Afro-rock: Sweet Sound of Honey Until recently black music' usually meant Tamla Motown. Now, after the breakthrough of Jamaican reggae, comes Afro-rock - a whole new vocabulary of young, exciting sounds from Africa.
This is the story of just one African country - Kenya, where music is fundamental to living. For the Kenyan bands, though, the living isn't always so easy. The bands are eager to reach an international audience. They are trying to do this by creating a music that makes imaginative use of traditional themes and rhythms, yet appeals to the Western ear.
They dream of the day when Afro-rock music will be as popular in our discos as American soul.
Producer RICHARD TAYLOR
Series editor ANTHONY ISAACS