Somalia's little known Disco, Funk, & Soul Era
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AlainLocke
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Dope shyt.
- President Siad Barre heavily invested in music in other arts of Somalia not just physical infrastructure to celebrate and bring somali culture to the globe(something the ADOS movement should take of and not get lost just in the fight for reparations while forgetting we AAs created a trillion dollar culture from scratch that we need to take better stewardship of)
- Artist in the early to mid 70s were already being influenced by AA music like Funk, Soul, and Rock such as the Sharero band.
- In the late 70s and 80s when Somalia switched alliances from the Soviet Union to the US even MORE AA musical influences like Funk, Disco, and New Jack Swing entered their music which they began to mix with their own traditional music to modernize it and bring it to the forefront.
- Most of the performers were women!
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IllmaticDelta
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never heard any old(er) takes on Western music from Somalia
I posted this before on Ethiopia
Swinging Addis' -- a film about the rise and fall and redemption of a group of spectacular Ethiopian Jazz musicians who in the swinging 60′s ignited an explosive cultural revolution in Addis Ababa. Their music was sublime but this golden era was brought to an end by the military regime that took over the country and forced the musicians into exile and jail. Now, after many years, they are back
on a world stage, making up for lost time and still swinging. Swinging Addis is the Ethiopian 'Buena Vista Social Club'...but with a dose of sex, tedj and rock and roll.
The project is to be directed by veteran filmmaker Henrique Goldman and co-produced by Superplex Pictures and Mango Films. We are working with Francis Falceto, producer of the Ethiopiques series as a consultant, as well as Ethiopian stars Mulatu Astatke, Alemayahu Eshete, Mahmoud Ahmed, Getatchew Mekurya, Tsegue Maryam Guebro, The Ethiopian Television Archives, Ethiopian Film Initiative, Gem TV, The Yared Music School Addis and top cinematographer Luca Bigazzi. We are in the advanced stages of development and are currently seeking finance for the film. Please get in touch for more details.
I posted this before on Ethiopia
Swinging Addis' -- a film about the rise and fall and redemption of a group of spectacular Ethiopian Jazz musicians who in the swinging 60′s ignited an explosive cultural revolution in Addis Ababa. Their music was sublime but this golden era was brought to an end by the military regime that took over the country and forced the musicians into exile and jail. Now, after many years, they are back
on a world stage, making up for lost time and still swinging. Swinging Addis is the Ethiopian 'Buena Vista Social Club'...but with a dose of sex, tedj and rock and roll.
The project is to be directed by veteran filmmaker Henrique Goldman and co-produced by Superplex Pictures and Mango Films. We are working with Francis Falceto, producer of the Ethiopiques series as a consultant, as well as Ethiopian stars Mulatu Astatke, Alemayahu Eshete, Mahmoud Ahmed, Getatchew Mekurya, Tsegue Maryam Guebro, The Ethiopian Television Archives, Ethiopian Film Initiative, Gem TV, The Yared Music School Addis and top cinematographer Luca Bigazzi. We are in the advanced stages of development and are currently seeking finance for the film. Please get in touch for more details.
no wonder all the dudes had afros