This week we debut the 2009 Winter Dance Party produced by Wills Glasspiegel with tracks from across the world and the world wide web.
Expect a carnival: rara from Haiti, Kwaito house from South Africa, bubu from Sierra Leone, soca from Trinidad and the hardest hitting African rap straight from New York.
The party highlights exclusive mixtapes from the Africa blogosphere: new mashups from Chief Boima’s Ghettobassquake, DJ Zhao’s NGOMA, DJ Geko +  Uproot Andy at Dutty Artz, and a song from the venerable Africa selector, DJ Beto.


A Digital Africa Mix




Dutty Artz (New-York)

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Ghettobassquake
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The Fader Magazine
Read the Fader Magazine's feature




DJ Zhao (Berlin) and his NGOMA series

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Free download of NOGOMA VOL.3






Artists

Dj Lakay (Haïti)

An introduction to Rara
Images, Audio and Video of the Music and Dance Of Rara





El-A-Kru (Antigua & Barbuda)

Kick It Off (from the CD Soca Gold 2008)

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La Sonora Dinamita (Colombia)

De Aquello Na

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Grupo Mania (Porto Rico)

Grupo Mania Es

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Watch the video “Ojitos Bellos”
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Blitz the Ambassador (Brooklyn)

Breathe

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Get Free Music
Watch the video “Black Market”








Cheikh Lo (Senegal), Les Nubians (USA), Manu Dibango (France)

Shakara/Lady (pt. 2)

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Watch the video “Makeda” by Les Nubians












Visit Manu Dibango’s myspace
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Watch the video “Africa”  by Manu Dibango



Purchase the album “Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti”
Listen to Shakara by Fela Kuti
Listen to Lady by Fela Kuti









Manou Gallo (Belgium)

Dida

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Chief Boima (USA)

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El Guincho (Spain)

Alegranza Antillas

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Watch the video “Palitos Park”
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Endom Kro (Ghana)

Yema Wo Damiri

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Eedris Abdulkareem (Nigeria)

Segarin Kano

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Dollar DJ (Côte d’Ivoire)

Wolosso
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From NGOMA VOL. 3
Zulu House, Afro Electro, UK Funky
compiled by DJ Zhao





DJ CNDO (South Africa)

Terminator

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Watch Youtube Video « The Seducer »









DJ Tremendous (UK)

Log 19

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DJ Bigga

Boeke Anthem [VS] Menor do Chapa - Familia Vida Loka



Awa-KlaSH (Nigeria/UK)

Akoba

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J. Martins & Timaya (Nigeria)

Good or Bad (Oway)

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Uproot Andy (Brooklyn)

El Botellon (originally released as Grupo Naidy on Folkways)

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