The African Rock 'n' Roll Years. Part 1

but where is the rock, then ?????

Thanks Duncanzibar for posting this. But whatever happened to the BBC 'Rock and roll years' series which used to be on Youtube? What a fantastic series!If only someone could put it back on again!!!!!!!!!!!

african musics so cool. rock n roll!!

i love Africa, so very much. my heart bleeds when i see her exploited to the bad by external factors even to date:(

i agree.but stay strong

this is the same way african american music started, with blacks being discriminated and used by whites, its quite funny

Hi Ducanzibar, I really like this episode (all parts) do you have the original video files I could get from you? I know this is a cheeky request but I'd be so grateful.

If you like this, get the African Jazz Pioneers CD(s) and the indestructible sound of Soweto. I grew up in Africa, and one thing that was a constant souce of amazment was the the music was so upbeat, when in fact they had not much to be "up" about.

Apartheid was ("is") een regelrechte SCHANDE ! In de USA kwam het, zoals iedereen wel weet, net zo goed voor. Het zou mij niets verbazen als de USA de "apartheid-regimes" dik van geld heeft voorzien.
Een "leuke bijkomstigheid" van al die onderdrukking is het ontstaan van geweldige muziek (als uitlaatklep ?).

Great, stay tuned everyone as I shall be uploading the rest of the programme, Parts 2- 7. Bandwidth permitting.