Afrosoul #1

Genre : Compilation | World
Release date : Monday 28 january 2013
Digital release date : Wednesday 12 december 2012
Column : Music

This first release is a journey through the unique sound of Africa, mixing ancestral spirit and contemporary culture, traditionnal legacy and urban groove. A fresh selection of 21st-century african, caribbean and afro-american music from the continent and its diaspora, mixing voodoo, afrobeat, mandinka, touareg, saharian and gnawa music with styles such as soul, blues, funk, jazz, slam, hip-hop and electronic beats.

Including artists living in and originating from France, Togo, Canada, Guinea, Burkina-Faso, Cameroon, Tunisia, Niger, Algeria, Mali, Morocco, Senegal and Ethiopia, Afrosoul #1 is a loving elegia to the culture of the first continent, looted and torn by four hundred years of slavery and colonialism.

Celebrating the memory and spirit of black presidents Fela Kuti (1938 - 1997) and Thomas Sankara (1949 - 1987), it's also a manifesto for the dream of a free, peaceful and united Africa.

Organizations

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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