Weekend Burners: Top Tracks of the Week
See our top picks for the African music content that made it on the blog this week.
<p><em>Photo: Cristina de Middel</em></p><p><em>We realize our site cycles through an, at times, overwhelming number of videos, tracks, remixes and mixtapes from <em>a deluge </em>of African/diaspora artists that not everyone is familiar with — in fact, we've gotten a large amount of reader feedback stating so. With <strong>Weekend Burners</strong> we aim to address that by highlighting our choices of the best music content that made it on the blog throughout the week. Get 'em below straight from the <strong>Okayafrica</strong> bunker:</em></p><p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><strong>Just A Band "Matatizo"</strong></p><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4c87b4145a217e1d96ca0e651127dd88"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jxc-zVqituk?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/03/12/just-a-band-matatizo-video-kenya-music/" target="_blank">Learn more.</a></p><p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><strong>Africa In Your Earbuds #39: Mathieu Schreyer</strong></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F82809923" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/03/12/african-music-mathieu-schreyer-earbuds-mixtape/" target="_blank">Learn more.</a></p><p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><strong>Jumping Back Slash Boy EP</strong></p><p><div class="preroll-video"></div><ora-player></ora-player></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F82980341" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/03/13/african-dance-music-jumping-back-slash-boy-ep/" target="_blank">Learn more.</a></p><p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><strong>Young Fathers "The Guide"</strong></p><p>
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</p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/03/08/african-hip-hop-young-fathers-the-guide/" target="_blank">Learn more.</a></p><p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><strong>DJ Spoko's Bacardi House Jam "Azange" </strong></p><p><span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="45384622354aa333cf39fe638d8e9bed"><iframe type="lazy-iframe" data-runner-src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ontbjnQPrGo?rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/03/11/african-dance-kwaito-dj-spoko-azange/" target="_blank">Learn more.</a></p><p>_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________</p><p><strong>The Busy Twist ‘LDN LUANDA PT. 2′</strong></p><p><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F82995515&secret_token=s-hg7JP" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.okayafrica.com/2013/03/13/kuduro-music-angola-the-busy-twist-ldn-luanda-pt-2/" target="_blank">Learn more.</a></p>
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