Fonko (series)
The great music revolutions of our times have come from Africa, and the next one is brewing there right now. Soon, our local music industries will be swamped with it.
From the award-winning makers of 'Concerning Violence' and 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975', narrated by Neneh Cherry and Fela Kuti.
Afrobeats, Azonto, Kuduro and South African House are club music styles based on traditional rhythms, becoming a means of expressing the identity for an entire generation.
Well known musical icons take the viewer on a ride into the depth of a continent in deep social, cultural and economical change.
This is rock'n'roll happening to Africa - and spreading to the rest of the whole world. Get the rhythm and the rhymes of modern African urban music and rediscover it in international music trends.
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Fonko - Episode 1: South Africa + Nigeria
Directed by Göran Olsson, Lamin Daniel Jadama, Lars Lovén • Documentary • With Femi Kuti • 2014 • 52 minutes
South Africa and Nigeria are two countries with a troubled past, that have today become the economic and cultural super powers of the continent. South Africa is the home to styles like kw...
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Fonko - Episode 2: Francophone West Africa
Directed by Göran Olsson, Lamin Daniel Jadama, Lars Lovén • Documentary • 2014 • 52 minutes
Francophone West Africa is bound together by the French language and a common currency, but also by traditions and languages from the vast empires that dominated the region long before colonialism.
Dakar...
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Fonko - Episode 3: Angola + Ghana
Directed by Göran Olsson, Lamin Daniel Jadama, Lars Lovén • Documentary • 2014 • 52 minutes
Ghana and Angola are two of the fastest growing economies in the world, as well as two countries in midst of a musical revolution. Angola is still trying to come to terms with the three decades of civil w...
