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Burna Boy & Tems featured on J Cole’s ‘The Fall Off’
Two of Afrobeats’ most popular exports are featured on what is perhaps hip-hop’s most highly anticipated album of the year
Angélique Kidjo still sings with purpose
The Grammy-winning icon brings joy, power and purpose to the stage — and there’s no sign she’s slowing down
South Africa’s Tyla triumphs at Grammys
Singer-songwriter brings home the award for Best African Music Performance in the category’s first year
The A-Z of 2023 for Africa
All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange…
Burna Boy is certainly telling them
The eagerly awaited I Told Them, which was released on 25 August, is Burna Boy’s seventh album
Burna Boy builds beat bridges
Afrofusion Nigerian superstar’s ‘Twice as Tall’ recognised as best world music album in 2021
An African extravaganza
Ghana’s Afrochella, one of the continent’s biggest music festivals, is getting a new name but it remains a joyous showcase of sound
Where to now, Trevor Noah?
Lihle Z Mtshali got a front-row seat to watch A-lister Trevor Noah’s penultimate hosting of The Daily Show – a gig that turned him into a superstar
Renaissance – The album drop of the year
Queen B fans are used to her usual surprise album drops at midnight, but this time the announcement has us looking back at her body of work
Setting the record straight: Burna Boy didn’t create a music genre called Afrofusion
Burna Boy created the term ‘Afrofusion’, he did not start the practice of fusing several genres with Afrobeat, it is an old age practice in the Nigerian music industry
DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival back with a bang!
The festival is making a grand return after two years of absence due to the pandemic
Afrobeats conquer the world
From Grammys to sold-out concerts, the West African music phenomenon is going mainstream
Review: On ‘Twice as Tall’, Burna Boy bends Afrobeats to his will
Burna Boy’s fifth studio album, ‘Twice as Tall’, extends beyond the hype to reveal the Afrobeats star’s vulnerability
Xenophobia chips away at the African notion of ubuntu
The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together