We are back in Africa for Blog country 141 namely Benin. A French speaking country in West Africa formerly known as Dahomey.
As is always the case with all things Africa Ernie has been here before as part of his Odyssey and other various posts. I try not to step on his toes by searching for other artists to the ones he has featured.
However I'm going to feature Benin's most famous musical artist Angelique Kidjo given that I have her album Logozo from which the song Ewa Ka Dijo is taken.
Next up is Norberka. I'll let her introduce herself - my name is Kpanou Agbla Norberte, alias Norberka. I’m a singer of Beninois traditional music. I also dance and sometimes I play percussion. Here she is performing at the Dagbe Cultural Institute & Arts Centre in Ghana. I'm afraid I don't have the name of the song.
I'm also afraid that I have not been able to find out much by Zeynab Mousse other than she has a song called Tadegla. I'm not doing too well, am I?
Maybe Sagbohan Danialou can yeild some more information. It seems that he was born on 11th December 1951, he is part of Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou and his musical genre is Champeta. His offering today is Ahouankouno which trips lightly off the tongue
We conclude with Naomi Ehigie A gospel music minister. Based in Benin Edo state and also a proprietress, Philanthropist. Marriage counselor. a preacher and a teacher of the word . Her offering (see what I did there?) is Where For Dey O
We are off to South America next time round
Sagbohan Danialou - Ahouankouno
I hate to "that guy" but Naomi appears to be from Benin City in Nigeria (capital of Edo State) not Benin the country.
ReplyDeleteAnother good selection though. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou are a fantastic band.
I suspect I need a permanent that guy to point out my mistakes
ReplyDeleteHe/she would be unemployed 99% of the time
Delete"Blog country 141" does that mean you've had visitors to these pages from 141 different countries? Or, 142 given your final sentence. I'm impressed
ReplyDeleteI've a few more up my sleeve
Deletewill their be a follow-up series "Countries who have snubbed CCM"?
DeleteA fine selection of tunes and I totally agree with Ernie, Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou are a really great band.
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