Africa Is a Country

Africa is a Radio: Episode #18

Africa is a Radio: Episode #18

By
Boima Tucker

Today, is the last official day of summer in our Northern Hemisphere headquarters of New York. So, let’s mark the passing of the earthly seasons by revisiting our Africa is a Radio live broadcast from The Lot Radio in Brooklyn this past June.

Africa is a Country contributor, New York city resident, social media guru, and Zimbabwe specialist Shona Kambarami was our very special and enthusiastic guest. Listen back, and check the track list below.

  1. Rihanna – Work (DJ Bboy Afrobeats Remix)
  2. J Hus – Lean and Bop
  3. P2J Music – T.O.T.T  ft Moelogo
  4. Wizkid – Ojuelegba (Uproot Andy Remix)
  5. Booba – Validee feat. Benash
  6. Sali Sabibe – Wale Gnouma Don
  7. Jojo Abot – Stop the Violence
  8. Al Sarah – Soukura (Boddhi Satva Ancenstral Soul Remix)
  9. Indigenes – Da Hoti (Osunlade Yoruba Soul Mix)
  10. DRC Music – Lingala
  11. DJ X-Trio – Africa (Rancido Noite Angola Remix)
  12. Kondi Band – Belle Wahalla
  13. J Martins – Touchin Body feat. DJ Arafat
  14. MHD – Afro Trap pt. 3 (Champions League)
  15. Tchobari – Quem Mando me Nascer?
  16. Djeff – Piluka (DJ Satxibala Remix)
  17. Ziminino – Intermitência (Boima’s Capoeira Angola Remix)
  18. Baiana System – Playsom (Remix)
  19. Mauro Telefunksoul – AjeumbaSS (Tributo ao Cortejo Afro)
  20. – Interview and song selects with Shona Kamari –
  21. Nonku Phiri – Things we do on the Weekend
  22. Poe – Who You Epp? [T.A.P Remix]
  23. Oga’Silachi – Leona
  24. Burna Boy – Soke
  25. Sarkodie – Dumsor
  26. Jules Henry Malaki – Makiyaj

Further Reading

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Fragile state

Without an immediate change in approach, Somalia will remain a fragmented country populated by self-serving elites seeking foreign patrons.

Coming home

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Imaginary homelands

A new biography of former apartheid homeland leader Lucas Mangope struggles to do more than arrange the actions of its subject into a neat chronology.

Business as usual?

This month, Algeria quietly held its second election since Abdelaziz Bouteflika was ousted in 2019. On the podcast, we ask what Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s second term means for the country.

The complexities of solidarity

Assassinated in 1978, Henri Curiel was a Jewish Egyptian Marxist whose likely killers include fascist French-Algerian colons, the apartheid South African Bureau of State Security, and the Abu Nidal Organization.