can't help you out w/info on afrique (never heard of 'em), but i CAN tell you
 that "soul makossa" was written & performed by manu dibango (the lion of 
 cameroon) in the 70s.  he recently re-recorded it on an album called 
 "wakafrica".  there's a track by him on "rebirth of cool too" featuring mc
 mello (a great mc w/an english accent) called "senge abele".  it's from an
 album called "polysonik" that's pretty cool.
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