Each week in our Pan African Rap playlist, discover the latest and greatest rap from across the African continent and its diaspora.
Afrofuturist Ugandan griot, Faizal Mostrixx, continues his avant-garde, multi-sensory disciplines on latest EP, Transitions, to be released on Glitterbeat Records. Faizall Mostrixx has been behind some of East Africa’s hottest electronica and counter-cultural rhythms for […]
The Ghanaian songwriter gives visuals to his single “Sarki” featuring the Dambe, a combat sport popular in the Hausa community dating back to the 10th century, matched with Kirani’s heavy bars. Kirani Ayat is a […]
Each week in our Pan African Rap playlist, discover the latest and greatest rap from across the African continent and its diaspora.
With guest curators like Animal Collective and Ostinato Records, and a slew of artists scheduled to play in 2022 including Kinshasa’s KOKOKO!, Le Guess Who? is shaping up to be a can’t miss pan-African musical […]
In Mali, her home country, she is busy with a project to create an institute ; she recorded her new album Timbuktu in the United States ; and she has recently become an actress in a film shot in France. Oumou Sangaré is back indeed and speaks cogently and with humour about her thirty-year career. Interview.
Our week’s selection includes Smallgod’s collaborative project, Toxicated Keys’s debut album, Ibeyi’s bewitching return, Leyla McCalla’s politically engaged work and Jess ETA’s afro-pop infused album.
South African Jazz musician Nduduzo Malhathini is about to release his tenth album In the Spirit of Ntu, which marks the launch of the Blue Note Africa label. Conceived to promote African jazz artists, the […]