Prince Nico Mbarga, Aki Special - 1h 4m

Tracks & Durations

1. Aki Special	9:07
2. Christiana	9:11
3. Sweet Mother	9:56
4. Wayo In-Law	7:55
5. Free Education In Nigeria	10:45
6. Onye Ori Obi	8:06
7. Nature	8:58

Note: The information about this album is acquired from the publicly available resources and we are not responsible for their accuracy.

Review

"If you forget your mother, you have lost your life," croons Nigeria highlife star Nico Mbarga in one of African music's biggest hits, the classic 10-minute midtempo dance rave "Sweet Mother." Mbarga was the most successful translator of West African horn-driven rumba to a guitar band. Mbarga's Rocafil Jazz group may lack bop syncopation, but its six members nonetheless swing together with sweet, machinelike precision. Released originally in the late seventies, before juju and fuji became Nigeria's predominant styles, the tracks collected on Aki Special collectively mark one of the most fertile periods of African music--with tribal rhythms and proverb-studded vocals combined with Western pop harmonies to create ecstatic dance music for both the body and, as suggested by "Free Education in Nigeria," the body politic. --Richard Gehr

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Aki Special

Tracks: 7, Disk length: 1h 4m 1s (+0m 1s)

Please note: we do not provide any Prince Nico Mbarga music downloads, have no any mp3 music including music samples and music ringtones, and can not assist you where to buy music CDs and used CDs. You can search for it on music sites all over the Internet or visit one of our advertisers. We appreciate any ideas and comments about this experimental music database.