
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José Carlos Schwarz & Le Cobiana Djazz, “Dispus Ke E Lebal”
from Lua Ki Di Nos
Hot Mule Records - 2021
Guiné-Bissau, 1978
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Ze Manel, “Bardade Dentro de Bardade”
from Tustumunhos Di Aonti
Cobiana/MaxiMusic - 2003
Guiné-Bissau, 1982
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