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[thetransatlanticphenomenon]

Last night's show on @kcsbfm was all about the artists of West Africa! The full playlist is below! One artist we heard was Rose Bâ, a beloved singer from Côte d'Ivoire. In 1978, after a show singing with the Orchestre National d'Abidjan, an audience member encouraged her to record an album of her own; he put up enough money for her to record a demo. With the demo in her bag, she flew to Paris in 1979 to record the album. But once she arrived, the producer she had been in touch with was nowhere to be found! Luckily, she found a new producer and she was able to record her debut album at Spaceship Studio in Paris. 40 years later, Rose Bâ is still singing and she has released at least a dozen albums so far in her career. *Compaore Issouf "Dambakale" [BURKINA FASO] *Orchestre du Jardin de Guinée "N'Nakandé" [GUINEA] *Kwaa Mensah "Obra Ye Ku" [GHANA] *Rose Bâ "Guéyé konguin" [CÔTE D'IVOIRE] *Patti Boulaye "Get the feel right" [NIGERIA] *Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako "Tiécolomba" [MALI] *Orchestra Baobab "Sibou Odia" [SENEGAL] *Bella Bellow "Dasi ko" [TOGO] *Keletigui Et Ses Tambourinis "Manghoya" [GUINEA] *Funkees "Ole" [NIGERIA] *Aktion "Groove the Funk" [NIGERIA] *The Cutlass Band "Obiara Wondo" [GHANA] *Pierre Sandwidi et l'Harmonie Voltaique "Tond Yabramba" [BURKINA FASO] *Christie Azumah And The Uppers International "Aja Wondo" [NIGERIA] *Abel Lima E Les Sofas "Corre Riba, Corre Baxo" [CABO VERDE] *Bana "Pontin Pontin" [CABO VERDE] *José Carlos Schwarz "Ke Ki Mininu Na Tchora" [GUINEA-BISSAU] 📷: Image of the cover from Rose Bâ's album "Neï", taken from discogs.com #rosebâ #divawê #divaivoirienne #chanteuseivoirienne #musiqueivoirienne #ivorianmusic #mustofwestafrica #cotedivoire #westafrica #womeninmusic #musichistory #kcsb https://www.instagram.com/p/CGInTEhg3bi/?igshid=10trd7766qtq1