I'm grateful to WFMU for keying me into a great blog focused on obscure African cassette tapes. The guy who runs the site has been converting them to mp3s and sharing them with the nichified fanbase. The focus is pretty wide - featuring music from both francophone & english speaking countries.
I'm not sure what things are like in present tense Afrique, but I do know that from the 70s - 90s, cassette tapes were the main format for music (much of it bootleg.) I've collected quite a few tapes myself over the years from visits to music stands on the outskirts of Parisian flea markets.
So here's a link to my new favorite music blog: Awesome Tapes From Africa
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