Steve Mugiri

Les Mangelepa was a splinter group from Baba Gaston Ilunga Wa Ilunga’s Baba National. I came to know band members of Mangelepa when they briefly lived as our neighbours at Golf Course Estates in Nairobi. They always sounded as if they were quarreling amongst themselves, but the moment they start singing, it was pure joy to hear them. And, whenever Les Mangelepa composed a song, they also invented a dance to go with that song - at least up to and including their Malawi Zikomo LP. Rumours had it that some influential residents complained that they were making too much noise. Eventually they… ( Read on! )

Hey good people

A bounty awaits anyone who can do all of the following
- let me know the name of this track
- link me to anywhere on these inter-tubes where I can buy it

I know that the track is by TKZee and I know that it is in the both the intro and outro (that’s how good it is!) to the video of their new single Sdudla that you can find here but aside from that I know nothing.

TKZee - Like a pantsula??

Here is the track that the snippet comes from - TKZee’s newest single Sdudla.

An update

The track is named “Viva la pantsula” and it is from their new CD. The single is featured in a… ( Read on! )

For those of you who may remember Ochestre Safari Sound that eventually through splits and revolution gave us “kamanyola bila jasho“, here is some music from Kikumbi Mwanza Mpango, better known as King Kiki. (There is some back story here and more here).

Sorry for the purists among you but these are strictly fron vinyl as far as I can tell. And then, even more back story, with a heck of a disheartening ending, can be found here .

Two tracks here from a recording whose dates I can do not know Masantula and Kata Tama.

Orchestre Safari Sound w. King Kiki - Kata Tama

Orchestre Safari Sound… ( Read on! )

In the last week of October 1974, a special time if there ever was one, this was just getting to #1 in the charts.

You can pick up a copy of Tabu Ley and Afrisa International’s “Kaful Mayay” or even the entire album here on eMusic or at here at Stern’s.

Tom Browne and Tonni Smith make it do something in 1980’s Funkin’ For Jamaica.

For those of you so inclined, catch the real thing here