Sankofa African Sounds and Stories

Presenter: Rita Ray Featuring interviews with Dennis Bovell; Lekan Babalola, Grammy award winning percussionist and bandleader from Lagos, Nigeria; Teddy Osei from Osibisa, Wandsworth based pioneering Ghanaian Afro Rock band; and Aboubacar Kouyate, percussion teacher in Wandsworth Schools and a member of Balimaya Project, a percussion driven ensemble who have become fast rising stars on the UK Jazz scene. Podcast Music Playlist Fela Kuti & Egypt 80 - Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense (1986) Live in Amsterdam produced by Denis Bovell Wulomei - Meridian (1975) Osibisa - Akwaaba (Teddy Osei) (1970) Osibisa - The Dawn (Teddy Osei/Sol Amarfio) (1971) Ginger Johnson and his African Messengers - Hi Life (1967) Ambrose Campbell & West African Rhythm Brothers - I Walk A Thousand Miles (1956) Osibisa - Black Ant (Mono version) (Mac Tontoh/Teddy Osei)(1971 ) Osibisa - Ke Le Le (Kofi Ayivor/Mac Tontoh/Sol Amarfio/Teddy Osei) (1983 Live at Marquee Club) Osibisa - Music For Gong Gong (1971) Atinuke Obanla – Agbara to Gaju Part 2 (2006) Rip Rig and Panic - You're My Kind Of Climate (1982) A.R.Kane - What's All This Then (Dub version) (1989) Ordinary Day - Curiosity Killed The Cat (1987) Gasper Lawal - Kai Anibaba (1985) Lekan Babalol - Sacred Funk Quartet (Live) (2025) Sample: Burkina Faso balafon Sample: Kamele ngoni - a traditional harp lute tuned in a pentatonic scale Sample: Djembe playing Rhythm Kuku Balimaya Project - Suley's Ablution (2023)