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)