THE AFRICAN ROCK’N’ROLL YEARS
2006
BBC (UK)
3 DVD+RW
№ No Number

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Episode I
West Africa: Praise Singers & Superstars

Youssou N’Dour — Baaba Maal — Toumani Diabaté — Tata Bambo Kouyaté — Kassemady Diabaté — The National Orchestra Of Guinea — Bembeya Jazz — The Rail Band — Salif Keita — Orchestra Baobab — Touré Kunda — Xalam — Le Franc — Wasis Diop — Alpha Konaré — Mory Kanté — Cheikh Lô — Pape & Cheikh — Fanta Damba — Kandia Kouyaté — Rokia Traoré — Sali Sidibé — Oumou Sangaré — Ali Farka Touré — Taj Mahal — Faada Freddy (Daara J) — MC Solaar — Positive Black Soul — N’Dongo (Daara J) — Peter Gabriel — Sting — Bruce Springsteen.

Total Time: 0:59:06.

Episode II
South Africa: Songs Of Freedom

Hugh Masekela — Miriam Makeba — Ladysmith Black Mambazo — The Mahotella Queens — Father Huddleston — Dollar Brand — Abdullah Ibrahim — The African Jazz Pioneers — Ntemi Piliso (The African Jazz Pioneers) — Mahlathini — Hilda Tloubatla (The Mahotella Queens) — The Soul Brothers — Paul Simon — Chartwell — Stella Chiwese — Oliver Mtukudzi — Thomas Mapfumo — Bob Marley — Lucky Dube — Johnny Clegg — Savuka — Harry Belafonte — Little Steven — Bono — Yvonne Chaka Chaka — Brenda Fassie — Thandiswa — Prophets Of Da City — Slik (Skwatta Kamp) — Mr. Selwyn — Bongo Maffin — Simphiwe Dana.

Total Time: 0:58:58.

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Episode III
The High Life Zone: Coastal Sounds

Fela Kuti — Angélique Kidjo — Manu Dibango — King Sunny Adé — S.E. Rogie — Abdul Tee-Jay — Nana Tsiboe — Kari Bannerman — E.T. Mensah — Osibisa — Barrister — Tony Allen — Wally Badarou — Keziah Jones — Femi Kuti — Papa Noël Ekwabi — Richard Bona — Les Têtes Brûlées — Tiken Jah Fakoly — Alpha Blondy.

Total Time: 0:59:05.

Episode IV
Central Africa: Congo Jive

Papa Wemba — Kanda Bongo Man — Zap Mama — Ray Lema — Drummers Of Burundi — Wendo Kolosoy — Joseph Kabaselé — African Jazz — Tabu Ley Rochereau — Franco & OK Jazz — Mose Fan Fan — So Kalmery — Ayub Ogada — Remmy Ongala — Bi Kadude — The Nursery Boys — Zaiko Langa Langa — B.B. King — James Brown — Muhammad Ali — Mbilia Bel — Pépé Kallé — Tshala Muana — Geoffrey Oryema — Corneille Nyungura — Cécile Kayirebwa — Bisso Na Bisso — Kékélé.

Total Time: 0:58:58.

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Episode V
Lusophone Africa: The Lisbon Legacy

Bonga — Césaria Evora — Mariza — Amália Rodrigues — Teofilo Chantre — Lura — Daniel Gomez — Simentera — Manecas Costa — Zé Manel — Orchestra Os Jovens Do Prenda — Waldemar Bastos — Lando — Dilon Djindji — Orchestra Marrabenta Star De Moçambique — Ghorwane — Kapa Dech — Mabulu.

Total Time: 0:59:01.

Episode VI
North Africa: Rai Rebels & Desert Blues

Masters Musicians Of The Nile — Hossam Ramzy — Oum Khalsoum — Suria Hilal — Elhamy — Mahmoud Fadl — Ali Hassan Kuban — Abdel Aziz El Mubarak — Emmanuel Jal — Abdel Gadir Salim — Mahmoud Ahmed & The Roha Band — Aster Aweke — Giri — Bill Laswell — Maryam Mursal — Robert Plant — Jimmy Page — The Rolling Stones — Masters Musicians Of Joujouka — Fatima Wallet Oumar (Tartit Ensemble) — Tinariwen — Ibrahim Ag Alhabibe (Tinariwen) — Abdallah Ag Alhosseini (Tinariwen) — Hassan Erraji — Khaled — Cheb Mami — Sting — Rachid Taha — Souad Massi — Amina Annabi.

Total Time: 0:59:08.

Narrated by Rita Ray.
Archives: Digital Classics TV / Europe Images International / Syllart Productions / Ted Jespers / Xippi International / Cineteca Del Comune Di Bologna / ITN Archive / Reuters / Harcourt Films / Media For Development Trust / Delabel Virgin France / MK2 France / NPS TV / Piranha Records Berlin / Universal Music France / Universal Barclay France / Why Not Productions / Ace Records / British Movietone / Busara Promotions / Ceka-i-Rwanda Company / ESPN Karengera Eric Soul / NBC / Renaud & Florent / RTBF Belgium / WETA / Arte France / Viva Productions / Barejo Productions / Cine Impuls / 3D Family / Brett Allen King / Piranha Music / Karen Boswall / Roland Hohberg / Lusafrica & Sony / BMG France / World Connection / John Crosby PR / Mali Productions / Sebastian Sharples / Screen Station / UNESCO / OHRA.
Stills: CAAC Art / Jak Kilby / World Circuit Records / STE Publishing / Corbis / Camera Press / BAHA (Baileys Historical Archive) / Jurgen Schadeberg / Associated Press / VIS News / IPC Media / Fela Le Combattant (Éditions Le Castor Astral) / Graeme Ewens / Natural History Museum / Segun Oyekunle / Thomas Dorn / Wally Badaron / A.I. Records (Kenya) Ltd. / National Geographic Society / Africa-Museum / Tervuren / Discovery Records / Mary Evans / Picture Library / Cobiana Records / Roberto Coggiola / World Music Network / Dilon Djindji / Hugo Glendinning / Iluminando Vidas / Ricardo Rangel / Chicago University Press / Corbis / Getty Images / Hassan Hajjaj.
Cameras: Anna Bolton, Andrew Dunn, Sebastian Sharples, Glenn Middleton, Caroline Clayton.
Dubbing mixer: David Taylor.
Graphic design: Adam Dampier.
Rostrum: King Camera.
Fixer: M.K. Idowu.
Online editor: Perry Bellisario.
Production managers: Simi Gupta, Dionde Newton, Michelle Parlett.
Production executive: Stephania Minici.
Production team assistant: Toufique Ali.
Assistant producers: Jackie Ramsamy, Phil Clark.
Production runner: Lucy Bullivant.
Film editors: Tim Arrowsmith, Allen Charlton, Alex Muggleton.
Executive producer: Robin Denselow.
Series editor: Marc Cooper.
Series producer: Jenny Cathcart.