Back to Africa: The New World Afro-Diaspora Roots of Modern African Music

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Nigerian music influenced by the New World. Songs stretching from the 1960s to the 2010s.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Dancehall influenced Afrobeats by way of a Nigerian-Ghanaian collaboration

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Malian melismatic singing, James Brown style drumming by way of Fela Kuti

 

[Yehuda]

 

[Poitier]

Cool thread. Glad to see people acknowledge cultural exchange goes both ways, not just ancient African traditions being transported West.

 

[intruder]

Cool thread. Glad to see people acknowledge cultural exchange goes both ways, not just ancient African traditions being transported West.

True.


Exchanges are always both ways despite how some clowns may argue it's not. The minute cultures come across each other both sides will take something from the other. Sure there one with the most powerful media will have more influence but true musicians and lovers of true music always see and appreciate the hidden gems in the lesser known.

 

[Yehuda]

Bissau-Guinean gumbe music which is influenced by zouk.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

Bissau-Guinean gumbe music which is influenced by zouk.

Beautiful music!

 

[BigMan]

Lusophone Africa seems to love zouk and Cuban music

 

[Yehuda]

Beautiful music!

The guitar on that first one is crazy.

 

[Yehuda]

Seggae music from the Mascarene Islands which is a fusion of séga and reggae.

Before taking a closer look at Seggae, we have to talk about sega music, the traditional music of Mauritius Island that came out of slavery. Sega’s rhythm has some similarities to Salegy, the coastal music of Madagascar.

Sega spread throughout the Mascarene archipelago (Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues, Chagos and Agalega Islands) as well as the Seychelles. The afro-descendants or ‘kaffirs’ of Reunion Island also developed the Maloya. [...]

From the traditional ravane, maravane and triangle of Ti Frère’s sega to the electric guitar and brass instruments of Windblows modern sega, this protean music could only merge with reggae music.

Sega was, for a long time, rejected for its sensual nature, as reggae, originating from Jamaican afro-descendants, carried strong political messages. Seggae, a fusion of sega and reggae was created in the late 80s by Kaya. [...]

Mauritian Seggae

Kaya, the protest singer nicknamed "the Bob Marley of the Mascarene Islands", created the seggae: a fusion of sega and reggae. The album Seggae nu la mizik was released in 1989, featuring beautiful songs, which according to his author, would bring with it change so long-awaited by the Mauritian people. Kaya was found dead in prison (under obscure circumstances) in 1999.

The Recording Industry in Mauritius

 

[315]

Anybody familiar with this group? One of my favorite albums ever






Hailing from Trinidad, Black Truth Rhythm Band were a large ensemble fronted by vocalist Oluko Imo. What separated the group from other bands in the region was that rather than look to American popular music for inspiration, they drew directly from African sources like Afro-beat and other pop styles on the continent (the group's members even took African names). Deeply influenced by Fela, Sonny Okosun, and Ebo Taylor, BTRB created a hybrid sound that drew on the new African music as well as the regional vocal stylings of other Caribbean nations. Their singular and spacy meld of funk, jazz, soul, proto-reggae, steel band, and Afro-beat was evidenced on their lone album, Ifetayo, issued in 1976, and later reissued on both CD and LP by Soundway. After BTRB disbanded, Imo went on to sing with Fela's Egypt 80 band.

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

(Nigeria - influnced by reggae/rocksteady)

 

[The Odum of Ala Igbo]

(Nigeria - influnced by Rumba and other Afro-derived Latin Music)

 

[IllmaticDelta]