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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: LIBYA Tidet - Amaka Jaji Soulful spiritual chants fusing Libyan and North African Sufi rhythms with 21st century synths & trap flavours to articulate a modern Tuareg experience. #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #libya #AmakaJaji #AfricanMusic

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Tidet by Amaka Jaji on Apple Music

Album · 2024 · 12 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Don’t ever let Wes Streeting anywhere near making Prime Minister #saveourNHS #privatisation #wesstreeting #NHS

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: LIBERIA Bloodline - Mon Rovîa The arresting serenity of Mon Rovîa’s Afro-Appalachian folk - intimate songwriting addressing his fractured identity and the spectre of colonialism #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #liberia ##monrovia #bloodline #AfricanMusic

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Bloodline by Mon Rovîa on Apple Music

Album · 2026 · 16 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: LESOTHO Mosotho Gauteng - Ntate Stunna A statement of identity, ambition, and resilience blending hard-hitting hip hop beats, cultural influences and modern production #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #lesotho #NtateStunna #MosothoGauten #AfricanMusic

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Mosotho Gauteng by Ntate Stunna on Apple Music

Album · 2025 · 13 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: KENYA Slikback - Attrition Extreme club music rendering a world on the edge of collapse from the Kenyan experimentalist. Sci-fi atmospheres with Gqom, Dubstep, & Hardcore Techno #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #kenya #slikback #attrition #AfricanMusic

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Attrition by Slikback on Apple Music

Album · 2025 · 11 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

How does one have a ‘grown up’ debate with a child?

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: Skipping to TANZANIA for all who have lost loved ones at this difficult time Songs for the Poor Man - Remmy Ongala Conscious vibes from the real man of the people - his fight continues #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #tanzania #remmyongala #AfricanMusic

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Songs for the Poor Man by Remmy Ongala & Orchestre Super Matimila on Apple Music

Album · 1989 · 10 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Zadie Smith keeping it real - there’s a mic drop somewhere in there…

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Nuance & intelligence in spades… ‘The quiet part, of course, is that when Maccabi fans speak out against refugees, chant “death to Arabs”, associate their enemies with Hamas and commit violence in our city centres, there is a small but significant part of our country that tacitly agrees with them…’

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Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew

Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: GUINEA Moh! Kouyaté - Loundo (Un Jour) Funky bluesey guitar chops from a family line of griots bridging past and present Guinean traditions #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #guinea #MohKouyate #Loundo

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Loundo (Un jour) by Moh! Kouyaté on Apple Music

Album · 2015 · 14 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: GHANA Pure Akan - Onipa Akoma Culturally conscious hiplife rap combining poetic storytelling with indigenous Ghanaian rhythms - An instant classic! #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #ghana #akan #hiphopsky #OnipaAkoma

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Onipa Akoma by Pure Akan on Apple Music

Album · 2017 · 15 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: GABON Pierre Akendengue - Awana W’Africa Soaring tunes from one of the most pioneering voices from Francophone West Africa … #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #Gabon #PierreAkendengue music.apple.com/gb/album/awa...

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Awana W'Africa by Pierre Akendengue on Apple Music

Album · 1982 · 7 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: ETHIOPIA Mulato Astatke and Black Jesus Experience - To Know Without Knowing Majestic ethio-jazz fusion with hip hop infused funk grooves from the legend… #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #ethiopia #MulatuAstatke music.apple.com/gb/album/to-...

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To Know Without Knowing by Mulatu Astatke & Black Jesus Experience on Apple Music

Album · 2020 · 9 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Bob Vylan & Kneecap outrage from Starmer - the same one that said Israel had a ‘right’ to cut off power and water from Gaza - maybe he’d been watching Alanis Morissette’s Glasto set - ironic… #Glastonbury #BobVylan #KneeCap

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: ESWATINI Knate Kori & Swaziland Weekenders - Saturdays on Down South Spacey soulful enigmatic electronic grooves #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #eswatini #swaziland #knatekori music.apple.com/gb/album/sat...

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Saturdays On Down South - EP by Knate Koti & Swaziland Weekenders on Apple Music

Album · 2020 · 5 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Do the right thing folks - fight the oppression and for the freedom to protest #palestineaction #freedom #stopcensorship #freepalestine palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/opposeproscr...

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Write to your MP: Oppose plans to proscribe Palestine Action

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Ain’t nobody out there that can rock a spotless white suit at Glastonbury quite like Black Uhuru… deadly heavy grooves delivered in the most nonchalant fashion… #blackuhuru #glastonbury #musicsky

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Warming up for Glastonbury with one of my favourite clips from 2019 - Alex picked out of the crowd comes onto the stage and mashes up Thiago Silva with Dave youtu.be/e1vlLJCr9Lo?...

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Dave (feat. Alex) - Thiago Silva

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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

This is worth reading. It's couched in neutral BBC language but ultimately it says what we all know. We're witnessing a genocide. And the whole international community is complicit.

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: ERITREA Asmara Allstars - Eritrea’s Got Soul Timeless big band sounds fusing ballads and dancehall numbers reinterpreting folk and pop styles #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #Eritrea #AsmaraAllstars music.apple.com/gb/album/eri...

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Eritrea's Got Soul by Asmara All Stars on Apple Music

Album · 2010 · 14 Songs

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XR Islington @islingtonxr.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Tomorrow 8.30am

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: EQUATORIAL GUINEA Desmali y Dambo de la Costa - Luga Da Ambo Laid back soukous inflected rythms - fabulous percussion & acoustic guitar chops! #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #EquatorialGuinea #DesmaliyDambodelaCosta music.apple.com/gb/album/lug...

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Luga Da Ambo by Desmali y Dambo de la Costa on Apple Music

Album · 2008 · 8 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: EGYPT Assyouti - The Disintegration of Eric Omelette Hi-octane drum & bass and break-core from a pioneering figure in Cairo’s underground electronic music scene. #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #egypt #assyouti #drumandbass music.apple.com/gb/album/the...

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The Disintegration of Eric Omelette - EP by Assyouti on Apple Music

Album · 2023 · 5 Songs

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: Djibouti Groupe RTD - The Dancing Devils of Djibouti Indian Bollywood-inspired vocals with Somali funk, Jamaican dub, soaring horn melodies, joyous synths, and tropical grooves! #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #GroupeRTD #Djibouti

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: Democratic Republic of Congo Bang into 2025 with the wonderful Jupiter & Okwess - Ekoya Congolese funk rock explosion led by the revered Jupiter Bokondji!!! #musicsky #music #jazzsky #africa #jupiterandokwess #ekoya #democraticrepublicofcongo #funk

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: Comoros Baco - Hadisi Indian Ocean guitar man rocking Afro-blues, Afro-reggae, Folkomor, Mgodro (& one of the most unexpected album covers I’ve ever seen…) #musicsky #music #africa #Baco #comoros

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Roberta Flack - thank you. The World is poorer tonight but how lucky the Angels are! #RobertaFlack #musicsky #jazzsky

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: Chad Afrotronix - NomadiX Far out Afro-futurism - Funky Pan African Saharan electro beats in space #musicsky #music #africa #afrofuturism #afrotronix #nomadix #chad

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

💥 THIS IS MASSIVE 💥 No other policy or infrastructure project estimates this level of GDP growth over the same time period. It's within Gvt Red Lines. It's popular with voters, especially Con -> Lab switchers in 2024. Those who don't support beneficial alignment are the anti growth coalition.

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💙🌊 Billionaire Boycott 🌊💙 @billionaireboycott.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

EVERY SINGLE CITY, IN EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY, NEEDS TO DO THIS WHEN WE TAKE AWAY THEIR WEALTH WE ALSO TAKE AWAY THEIR POWER #PeoplePower #StrengthInNumbers #BoycottBezos #BoycottMusk #BoycottZuckerberg

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

‘you don't lose scones because you can also have ingera’ - quote of the week from the amazing @wanderinggaia.bsky.social - check out the #NomadCentury #BehindTheLines podcast for a seriously illuminating discussion with @snellarthur.bsky.social on #ClimateChange, human movement, & #Immigration

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: Centre African Republic Formidable Musiki - Magalina The wonderful Formidable Musiki bring us deeply funky soulful soukous - be sure to track down their joyous performances on YouTube… #musicsky #music #africa #jazzsky #CentralAfricanRepublic

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: Cape Verde Mayra Andrade - Manga Born in Cuba Mayra returned to the country of her parents - sophisticated transatlantic African, Brazilian, Cuban tropicalism Happy Sunday! #musicsky #music #africa #jazzsky #CapeVerde

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: Cameroon Manu Dibango - Makossa Man It had to be the mighty Manu Dibango - original makossa stylee, nuff said… Happy New Year to Everyone! #musicsky #music #africa #jazzsky #cameroon

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Maus author Art Spiegelman’s next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco. He thinks he will struggle to find a publisher in the United States. “I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”

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Art Spiegelman Won’t Shrink Back From Controversy

The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy.

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Africa by Album - alphabetically! Next up: Burundi Ambano - Amsterdam Ticket Re-issue of the super-rare 1987 album originally released in the USSR only - A melting pot of psych, funk, rumba and tropical jazz #musicsky #music #africa #jazzsky #burundi

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Irfan Alam @irfan-alam.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Africa by Album - alphabetically Next up: Burkina Faso Victor Démé - Victor Démé Démé’s legendary masterpiece featuring glorious guitar and striking vocals - Mandinka folk, latin rhythms and blues #musicsky #music #africa #burkinafaso

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