Soul Makossa: A TransAtlantic Conversation

<p>In this episode Lyd the SBW listens to Soul Makossa. Soul Makossa and its musical children exemplify the call-and-response nature of music. Black American music has its roots in west Africa. Enslaved Africans brought their musical traditions with them as they were sold across the Americas creating rhythms and music that would give birth to gospel, blues jazz, samba, rhumba, soul, funk, rock, r&b, pop, reggae, soca, bachata, merengue, house, hip-hop and innumerable sub-genres, including, makossa, a style of funk-dance music from Cameroon. Little tidbit, kossa means "I dance" in Duala. </p><p>Song Credits in order of appearance:<br /><i>Zombie</i><br /><strong>Zombie</strong><br />Fela Kuti<br />1977<br />Nigeria<br /><br /><i>Soul Makossa</i><br />B-side of Hymne de la 8e Coupe d'Afrique des Nations<br />Manu DiBango<br />1972<br />Cameroon</p><p><i>Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’</i><br /><strong>Thriller</strong><br />Michael Jackson<br />1982<br />Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson<br />USA</p><p><i>Don’t Stop the Music</i><br /><strong>Good Girl Gone Bad</strong><br />Rihanna<br />2007<br />Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S. Eriksen, Tawanna Dabney<br />USA</p><p><i>Lift Every Voice and Sing</i><br />James Welden Johnson (lyrics) and John Rosamond Johnson (music)<br />Poem written by James in 1900 and set to music by his brother John in 1905</p><p><i>Déjà Vu</i><br />(B’Day, 2006)<br /><strong>Homecoming</strong><br />2019<br />Beyoncé Knowles, Rodney Jerkins, Delisha Thomas, Makeba Riddick, Keli Nicole Price, Shawn Carter<br />USA</p><p>LINKS:<br /><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VUy26JlZm3POllVRl47b7" target="_blank"><i>Homecoming</i> samples playlist</a><br /><a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/75HByTprh8Y3rbIY1rEJvx?si=kYJfjdISTz2v3Py2PQ0bSw" target="_blank"><i>A Sample, A Cover</i> playlist</a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spacetimemusicpodcast" target="_blank">Facebook</a><br />Email:  spacetimemusicpodcast@gmail.com<br />The <i>SpaceTimeMusic</i> theme is