Wakafrika

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Author: Manu Dibango

Brand: WACR2

Release Date: 14-06-1994

Details: Amazon.caCameroon expatriate Manu Dibango’s Wakafrika is arguably the most catholic African album ever recorded. Where else could you hear a Nigerian juju guitarist (King Sunny Ade) team up with a jazzy Cameroon saxophonist (Dibango) to perform a tune by a Benin composer (Wally Badarou)? The guest list goes on. And on. Peter Gabriel (remaking « Biko »), Youssou N’dour, Salif Keita, Sinead O’Connor, Angelique Kidjo, Ladysmith Black Mambazo (doing–what else?–« Wimboweh »), Ray Lema, Toure Kunda, Papa Wemba, and Geoffrey Oryema all pop up at various times. A buttery French production, Wakafrika isn’t a bad album, necessarily; Dibango is a smooth, popular homogenizer of afrobeats galore. But it’s so predictably diverse as to lack any identity other than its own heavily produced veneer. –Richard GehrProduct descriptionGroundbreaking album that mixed electric UK sounds w/African rhythms. PETER GABRIEL, SINEAD O’CONNOR, SALIF KEITA, …

UPC: 075992456623

EAN: 0075992456623

Languages: English

Binding: audioCD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood