Togolese Rock and Blues

About Togolese Rock and Blues

Rock and blues as played in Togo, a small scene with one towering figure. Jimi Hope took his stage initials from Jimi Hendrix and spent decades earning the comparison, singing in Ewé, French and English over guitar work that drew on both blues phrasing and West African rhythm. The style never built a broad local following but produced some of the country's most distinctive recordings.

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