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Sherbro Son

Neo Electric African Diasporic Music & Thought

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Un Elefant a San Francisco

November 27, 2009 by Boima Tucker

Very very exciting tings a gwan at the Baobab Village!  Soum Bill, the founder of Les Garagistes, is recording his new album in New York and will be making a stop by San Francisco for a one time performance.  We are so lucky to be able to have him perform here in the Bay Area.  I will be djing alongside the great DJ Polo of Reggae Gold SF, and the other Baobab resident DJ’s.   Come get your Zouglou and […]

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Categories: Gigs, Music, Video • Tags: baobab village, Coupe Decale, Ghana, Ivory Coast, san francisco, world cup 2010, zouglou

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Rubens: Woman of Apocalypse

Dance til’ the Day Comes

September 14, 2008 by Boima Tucker

Double Posting with Ghetto Bassquake: People say that 2012 will be a year of transformation. Scientists are trying to create Black Holes to answer some questions about where we come from that have the potential to send us back there. We’ve created monster hurricanes that have shown the worst in our own humanity and our leaders’. Ivorians made a song and dance about Bird Flu. Everyone seems to be scared of Sarah Palin. The end of the world has been […]

Categories: Music • Tags: Coupe Decale, download, ghislain poirier, Ivory Coast, Remix, zulu

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mAfromatics Mix and Akwaaba Music

July 12, 2008 by Boima Tucker

I’m uploading this mix to promote my regular Wednesday night gig here in San Francisco at the Tunnel Top (601 Bush Street.) It is a mix of African Pop, Caribbean and African American musics that are an indication of some of the styles I play at the night. I call the night African Booty Scratchers. That’s Americans’ derogatory word for African Immigrants in the United States. Being 2nd generational, people called me and my family that when I was growing […]

Categories: Gigs, Music, Technology, Tha Homies • Tags: African Pop, Coupe Decale, Cumbia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Merengue, mixes, Senegal, Soca

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It’s Bigger than… Coupe Decale.

July 7, 2008 by Boima Tucker

(Douk Saga from his myspace page) Big ups to Rachel Emmet for creating an English language Coupe Decale Wikipedia article. And putting out the challenge to the Anglo-phones to spread real knowledge about Coupe Decale. A trailer for an upcoming documentary on the subject was sent to Ghetto Bassquake. I wanted to point to those and respond to Rachel‘s request with some ideas of my own. I saw a great slide show on the contemporary politics of Ivory Coast, especially […]

Categories: Music, Thought • Tags: Civil War, Coupe Decale, Football/Soccer, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone

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  • Africa is a Country
  • Banana Clipz
  • Beaten By Them
  • Beyond Digital
  • Dutty Artz

Tha Homies

  • Akwaaba Music
  • Benn Loxo du Taccu
  • Comb and Razor
  • Ghetto Bassquake
  • Ghetto Palms
  • Khalil Anthony
  • Mudd Up
  • Orlando's Joint
  • This is Africa
  • Uberlingua
  • Wayne & Wax

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