Sharing the best music from Sierra Leone

Sharing rare traditional music of maskandi from South Africa. Mfaz Omnyama a great guitarist and music inventor, who died over a decade ago but his music lives on. Watch the video and appreciate the true natural beauty of the African culture in khula Tshitshi Lami video.

This week on video music from Africa, Skandik Afrik will share the video of D`bang a Nigerian artist popularly called the Koko master that makes the waves with his much awaited album “Oliver Twist” with Kanye West in the video.

Skandik Afrik would like to present a popular dance form Azonto that has gained worldwide prominence within a short time.

The Malian takes the world by storm with their music. Recently a Malian, Tinariwen in their album Tassili won the Grammy Award for World Best Music Album 2012

Special and unique mixture of traditional and modern music, that has same characteristic instruments among these neighboring countries of Gambia, Senegal and Mali. The Kora which is an African harp and the Balafon, a kind of glockenspiel are among the instruments these countries have in common. The selected music for the week is from these regions. Jaliba Kuyateh is a known Gambian artist while the famous Youssou N'Dour, a Grammy award winner from Senegal and Ali Farka Toure, a talented Malian that often referred to as the “Hendrix of the Sahara". Skandik Afrik will share with our teaming fan in Scandinavian these artists’ music videos. Please enjoy and tell us what you feel.

When Magic System came to Sweden, we all know it was fun and feel very good to see them perform. We will be looking forward to seeing these great guys again in Scandinavia soon.

Skandik afrik will share with you readers , some of the best hits from South, West and East Africa.

South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka also known as ” The princess of Africa” has become the first African woman to receive the World Economic Forum´s Crystal Award 2012. The award is given each year to successful artists who have used their art to “improve the state of the world”.

If you like African Queen from 2Face Idibia, then you should listen to this new release called Rain Drops from his new album