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Karamoko Keita – “Fouroui Kadi Ni Kanouye”

 

This music is from Mali, I believe. It’s sublime in its simplicity.

I bought this tape in a neighborhood in Accra, Ghana. Known for its high concentration of people from other West African countries, Nima is one of the busiest, and toughest, places in town.

Several tape shops lie along the main road that bisects this enormous slum. The shop where I found this Karamoko Keita recording has tapes you can’t find anywhere else in the city, tapes from Nigeria, Mali, Ivory Coast…that shop is chill.

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public relations disasterreply
May 7, 2006 at 9:00 pm

beautiful music, thank you.

Anonymousreply
October 14, 2008 at 10:22 pm

The link is death !
Can u please ,repost again

thursdaybornreply
October 17, 2008 at 1:39 am

i will post the complete cassette soon. thanks for the note.

Anonymousreply
October 18, 2008 at 8:12 am

thank u i will apreciate it

Anonymousreply
December 23, 2008 at 6:57 pm

Do you go to post the complete cassette soon?

Anonymousreply
March 26, 2009 at 2:39 pm

NIMA 441 !
I used to work there
I think they stil remember Mr Robert.
Baturi Ya WAWA

Anonymousreply
April 25, 2009 at 12:00 pm

Fantastic song! congratulations for this nice blog.
Best regards from Brazil.

Murilo Ciolfi

Dylan Ebdusreply
August 5, 2009 at 2:15 pm

Very Beautiful.
So sad, that i can’t understand any word at all.

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Anonymousreply
August 21, 2011 at 9:39 am

link is down, sadly. amazing tape.

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