Awesome Tapes From Africa Weekend

March 9, 2013

Collection - Taxi Driver (Ghana)

This entertaining and enlightening sit-com about a taxi driver running around Accra was a massive hit in Ghana.

Live Music Show - Classic Sudanese Music on TV

It doesn't get any better than this! The music of Sudan is as varied as the country is large

Movie - Sharon Stone (2002, Nigeria)

Superstar actress Genevieve Nnaji stars in this classic Nollywood drama about an ambitious lady willing to do anything to make it to the top.

Live Music Show - Garmy Mint Abba from Mauritania

Zone out to one of the great female vocalists of Mauritania's sprawling musical scene.

Doc - Free Namibia (1978)

Shocking and moving documentary we see the terrible living conditions and racism under which the Black majority lives in Namibia

March 10, 2013

Collection - Hausa Film and TV Music

You've probably never heard music like this before... enjoy!

Collection - The Real Somalia

Too much misinformation and dramatic news coverage have left Somalia, one of Africa's most culturally complex nations out in the cold

Live Music Show - Pop Music of Pre-War Somalia

Somali music in the 1970s and 1980s exploded with diversity and grand styles.

Collection - Tigrayan People's Liberation Front music videos

Videos and music from the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front in reaction to the brutal and oppressive Derg movement in the mid 1970s

Collection - Eritrean freedom songs by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front

Eritrea's separation from Ethiopia and the ensuing border dispute began in the late 1980s and continues to this day.

Doc - Zimbabwe: State of Denial

Zimbabwe is and has been a messed up place, Rageh Omaar helps you understnd why.