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Originally Posted by roachboy
if you're interested, in response to the fabulous ms media's request for more african pop referrals, i just put up a few clips from the orchestre tout puissant poly-rythmo de cotonou (dahomey) in the found on the net forum. they're great.
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Thank you, Baron. I will check them out
Later: Oh yes, now that's what I am talking about. They are fabulous! It's West Africa's James Brown. Yow!
And, I also wanted to come back and point out that I just happened to read today that Papa Wemba is actually from Zaire, not the Congo. But, in my defense, his music is of the souskous variety which popularly is associated with the Congo. Thusly mistaken was I.