An African Journey: Music from Cairo to Cape Town

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Label
ARC Music
Release Date
September 28, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 28, 2018
    • UPC
      5019396281127
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      EUCD2811
    • LABEL
      ARC Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      World & International
    Works ⌄

    1. Gamil Gamal (Egypt)

      Composer: Farid Al-Atrash

      Performer: Bashir Abdel Aal

    2. El-hawzi (Egypt)

      Composer: Hossam Ramzy

      Performer: Jalal Morad, Hossam Ramzy, Aziz Ben Salim

    3. Blue (Libya)

      Composer: Hossam Ramzy, Dalinda, A. Nosiry

      Performer: Dalinda

    4. The Quest (Tunisia)

      Composer: Amine Mraihi, Hamza M'raihi

      Ensemble: Amine and Hamza, The Band Beyond Borders

    5. Tal Sabri Tal (Algeria)

      Composer: Cheb Hasni

      Performer: Mohammed Fouda, Cheb Nacim, Ilyes Nazali, Saber Abdel Sattar

    6. Marhabat (Morocco)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Nour-Eddine

    7. Dune Blues (Western Africa)

      Composer: Modou Touré, Ramon Goose

      Ensemble: West African Blues Project

    8. Ghana-Muntye (Ghana)

      Composer: Nana Tsiboe

      Ensemble: Pete Lockett's Network of Sparks

    9. Alain (Ivory Coast)

      Composer: Nahini Doumbia

      Ensemble: Les Espoirs du Mali

      Performer: Nahini Doumbia

    10. Ojo to Wa Ninu Ose (Days of the Week) (Nigeria)

      Composer: Sola Akingbola

      Performer: Sola Akingbola, Abiola Dosunmu, Joy Aigbekan

    11. Ngoma Mazimba (Gabon)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Mbeng-Ntam

    12. Benayya (Little Girl) (Sudan)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Salma Al Assal, Mohamed Al Semary, Aasam Al Tayyeb, Adel El Serr, Atef Reyhan, Magdy Meshmesh, Moddathir Meshmesh

    13. Che Below (Ethiopia)

      Composer: Gabriella Ghermandi

      Performer: Gabriella Ghermandi, Yohannes Afework, Endris Hassan, Michele Giuliani, Marcello Piarulli, Fasika Hailu, Mesale Legesse, Cesare Pastanella

    14. Yinguica (Escuta - Listen) (Mozambique)

      Composer: Xidi Mingwane

      Ensemble: Yinguica

    15. Nanziwe (Zimbabwe)

      Composer: Blessings Nqo

      Ensemble: Insingizi

    16. Loskop (Madcap) (South Africa)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Bo Kaap Collective

      Performer: Barry van Zyl

    17. Neo (Namibia)

      Composer: Elemotho

      Performer: Elemotho, Ermelinda Thataone, Samuel Batola, Jean Pierre Nsika

    18. Moninga yaka na Yesu (Angola)

      Composer: Manuel Benedito Diogo

      Performer: Manuel Benedito Diogo


This album begins its journey in Egypt, where the music has a distinctly Middle Eastern and Arabic influence, being at the crossroads of Africa and Asia. These influences stretch across much of the Sahara, through Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco. The call-and-response style, as is found in much of the gnawa music of Morocco, begins to introduce to the listener something more familiar to Western ears. As the album approaches Western Africa we uncover the ancestry of blues music, which became the foundation of most Western popular music. The Western African influences in blues music are unmistakable and are explored enthusiastically by these West African artists. Along the southern coast of Western Africa, and heading into central Africa, a noticeable percussive style takes over. Drumming in these parts of Africa is an ancient, often tribal, tradition that continues to this day. We travel next to Eastern Africa and Sudan, a country with a long and turbulent history that has seen its religion and politics influence its music in many ways. Sudanese music went through something of a renaissance in the early-mid 20th century and the song included here is from that period. Lastly, moving south, we hear guitar music, percussion, and above all vocals taking center stage.