The Nigerian afropop artist’s new single receives a Clarence Abiodun Peters-directed Afrocentric visual. The avant-garde afro pop artist Adekunle Gold is back with a new jam highly influenced by Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti. With its jazzy horns and […]
Born to Nigerian parents, the young British rapper is back with a new feel-good anthem illustrated by an aesthetic music video. Raised between London and Essex, Kida was surrounded by West African afrobeat since his childhood. These sounds, mixed […]
2019’s first semester is coming to an end. Here is a selection of our favorite releases of the last three months. Graphic Illustration by Julie Jargeais Blick Bassy 1958 Four years after releasing “Akö”, the singer […]
Sauti Sol were like tourists but with Afrikan Sauce, they became honorary Nigerians. In Eastern Africa, the word “Uhuru” is more of a philosophical inquiry than a verb. Freedom, often pined over, really is unattainable. Because man is […]
A selection of our favorite albums and EPs released this week. With Blick Bassy, KOKOROKO, Duke, Jerico, Fuse ODG and R2Bees. Photo credit: Justice Mukheli Blick Bassy 1958 Four years after releasing “Akö”, the singer and […]
A list of albums released this week, in no particular order. Albums we love this week include Timaya, Angel Bat Dawis, Tellaman, Charlotte Adigery, Dj Khalab and more. Angel Bat Dawis The Oracle Recorded using only her […]
Some of the best of the LP we are grateful for in 2018. Burna Boy had shut down the internet with his vibrant collaboration with Lily Allen in the song “Heaven’s Gate” while M.I Abaga […]
Our forty favorites albums published in 2018 This was almost Mission Impossible: we chose about forty of the many records that have surprised us, cheered us up, conquered us this year. Finding a guiding principle […]