Musicians of the Buganda royal court, once scattered across their kingdom after the violent Mengo crisis of 1966, gather together again to keep their musical tradition alive, recording their lyres, fiddles, and drums ensemble to […]

The East-African music label dives deeper in the Tanzanian music phenomenon, after their revolutionary Sounds of Sisso (2017) which took festivals around the world by storm.  The Sounds of Sisso compilation focused mostly on the […]

The Ugandan label has announced Bubbling Inside, a testament to the evolution of the Dutch genre from one of its most visionary producers.

The Congolese rapper has released a cut from Na Zala Zala, his debut album alongside The Congo Techno Ensemble, slated for a July 16 release. Nyege Nyege Tapes is the debut album from Rey Sapienz […]

The Ugandan producer has released “Tension” and “Bujingo”, two first cuts from Ekizikiza Mubwengula, his 2nd album on Hakuna Kulala, the sub-label of the Nyege Nyege collective. Two years after the release of his debut […]

As free ambassadors to the Afro-world diaspora, the Moonshine collective was Montreal’s representative at the digital edition of Nyege Nyege 2020. “If there’s one event in the world we’d like to play in, it’s the […]

The festival is changing its backdrop, from the waters ofUganda’s White Nile, to the digital world. Nyege Nyege adapts to the health situation by taking some of its programming online, from December 3 to 6. […]

While waiting for the new edition, Nicolas “Covalesky” Richard invites you to relive the Nyege Nyege 2019 in pictures thanks to his live report. It was a Thursday. To be more precise, September 5, 2019. […]