Sometime in October, Bantu, a 13-man band from Nigeria, released a music video for their single “Lagos Barbie”, the first single off their funky new album of massive-fusion of Afrobeat, Highlife and Afrofunk songs, Agberos International. In an Read More..
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Artist Spotlight with Blinky Bill of Nairobi, Kenya
This week, we travel to Nairobi, Kenya to talk to our good friend Blinky Bill (Bill Sellanga). Blinky is a Kenyan musician/producer and DJ and a founding member of the forward Read More..
Nigerian Pop Star Davido to Perform at the 2017 Bay Area Afrobeats Concert Series
Mid-summer, adding excitement to highly anticipated summer shows, staged on Friday, August 11, at the Craneway Pavilion, afrobeats star David Adede’i Adeleke, better known as Davido is officially confirmed as the Read More..
How Senegal’s Most Popular Rappers are Engaging Youth Through Hip Hop
Senegalese hip-hop duo Keyti and Xuman aka Mr Xuman are the talents behind Journal Rappé, a weekly news segment broadcasting news through hip-hop and rap (in English and Wolof), in Read More..
Sauti za Busara Returns with a Bang
After a yearlong gap without Zanzibar’s favorite music festival, Sauti za Busara returned in 2017 with a bang, featuring 40 bands with over 400 artists on three different stages over Read More..
This Image of Bi Kidude
I have never seen a woman ride a drum before, like a goddess rides a tiger…I have never seen an artist / male or female / anywhere across the world Read More..