Music
Record shops, drumming, hip hop, radio stations, Africa on Your Street...
Artists
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African Musicians Profiles
Click on photos of African musicians and read their in-depth profiles. AMP also offers music news, events listings and CD and book reviews, some of which are on sale.
General Information
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Africa on Your Street
London
Celebrating the African music scene across the UK. African hosts offer tips on gigs, clips of their favourite CDs, news from the studio and gossip from the dance floor, covering styles from Afrobeat to zouk and from laid-back mbira to full-on hip-hop. Youíll find profiles of the big international artists on tour and interviews with a wealth of African musicians based here in the UK.
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Comaps Music
Congolese organisation that develops and promotes Central African music and culture. They manage and develop both UK based and African artists with the intent of improving the range and quality of African music and events.
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Africa Oye
Liverpool
Africa Oye takes place in Liverpool's Sefton Park, 17-19 June 2005. This annual event is the biggest gathering of African musicians and performers in Europe. Best of all, its free.
Genres
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Africlassical
Black composers and performers of classical music of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, presented through brief biographies, sample recordings and a black history quiz.
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Bongo Flava
Tanzania
Home of Swahili hip hop, this site promotes established and unsigned musicians. Tune into Kele 45, their online radio station, download tracks and browse through concert listings.
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African Hip Hop
Online forum for fans of African hip hop. This site provides news, information and interactive services for those interested in the development of hip hop on the continent.
Instruments
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African Powerful Drums
Devon
Makers and sellers of handmade African drums and percussion instruments. There are also drum skins in stock and repair services for Djembes and other types of drum.
- 3 Red Hill, Jubilee Road, Totnes
- Devon
- TQ9 5EL
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Denis Kigongo Drums (Experience Africa)
Devon
Drummer Denis Kigongo and the Experience Africa organisation sell a wide selection of Africa drums including Djembes and Ngomas from East Africa. Gifts and crafts also include paintings, batiks, jewellery, wood carving, rugs, Sisal products and bags.
- 4 Mill Lane, Teignmouth
- Devon
- TQ14 9BJ
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Ghana Goods
Bristol
The Bristol-based Ghana Goods shop import drums, xylophones, bells and shakers from some of the most renowned instrument makers in Ghana. They also stock variously sized Djembe, Kpanlogo and Bougarabou and over 20 other drum types. Open Mon-Sat 1am-5pm.
- 44 West St, St Phillips
- Bristol
- BS16
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Drum Call
Web
An online directory of African drum, dance, song, crafts, events, teachers, regional drum groups and lists of performing groups, fair-trade instruments and clothing.
Radio & TV
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African Spice
US
NY-based station playing a wide range of contemporary African music. Check out their live coverage of concerts from the likes of Papa Wemba, Rocky Dawuni, Reggie Rock or browse through news and reviews on their website.
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Afropop Radio
US
Afropop Radio offers a website, a searchable database, an African music archive, a team of researchers, and a travel series. No time to get bored then!
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Ben Television Studios
London
BEN is by far the largest provider of wholesome info-tainment content to the black and ethnic audience across Europe. Its appeal reaches the cross-cultural audience from a younger generation, through to the more mature professionals.
- 25 Ashley Road
- London
Record/CD Shops
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Arc Music
West Sussex
Online record shop for folk and world music. Arc has a huge African section - either browse through the catalogue, or by artist, or check their new releases.
- P.O. Box 111, East Grinstead
- West Sussex
- RH19 4FZ
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Sterns Music
London
Largest distributor of African records outside Paris, with a catalogue of 3,000 titles, including 100 on their own labels (Stern's and Earthworks), and customers across the globe. However obscure the album, Sterns are likely to stock it.
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Biashara
Bristol
This World Music store sells everything from African sounds to Mexican pipes, and folk music from UK and Ireland. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
- 47 Colston Street
- Bristol
- BS1
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Knock on Wood
Leeds
World Music specialists, Knock on Wood have a vast range of African music CDs, 'teach yourself' drumming booklets and Djembe drums as well as other African instruments like the Ghanaian gankogui double iron bell, rattles, straw shakers and books on Africa culture. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm; Sun 10am-4pm.
- 13 Eastgate
- Leeds
- LS2 7LY
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Roots 2 Music
Tyne and Wear
Close to the City Shopping Centre, Roots 2 Music has a huge selection of World Music, which includes a large bank of African music CDs from all over the continent. Open Mon-Sat 9.30am-5.30pm.
- 67 Westgate Road
- Newcastle
- NE1 1SG
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Solo Music
Devon
There are three branches of this World Music store in Devon, each one with a good selection of African sounds from all corners of the continent. Open Mon-Sat 9am-5.30pm; Sun 11am-4.30pm.
- 61 High Street, Barnstaple
- North Devon
- EX31 1JB
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The World Shop
Norfolk
This Fair Trade shop sells a range of items including African drums, handmade cards and a good range of African CDs with music from around the continent. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
- 38 Exchange Street
- Norwich
- NR2 1AX