Cultural appropriation? Burundi Beat & other African influences in 70s/80s western pop: the sampler
Stephen Arnell
Broadcast/Streaming Consultant for TV & Film, Writer/Producer (Bob Fosse, Alex Cox, Prince, Sinatra etc), Media/Culture Commentator (BBC Radio, magazines, newspapers), author (novel The Great One published November 2022)
Link to New York Times article from November 25, 1981
Burundi Black - Burundi Black
Pretenders - Message of Love
Bow Wow Wow - Do You Wanna Hold Me?
Adam & The Ants - Car Trouble?
David Bowie - African Night Flight
Echo & The Bunnymen - Zimbo
Pigbag - Sunny Day
Brian Eno and David Byrne - The Jezebel Spirit
King Trigger - The River
John Kongos - Step On
Beastie Boys - 59 Chrystie Street
Joni Mitchell - Jungle Line
Def Leppard - Rocket
Manu Chao - Merry Blues
Beats International - Burundi Blues
The Teardrop Explodes - Kilimanjaro
Toto's Africa but it's Jazz - The 1905
Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Talking Heads - I Zimbra
King Crimson - The Sheltering Sky
Rusty Egan - Back to Burundi
Ngozi Family - Hold On
EXTRA - Trilogy of Terror (1975)