Adams Junior

The Roots Reggae Library brings to you Reggae music in unique collections. This edition features Adams Junior. His music is rather unknown outside his homecountry Niger and so is the story of his life.

Adams Junior produced a single album while in Niger and after the success of that album he moved to the United States of America, New York to be precise. Unfortunately he soon fell sick and passed away. He was then brought back to Niger for a funeral. `

His music stands out as genuine good Reggae music. He sings in both French, Hausa, and English. Hausa is a language that is spoken in areas of Niger and Nigeria. There's a vibe in his music that is easily felt by anyone who likes the genre.

I've had help interpreting the music of Adams Junior by Abdallah Taffa and Ahmed Ndao. Abdoulahi Oumarou Taffa  is youngster from Kiota, Niger who lives in the United States. He was of great help when it came to Hausa lyrics. Ahmed Ndao is a permanent Roots Reggae Library associate from Senegal who interprets French songs.

Adams Junior - African Reggae

01. Sauvez La Femme

02. Crise Économique

03. Unité Nationale

04. Danger Sida

05. Zinaria

06. Torpillage Système

07. États-Unis De La Afrique

The one and only Adams Junior album. The cover looks more like a Hip Hop album, but the content does not. 'Sauvez La Femme' is his first song, which literally translates as 'Save The Woman'. He sings that we should respect women because they are the mother of humanity. And if you know you don't love a woman you shouldn't marry and divorce her. Why would you make any woman suffer. 'Crise Économique' is an 'Economic Crisis', the economic crisis of Africa. He asks where all the uranium went. People are living in misery. Nobody likes an economic crisis. He asks the World Bank and the IMF to step in and help. The economic crisis is hot as a volcano. The poor are crying and hospitals are filled with sick people. There is nothing left to steal, because there is literally nothing. May god save us. 'Unité Nationale', or 'National Unity' is a song calling for democracy, work, and unity in the country. Tribal and civil war should be stopped. 'Danger Sida' is a warning for Aids to the new generation. Sida is Aids in French, remember that Alpha Blondy song 'Sida In The City' on S.O.S. Guerre Tribale? The song may sound happy if you don't speak French but it is not a particular happy one. The new generation is in danger because Aids is dangerous and it's killing them. So let us all fight against this terrible threat. The solution is to be loyal to your wife or husband. That is the way for the new generation to protect itself. 'Zineria' is a song in Hausa and there is also a video clip available. It is a song about his girlfriend, who you will see in that clip, Fati Indou. He says he's never seen a girl like her, not in Paris, Bamako, Burkina Faso or Abidjan. She doesn't know how to lie and she always keeps her promises. He asks God to let them stay together forever. If he doesn't see her he can't be happy. Sadly, Fati passed away not long after this song had been written, after being sick. This may have been one of the reasons for Adams to leave Niger for the USA. Although Adams writes it as "torpyage", the correct spelling in French is 'Torpillage Système'. It asks for people to sabotage or to destroy the political and social system in place in Niger. He also asks people to stop being jealous. 'États-Unis De La Afrique' calls for a United States of Africa. Freedom in economy and politics for all the countries in Africa.

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Original Date Of Publishing: February 2017