The Second Festival of Black & African Arts and Culture of 1977 (FESTAC 77) in Lagos, Nigeria was essentially Africa and the African Diaspora's answer to the World's Fair. While the World's fair fetishized the Exotic "Other" for the consumption of Europeans and Americans, FESTAC 77 was an entirely different cultural project however flawed it may have been. The ideas was to bring Africans, and people of African descent together in order to rediscover their roots as well as establish ties with and within Motherland Africa.
Nigeria's rebel son, Fela Kuti, openly critized and refused to perform at FESTAC 77 because of the Nigerian military dictatorship's sponsership of the event. He organized at counter-FESTAC 77 and many international black luminaries made their way to his Lagos Shrine, such as Stevie Wonder, Gilberto Gil, Bob Marley, Bembeya Jazz, Roy Ayers and Sun Ra.
This eclectic mix is inspired by those legendary cultural jam sessions that occured on the FESTAC 77 main stage and the after hours ones that happened at Fela's Kalakuta Republic and the Shrine.
This is essentially a world music mix from a Brazilian perspective with rhythms and sounds you don't hear on typical Brazilian compilations. It ventures into some lesser known territory such as Samba-Chula, Griot Music, Afro-beat, Frevo, Ciranda, Marchas, Afoxe/Gnawa, Guinea-Bissau Gumbe and more.....enjoy!
"Coral" - Moreno Veloso/Sadjo Djolo Koiate
"Axe Gnawa" - Celso Machado
"Alegria Menina" - Djavan
"Ciranda de Mae Nina" - Alceu Valença & Geraldo Azevedo
"Chuva, Suor e Cerveja"- Caetano Veloso
"Desejo de Amar" - Raimundo Sodre
"Balafon" - Gilberto Gil
"Tira Mao da Minha Xuxa" - Martinho Da Vila
"Estrela Radiante" - Fafa de Belem
"Samba pra Mocas" - Zeca Pagodinho
"Quem não te Conhece é que te compra (Tiro no escuro)"- Xango da Mangueira
"Quando eu vejo a Margarida"- Manezinho Araujo
"Coração Imprudente" - Paulinho da Viola
"Charles Anjo 45" - Jorge Ben e Caetano Veloso
"Saudosa Maloca" - Os Originais Do Samba
"Do Jeito Que Rei Mandou" - Escrete Do Samba
"Som Africano" - Martinho Da Vila
"Clima Quente" - Carlinhos Brown
"O Circo" - Copa 7
"Que Legal" Tim Maia
"La Mulata" Emilio Santiago
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