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Jazz Matters

Thinking About Afrobeat

  • S21E21
  • 1:15:26
  • May 8th 2021

Fanga – Crache La Douleur

Gyedu-Blay Ambolley – Ignorance

Odu - Afrobeat Principles 1

Abayomy Afrobeat Orquestra - Malunguinho

Aphrodesia - No Agreement

Femi Kuti - Truth Don Die

Èkó Afrobeat - 1º de Maio

Ethan Tomas - I AM AN AFRICAN

Fanga - From Sheep to Sheep

Itadi - Live in Another World

Afromotive - One Way

Osibisa - Sunshine Day - Origonal

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