 This week, The Purple Room is locked into the rhythms of Afrobeat and African funk—from the genre’s godfather, Fela Kuti, to the pioneers and torchbearers who expanded its reach. Afrobeat wasn’t built in isolation. It was sculpted through collaboration, migration, and rebellion. The deep grooves of highlife, the urgency of jazz, the bite of funk joined to create a movement that spoke to both struggle and celebration. London, Lagos, Tunisia, Johannesburg—wherever these sounds travelled, they left a mark. The full tracklist is below—take it in, dig deeper, and if something grabs you, seek out the story behind the sound. This week’s tracklist Fela Kuti & Nigeria 70
Obe Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela Never (Lagos Never Gonna Be the Same) Seun Kuti Stand Well Well The Funkees Life The Lijadu Sisters Life’s Gone Down Low Dalton Soul Brother Girma Beyene & Akale Wube Enken Yelelebesh Assagai Telephone Girl Getatchew Mekurya Almaz Yèhadèwa Ebo Taylor Saana Cymande The Recluse ---- The Purple Room Curated by @ShantuDiggs Saturdays @ 2 pm MT (replays Sundays @ 11 am) FM 88.5 (yeg) | @cjsr_fm | CJSR.com (stream) |
The Purple RoomThe Purple Room is an NCRA award-winning radio show that plays music by Black musicians from across the African diaspora—all genres, all eras. It airs every Saturday at 2pm MT, and replays on Sundays at 11am on CJSR FM 88.5. Archives
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