Presenter: Rita Ray
Featuring interviews with Dennis Bovell; Lekan Babalola, Grammy award winning percussionist and bandleader from Lagos, Nigeria; Teddy Osei from Osibisa, Wandsworth based pioneering Ghanaian Afro Rock band; and Aboubacar Kouyate, percussion teacher in Wandsworth Schools and a member of Balimaya
Project, a percussion driven ensemble who have become fast rising stars on the UK Jazz scene.
Podcast Music Playlist
Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 - Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense (1986) Live in Amsterdam produced by Denis Bovell
Wulomei - Meridian (1975)
Osibisa - Akwaaba (Teddy Osei) (1970)
Osibisa - The Dawn (Teddy Osei/Sol Amarfio) (1971)
Ginger Johnson and his African Messengers - Hi Life (1967)
Ambrose Campbell & West African Rhythm Brothers - I Walk A Thousand Miles (1956)
Osibisa - Black Ant (Mono version) (Mac Tontoh/Teddy Osei)(1971 )
Osibisa - Ke Le Le (Kofi Ayivor/Mac Tontoh/Sol Amarfio/Teddy Osei) (1983 Live at Marquee Club)
Osibisa - Music For Gong Gong (1971)
Atinuke Obanla – Agbara to Gaju Part 2 (2006)
Rip Rig and Panic - You're My Kind Of Climate (1982)
A.R.Kane - What's All This Then (Dub version) (1989)
Ordinary Day - Curiosity Killed The Cat (1987)
Gasper Lawal - Kai Anibaba (1985)
Lekan Babalol - Sacred Funk Quartet (Live) (2025)
Sample: Burkina Faso balafon
Sample: Kamele ngoni - a traditional harp lute tuned in a pentatonic scale
Sample: Djembe playing Rhythm Kuku
Balimaya Project - Suley's Ablution (2023)
