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Review of On the Romance of Being

On the Romance of Being

Desire Marea

Mute

Rating: ★★★★

Based in the Amandawe township in KwaZulu-Natal, Desire Marea has held a place at the centre of South Africa's queer...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Review of Ségou to Lagos

Ségou to Lagos

Solomane Doumbia

Mieruba

Rating: ★★★★

There are many names that come to mind when one thinks of the great Malian musicians, but despite serving as...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Review of No Food Without Taste If By Hunger

No Food Without Taste If By Hunger

The Good Samaritans

Analog Africa

Rating: ★★★

Following Edo Funk Explosion Vol 1, which featured three Benin City groups, we are now treated to an album by...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Review of Le Monde Moderne

Le Monde Moderne

Studio Shap Shap

Top of the World

Studio Shap Shap

Rating: ★★★★

Welcome to volume two of a mesmeric voyage into the very bowels of the capital of Niger, Niamey, and beyond....

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Review of Jerusalem

Jerusalem

Emahoy Tsege-Mariam Gebru

Mississippi Records

Rating: ★★★★★

Tsege-Mariam Gebru is an emahoy (sister) of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, living a hermetic life in Jerusalem at 99 years...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Review of Amatssou

Amatssou

Tinariwen

Top of the World

Wedge

Rating: ★★★★★

There's a convoluted back story to the ninth studio album by our favourite guitar-toting Touareg desert rockers. Tinariwen were originally...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Review of Synthetic Hearts

Synthetic Hearts

Msaki x Tubatsi

Nø Førmat!

Rating: ★★★★

Asanda Lusaseni Mvana, better known by her performing name Msaki, won Female Artist of the Year at the South African...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Review of Naquêl Tempo Câ Tinha

Naquêl Tempo Câ Tinha

Elísio Gomes & Papá de Betina

Arabusta Records

Rating: ★★★

Elísio Gomes & Papá de Betina hail from Santa Catarina on Cape Verde's island of Santiago. Both were in their...

Reviewed in issue May/2023

Review of Revolt for Change

Revolt for Change

Ebo Krdum

Epidemic Sound

Rating: ★★★

After his 2021 Top of the World album Diversity, Ebo Krdum has followed up with two albums for the royalty-free...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

Review of Being

Being

Baaba Maal

Marathon

Rating: ★★★★

After 2016's The Traveller, Baaba Maal wasn’t sure if he would ever make another solo album. He concentrated on his...

Reviewed in issue April/2023

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