2019年7月15日 · Famo music is a combination of voices and instruments such as the accordion (koriana in Sesotho), the concertina (korosetina) and the moropa, a 20-litre tin drum covered with a tyre tube. A piece of wire strung with manyenenyene (metal bottle caps) is attached to the tube to give a jangling accompaniment, and the drum is played either with bare ...

2025年1月5日 · Just as narco corridos reflect the violent world of drug cartels, famo music channels the lives of Basotho men entangled in gang rivalries, poverty, and a ceaseless fight for respect and...

2024年6月6日 · Learn about the dark side of famo, marked by gang violence and political corruption, and the controversial government ban that threatens its future. Can this unique musical heritage be preserved?...

Some more traditional music from the radical Sotho Sounds. FAMO music is the traditional Basotho accordion music. Forgive the shaky camera.

2020年9月1日 · "Famo", an accordion-based popular music originating from Lesotho, is both fascinating and complex. But its musical fame has frequently been shadowed by murderous vendettas between rival gangs, which the very musicians have become the victims of.

While South African music is generally enjoyed in Lesotho, there is a tremendous following for famo (contemporary Sesotho music, which features the accordion and oil can drum) such as that by Mosotho Chakela.

2024年11月28日 · Famo, a genre of music that blends traditional Southern African songs and Western instruments, first emerged a century ago among migrant mining communities in South Africa. The music,...

2024年11月29日 · Discover the compelling saga of Famo music in Lesotho, from its origins as a miners' solace to its role in fueling gang violence, leading to a government crackdown on what are now deemed 'terrorist' activities.

Encompasses Southern African Folk Music and more modern genres, consisting in a specific style of a worldwide popular genre mixed with or rooted in a local traditional folk genre, through South Africa, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, southern Angola, and Matabeleland region in southern Zimbabwe.

Famous famo artists from the north of Lesotho include Apollo Ntabanyane, a 50-year industry veteran who declared himself ‘The King of Famo’ in 1974, and Lebohang Letsohla, the leader of the group Sefako sa Menoaneng, which represented Lesotho …