Soukous

More music nonsense from this larger piece and interest in music.  This is Sina Makosa by the band Les Wanyika.  It's soukous: bright, thin guitar sounds, usually from the thin strings of a Fender Stratocaster.  I think it's beautiful, perhaps the one of the sounds of happiness.    

If Les W have your interest piqued, try visiting bennloxo.com for a much more knowledgeable source on African music. If you want to make some of this stuff for yourself, see if you can keep up with this chap below: