Radio Is A Foreign Place 08 – East Africa

East African Mixtape (RIAFC 008)

A selection of East African pop music (1960s-1990s), including rare Ethiopian electronica and urban azmariwotch on cassette, Somali dhaanto on VHS tapes of television broadcasts, and some great taarab records from Zanzibar/Tanzania and Kenya.

PLAYLIST

ENGENAÑELANE, BETSAT SEYOUM & ABBEBE FEKADE [ETHIOPIA]
AGEREN AYEHUWAT, YISHAK BANJAW [ETHIOPIA, 1986]

LIBEY MA’ADULEY, YISHAK BANJAW [ETHIOPIA, 1986] 

TEZETA, MUNAYE MENBERRU [ETHIOPIA, MID-1970S]

AHWAK, SOLOMON MAHMOUD [SUDAN, YEAR UNKNOWN] 

FATUMA GASSIM: WAIMALYMAFUN EFITTUBRA [SOMALIA, YEAR UNKNOWN] 

UNKNOWN, QADIIJO QALANJO [SOMALIA, YEAR UNKNOWN]
DIRYAAN, QADIIJO QALANJO [SOMALIA, YEAR UNKNOWN]

WAAYO, FAYNUUS (SOMALIA, YEAR UNKNOWN)

MA HURDEE, (DUR BAND/SAHRA DAWO & MUKTAR “IDI” RAMADAN [SOMALIA, 1986]

RAG WAA NACAB IYO NASTEEXO, AAMINA CAMAARI [SOMALIA, 1980S]

YA ZAMANI, ZUHURA SWALEH [KENYA, 1981]

MPENDE ANAEKUPENDA, URSULLA & BLACK STAR MUSIC CLUB [TANZANIA, 1983]

CHOZI LANITOKA, SHARMILA & BLACK STAR MUSICAL CLUB [TANZANIA, 1983]

NDEGE KAA UFIKIRI, YASEEN MOHAMED [KENYA, 1960S]

Ethiopia

Somalia

Zanzibar

Tanzania

Kenya