To celebrate October when the UK’s African film festivals usually happen and to mark Black History Month (though Rendez-vous à Bobo is here for Black history 365!) Rendez-Vous à Bobo salutes the great Ousmane Sembène, the polymath director known as ‘Le Vieux’, the father of African cinema, and one of the greats,...
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The fact that music keeps on gifting us new and surprising releases is one of the few positive notes of this mad 2020. One of the most exciting comes from the Netherlands. Roughly 50 miles from Amsterdam, in The Hague, a six-piece band formed in 2015 is giving new meanings...
At times, we ask the Rhythm Passport family some cruel tasks. For example, to musically retrace their 2010s and pick only five albums among the hundreds (or thousands) they have listened, loved and/or felt particularly important considering the world music world. Click on the names below and you will meet...
On 4th December, it’s griot day at the Jazz Café. Head for the Camden venue, and you will have a one-off opportunity to enjoy three masters performing on the same stage. Mamadou Diabaté, Diabel Cissokho and Sourakata Koité are three remarkable interpreters of the West African music tradition. They all...
There’s always a good reason to pick up the phone and have a chat with Seckou Keita. That’s why every couple of years, we feel the need to reach him to get an update on his countless projects and to “brace ourselves” for the ones to come. If you add...
Everyone loves kora. As soon as some experienced fingertips juggle through the 21 strings of the West African instrument, you can’t help but close your eyes and dream (or daydream). On 18th August, in Camden, get ready to spend a few hours doing just that, when two remarkable kora players...
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With the stately new album History, Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour follows up his 2018 Prom and celebrates his 60th birthday. A confusing collection of old songs from N’Dour’s repertoire with added special guests and a few new tunes; it’s fine, but no fire. Alongside bands like The Bhundu Boys, Youssou...
Preview of the album: Track List: 1. The Nextmen vs Gentleman’s Dub Club – Pristine feat. Eva Lazarus & Gardna (Pound for Pound; from Pristine) 00:00 – 03:24 2. Gianni Denitto – Stockholm Rasta feat. Zion Train & Roots by Nature (ELASTICA; from Kala) 03:25 – 07:04 3. Lee Scratch...
Les Amazones d’Afrique represent the most powerful, fearless and bold female voices in all of West Africa; named a super-group, this group hosts multiple virtuosic musicians, each with majorly successful careers. In 2017 the group came together to release their debut République Amazone, a staple of modern-day feminism at its...
Preview of the album: Track List: 1. SOJA – Tried My Best [from Poetry in Motion; ATO Records] 00:00 – 02:589 2. Ebo Taylor – Krumandey [from Yen Ara; Mr Bongo] 02:59 – 06:01 3. SUPERSAN feat. Lola Porfirio & P-Gial – Mira Quente (Captain Planet Remix) [from Half Man...
