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22 Apr, 21 tweets, 6 min read

Tom’s Top 21 70s-Era West African Albums

21) “This Is Marijata” — Marijata (1976) open.spotify.com/album/5NgqwPu0…

20) “Keleya” — Moussa Doumbia (1977) open.spotify.com/album/3i4hwBt0…

19) “Freedom” — Christiana Essien (1977) discogs.com/artist/837560-… (As her early stuff is impossible to locate online, you’ll need to check out what is available)

18) “Volume 1” — Amadou & Mariam (1988) open.spotify.com/album/1ZsjLN1r… (Admittedly this falls outside of the 70s timeframe but Amadou & Mariam need to be included in any best-of list of West African music)

17) “Akofa Akoussah” — Akofa Akoussah (1976) open.spotify.com/album/76MYmID5…

16) “Mouhamada Bamba” — Orchestra Baobab (1980) open.spotify.com/album/4h4yBxb4…

15) “The River” — Ali Farka Toure (1990) open.spotify.com/album/78Pv299m… (Also outside the 70s timeframe, but Ali Farka Toure likewise needs to be included in any list of the best West African music ... some of his other albums are more interesting than this one)

14) “Horizon Unlimited” — Lijadu Sisters (1979) open.spotify.com/album/6NfAHT2x…

13) “The Chisa Years, 1965-1975” — Hugh Masekela (2014) open.spotify.com/album/3GWyP7C2… (Masekela is admittedly from South Africa but I’m including him anyway because more people need to listen to his music)

12) “En Super Forme” — Super Boiro Band (1976) open.spotify.com/album/5zIHmEwf…

11) “Shango” — Peter King (1974) open.spotify.com/album/5WC8uGHI…

10) “Fela with Ginger Baker Live” — Fela Ransome-Kuti with Ginger Baker (1971) open.spotify.com/album/4muZmxBE…

9) “A Night at Club Baobab, Senegalese Dance Music of the 1970s” — Orchestra Baobab (2006) open.spotify.com/album/0ZS9LdgK…

8) “Life Stories” — Ebo Taylor (1977) open.spotify.com/album/5vf9w7uD…

7) “Juju Music” — King Sunny Ade (1982) open.spotify.com/album/4BsMW0J2…

6) “My Love and Music” — Ebo Taylor (1975) open.spotify.com/album/2gdtgeYm…

5) “Africa” — Amanaz (1975) open.spotify.com/album/1oX2uFCr… (One of the best albums from anywhere in the world)

4) “NEPA (Never Expect Power Always)” — Tony Allen (1984) open.spotify.com/album/17v6kHil… (This album is from the 80s but Allen was active from the 60s through last year; he didn't release solo albums until later, but he's a legend of 70s Afrobeat)

3) “What” — William Onyeabor (2014 ... but his music was actually recorded in the 70s) open.spotify.com/album/5K9nDeTE… (If you're going to go down a rabbit hole w/ anyone on this list, make it Fela & Onyeabor ... his music is from the 70s but the albums are hard to find)

2) “Opposite People” — Fela Kuti (1977) open.spotify.com/album/6biR88DI… (The top 20 spots could have all been filled w/ Fela, but I had to choose …)

1) “Unnecessary Begging” — Fela Kuti (1976) open.spotify.com/album/1xlK9lEG…

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