Les Amazones d’Afrique
Musow Danse
(Real World)
★★★

ALL-WOMAN supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique take their name from the Dahomey Amazons, an all-women west Africa military regiment that existed from the 17th century to the 19th century — the subject of the 2022 Hollywood blockbuster The Woman King.

Produced by Jacknife Lee (U2, Taylor Swift), their third album is a big, bold set full of glitchy, hip-hop-fuelled pop songs. Comprised of Mamani Keita from Mali, Fafa Ruffino from Benin, Kandy Guira from Burkino Faso, Dobet Gnahore from the Ivory Coast and Congolese singer/actress Alvie Bitemo, they champion women’s rights in Africa and the rest of the world.