Afro Hoosier Intl: REPERTOIRE SAMPLER
- from summer, 2000

African Classics

1. African Market. By Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand), South Africa, mid-70s.
2. Taxi Driver. By Daudi Kabaka and Fadhili Williams, Kenya, about 1964 (Swahili). `Take me to Nakuru, I promised my girl to come. We got a flat. Its not my fault, baby. Just never trust mechanical things!'
3. Ye Kermo Sew. By Mulatu Astat'ik'e, late 60s. Ethiopia. `A Person for Next Year' - a message of good wishes.
4. Patapata. South Africa (Xhosa). A 1967 pop hit, number 1 on the charts in both SA and US by Mariam Makeba. `Dance the patapata. Turn right, turn left, jump.'

Recent African Dance Hits

5. Mwongele. By Simba wa Nyika, Kenya early 90s. (Swahili).
6. Masvingo Netara. Zimbabwe, mid90s (Shona) 'You said you were visiting your relatives, but were really just having fun with your girlfriend. Confess or I'm leaving you!'
7. Belle Amie. By Kanda Bongo Man, mid-90s
8. Fa No Saa. By Akwasi Ampofo Agyei (alias `AAA') (Ghana) about 1985 (Twi).
9. Toa Ne Pe. By Kwadwo Boakye Akwaboa of Ghana about 1992 (Twi). `It's my fault. I should have known they would not be grateful for my kindnesses'

Reggae

10. Rivers of Babylon. Jamaica, about 1955 (English). Famous from Jimmy Cliff's film `The Harder They Fall'.
11. Three Little Birds, Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1968. `Don't worry about a thing' - a song of childlike optimism.
12. So Much Trouble in the World, Bob Marley and the Wailers, 1973. The signs show its time to leave Babylon and return.

Original Songs

13. Nenda We. By Brian Gygi, about 1988. English/Swahili `Sometimes the only way to escape what obsesses you is to leave - the city, the country. And sometimes even that doesn't work.'
14. Gyata Ahodwoo. By Sam Obeng and Afro Hoosier Intl, 1999. African reggae.
15. April Fools. By Brian Gygi, 1999. `Even fools have their time.'

March 10, 2000- www.cs.indiana.edu/~port/afrohoos/afrohoos.html