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Calabash Afrobeat-Poems by Ikwunga Vol.1 by Ikwunga
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fave it With Music | African
8 tracks | 46 minutes
Released Nov 2004
on Rebisi Hut Records
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- sample "DOWNLOAD" 01:00 Intro & Kola Nut BUY MP3 01:00 Intro & Kola Nut "GIFT MP3" 01:00 Intro & Kola Nut
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:47 I Don Love BUY MP3 07:47 I Don Love "GIFT MP3" 07:47 I Don Love
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:05 Di Bombs FREE 07:05 Di Bombs "GIFT MP3" 07:05 Di Bombs
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 07:20 Go Slow BUY MP3 07:20 Go Slow "GIFT MP3" 07:20 Go Slow
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:59 Bad Belle BUY MP3 06:59 Bad Belle "GIFT MP3" 06:59 Bad Belle
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 06:09 Ikeru (creation) BUY MP3 06:09 Ikeru (creation) "GIFT MP3" 06:09 Ikeru (creation)
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 05:10 Fence BUY MP3 05:10 Fence "GIFT MP3" 05:10 Fence
- sample "DOWNLOAD" 04:43 Di Bombs Instrumental (Dele Sosimi Cut) BUY MP3 04:43 Di Bombs Instrumental (Dele Sosimi Cut) "GIFT MP3" 04:43 Di Bombs Instrumental (Dele Sosimi Cut)
A seminal concept album with a distinctly original African feel that finds the verses and chants interwoven with rich African rhythms married to a new satiny Afrobeat.
Bio / Background
Ikwunga has recorded a seminal concept album with a distinctly original African feel. Calabash Vol.1 brings together a superb collection of Ikwunga's poetry married with a satiny Afrobeat.
Ikwunga, an American Board Certified Psychiatrist and the son of a famous West African poet and tribal Chief, is unarguably the first afrobeat poet and the original creator of this unique addition to the afro-beat pantheon and to the burgeoning spoken word genre.
The poetry is easy to follow rhythmically and linguistically. Content can vary from the intensely political (leaning heavily towards pan-Africanism) to the love poem 'I don love' a hauntingly moving appeal to a lover who has yet to make up her mind.
Afrobeat, the music of the legendary Nigerian musician and sage, Fela Kuti, is clearly a huge influence on both Ikwunga and his superb backing band led and produced by Dele Sosimi (former keyboardist of Fela Kuti's Egypt 80 Band, and musical director of Femi Kuti's Positive Force Band).
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