Hopeful Melody

Propelling ritual and identity, rhythm is the musical staple food of Africa. What of melody?

Whether the product of voices in English, French, or a thousand tribal dialects, the breath through a horn or flute, or a plucked kora, it is melody that tells the true stories of struggle, liberation, celebration and despair so contrasting on the continent.

This episode weaves melody over, through and around rhythms from Addis Ababa to Cape Town and includes these tracks:

• Ya Lemmima/La Mère by Cheikha Remiti
• Verité by Rachid Taha
• Moussaoui by Majid Bekkas
• Kogno Koura by Pivi et les Baladin
• Teredtchewalehu by Alemayehu Eshete
• Mme Tolberg by Bembeya Jazz National
• Anato by Kemo Conde
• Lady by Manu Dibango
• One Two by Femi Kuti
• Wisky Soda by Bembeya Jazz National
• Helule Helule by Daudi Kabaka
• Heywete by Tesfa-Maryam Kidane
• The Color of Frequency - artist unknown from the Sublime Frequencies Radio Morocco compilation
• Ntima Ngongo by Orchestre National Du Congo

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