Well-behaved women seldom make history

On the November 25 edition of Global A Go-Go, I'll feature two African women making waves right now by playing instruments that had been reserved solely for men.

Asmaa Hamzaoui plays the Moroccan guembri (bass lute) and leads the band Bnat Timbouktou (pictured above), which may be the first all-female gnawa group.  Hope Masike isn't the first Zimbabwean woman to play mbira (thumb piano); in fact, you'll also hear two of her predecessors on this week's show as well, Stella Chiweshe and Chiwoniso Maraire.

Also this week: mizik rasin (roots music) from Haiti, a throat singing version of Motorhead, Japanese minyo turned into Colombian cumbia, and new Afrobeat from London and New York.

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Artist | Country | Song | Recording | Label | Year

Oliver Lake | USA | Separation | Matador Of 1st & 1st | Passin' Thru | 1997
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros | England UK | Global A Go-Go | Global A Go-Go | Hellcat | 2001

Asmaa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou | Morocco | Bala Yourki | Oulad Lghaba | Ajabu | 2019
Maleem Mahmoud Ghania & Pharoah Sanders | Morocco-USA | Mahraba | The Trance Of Seven Colors | Zehra | 1994

Lakou Mizik | Haiti-Sweden-USA | Lakou Dogwe (feat Anders Osborne) | HaitiaNola | Cumbancha | 2019
RAM | Haiti | Kolibri Met Bwa | 6: Manman M Se Ginen | self-released | 2016
Boukan Ginen | Haiti | Travay (Work) | Jou A Rive | Xenophile | 1995

Otava Yo | Russia | Guelder Rose Berries | Do You Love | ARC | 2019
Anda Union | Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region China | Jangar | Live On WRIR 2019-04-03 | 2019
Albert Kuvezin & Yat-Kha | Tuva Republic Russia | Orgasmatron | Re-Covers | World Village | 2005

Stella Chiweshe | Zimbabwe | Kasahwa | Kasahwa: Early Singles | Glitterbeat | 1974
Chiwoniso | Zimbabwe-USA | Matsotsi | Rebel Woman | Cumbancha | 2008
Hope Masike | Zimbabwe | Kune Mumwe | The Exorcism Of A Spinster | Riverboat | 2019
Thomas Mapfumo & The Blacks Unlimited | Zimbabwe | Mhondoro | Gwindingwe Rine Shumba | Water | 1980

Minyo Crusaders | Japan | Kushimoto Bushi | Echoes Of Japan | Mais Um | 2019
Cumbias En Moog | Colombia | Cumbia De Sal | single | Discos Fuentes | 1979
Mexican Institute Of Sound | Mexico | Para No Vivir Desesperado | Pinata | Nacional | 2007
Juan Pina Y Sus Muchachos | Colombia | La Nena | Abran Rueda | Discos Fuentes | 1962

London Afrobeat Collective | England UK-RD Congo-Italy-France-Argentina-New Zealand | Tolembi | Humans | self-released | 2019
Kokolo Afrobeat Orchestra | USA | Ghost Riders | 100 Fevers | Peace & Rhythm | 2019
Femi Kuti | Nigeria | Beng Beng Beng | Shoki, Shoki | MCA | 1999