Africando – Aicha (Salsa)
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This version of Aicha by Africando is a cover of Khaled’s song, but arranged in Salsa style and sung in Wolof by Nicolas Menheim, a Senegalese singer.
It’s from Africando’s album “Baloba !” in 1998 (with 2 songs by Gnonnas Pedro, “Dacefo” and “Huenouhwo”).
This version in Wolof is kind of a bonus track on the album, as […]
Africando – Dagamasi
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“Ati Mawuin Dagamasi” is one of the classic songs by Gnonnas Pedro, covered here by himself under the Africando banner.
This cover appears on Africando’s album “Gombo Salsa” in 1996. This 3rd album was produced by Ibrahima Sylla and was the group’s first release to include Gnonnas Pedro, with songs arranged by Boncana Maiga and […]
King of Modern Agbadja
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4 songs by this magnificent artiste were included in the compilation Legends of Benin from 2009. This new compilation presents a full and deserved project about Gnonnas Pedro, the king of Modern Agbadja, with tracks between 1974 and 1983.
Very early in his career Gnonnas Pedro had landed his first hit with a song called […]
Gilles Gnonnas – La musica en vérité (2013)
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Gilles Gnonnas singing “La musica en vérité”, a song by his father Gnonnas Pedro, in Cotonou in 2013 (@ CCF).
Gnonnas Pedro et ses Dadjes
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Gnonnas Pedro et Ses Dadjes – “Le Roi de l’Agbadja Moderne”
Gnonnas Pedro [with or without his Dadjes band] had always excelled in many styles of music but if one had to associate him with a particular genre it would be Agbadja. Agbadja is a rhythm hugely popular in Togo, Benin and Ghana. […]
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Gnonnas Pedro – Yiri Yiri Boum
https://amf.didiermary.fr/yiri-yiri-boum-gnonnas-pedro/
The late Gnonnas Pedro was the first real Beninese hitmaker, long before becoming Africando’s lead singer in the 90s. Known for taking inspiration from his local music roots, he was also famous for using Salsa and other Latino rhythms in his songs, as a solo artist or with his Dadjes Band. Gnonnas started his career […]
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Gnonnas Pedro – Yiri Yiri Boum
African Music Forum (AMF)
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