Africa is the poorest continent, subject to ferocious foreign exploitations, that are seriously damaging the environment, including local, precious and endangered animal species. Despite, natural resources, especially mining, are abundant. This is not the right blog for a deep analysis of the factors that have originated poverty. I only refer in brief my main idea about those factors. Sometimes and somewhere, politics and religions are allied, and form a strong barrier against schooling, culture, information, economic development, and social progress. I find rather emblematic the situation of Mali, a West African country with about 20-5 million inhabitants, that suffered from two coups, in 2012 and in 2021. Today, around 7 million inhabitants are needing urgent humanitarian help. There’s a military dictatorship, although not stable, because of internal terrorism. In summary, Mali is a cauldron, where everything bad can happen. No patriotic, national feeling is emerging, for the reason that there are many ethnic groups, many different languages, and many religions. After the golpe of 2012, spokesman Osama Ould Abdel Kader solemnly banned Satan’s music, in the name of the holiness of Quran. Thus, one might think that Mali is underdeveloped even in the field of music. On the contrary, apart from South Africa, Mali is the African country that has given birth to the major number of true stars of international music. I don’t want to annoy my readers, and I jump to a first conclusion. The situation of Mali demonstrates that multi-culturalism, and a multi-racial society are not guarantees of development, diffusion of well-being, peaceful and harmonic society, and growth of civil rights.
The web offers unlimited possibilities for those who want to deepen a topic, such as, for instance, African music. I remember that because I’m forced to omit a huge number of necessary information. I only propose some personal observations, that you are free to verify, and free to accept, or not. The major number of African musicians with a global popularity are from mining countries. The music mix of the page is a practical demonstration of that. In effect, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Lesotho, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and South Africa are all known for mines of various minerals. What kind of connection might there be between music and mining resources? Businesses, as usual, such as foreign exploitation of African raw materials. Excuse me for the absence of articulated explanations, I’m going to jump again to a second conclusion. As you can see, a ban on Satan’s music can’t stop the evil. Perhaps, Satan is living deep inside human’s mind. More poetically, Satan is a hidden part of your soul, and you can’t ban yourself.
File name “music is African cultural gold, by Max Look DJ (Sept 2026)”, 1 hour and 21’ of excellent music, coming from mining countries of Africa.
The precious playlist:
Tinariwen (Mali) – Amalouna
Orchestra Baobab (Senegal) – Werente Serigne
Kasai Allstars (Democratic Republic of Congo) – yangye, the evil leopard
Hugh Masekela (South Africa) – jungle Jim
Ali Farka Touré (Mali) – Mali dje
Songhoy Blues (Mali) – soubour
Atamina (Ghana) – no one wants to die
Sipho Mabuse (South Africa) – Nelson Mandela
Manu Dibango (Cameroon) – nights in Zeralda
Letta Mbulu (South Africa) – mahlalela
Fatoumata Diawara (Mali) – Nterini
Oumou Sangaré (Mali) – yere faga
Mdou Moctar (Niger) – tarhatazed
Fela Kuti (Nigeria) – I no get eye for back
Tsepo Tshola (Lesotho) – madambadamba
Babatunde Olatunji (Nigeria) – takuta
