From Caïro to Cape Town.
At the end of the 19th century the British ruled a kingdom where the sun never set. And still that wasn’t enough. Many Brits dreamed of a kingdom as big as possible and even the farthest corners of Africa had to be subjected to their regime.
Cecil Rhodes, a British diamond trader and politician, dreamed of a railway that had to connect the British colonies in Africa. From Cairo to Cape Town, a distance of 7246 kilometers. The railway was never build, but in this episode we will make a musical journey between these two cities.
Thomas Mapfumo
- Amr Diab – Nour el ain (Ahmed Shatta / Nasser Al Mazdawy).
CD: The best of Amr Diab (2007) EMI 3108852. - Mahmoud Fadl – Hagala Caïro (Magdi Bebish / arr. M. Fadl).
CD: The drummers of the Nile in town (2003) Piranha CD PIR 1791. - Ali Hassan Koban – Gammal (trad. / A.h. Kuban / B. Hammond).
CD: Egypt noir – Nubian soul treasures (2010) Piranha CDPIR2337. - Salamat – Mambo el Soudani (trad. / arr. M. Fadl).
CD: Mambo el Soudani (1994). Piranha PIRCD0000031. - Emmanuel Jal – Gua (Emmanuel Jal).
CD: The rough guide to the music of Sudan – desert rhythms and savannah melodies (2005) RGNET 1152 CD. - Geoffrey Oryema – Land of Anaka (Geoffrey Oryema / Brian Eno).
CD: Exile (1990) Real World 7862202. - Sukuma Bin Ongaro – Sukuma singo (Sukuma Bin Ongaro).
CD: Guitar paradise of East Africa (1990) Earthworks CDEVW21. - Onbekende Keniaanse artiest – Thum nayiti (niet vermeld).
CD: Before benga volume 1: Kenya dry (1993) Music & Words OMCD 0000021. - Matata – Talkin’ talkin’ (Anwar Richard).
CD: Feelin’ funky (2010) President PCOM 1134. - The Big Gold Six – One Zambia one nation (Bemba).
CD: Zambush – Zambian hits from the 60’s and 70’s (2004) SWP 028. - Thomas Mapfumo & The Acid Band – Hokoyo! (Thomas Mapfumo).
CD: Hokoyo! (2009) Water 236. - Ronnie Moipolai – Happy new year Luie (niet vermeld).
Field recording (2011). - Teaspoon & The Waves – O yeh Soweto (Teaspoon Ndelu).
CD: South African funk experience (2010) Nascente NSFUNK005. - Barry van Zyl & The Bo Kaap Collective – Meisie met die kortste rokkie (niet vermeld).
CD: Goema music from Cape Town (2008) Arc EUCD 2133.