The Watendawili member takes a more personal route on his four-track solo EP, Gweth, drawing together faith, love, cultural expression and the determination to keep moving. There is a particular kind of confidence in recognising how far one has travelled without losing sight of how much further there is to go. It is an understanding…
Peruzzi takes the cover with “INFERNO,” alongside Zlatan and Shoday, as Phyno, Omah Lay, Tiwa Savage and a wide-ranging cast of African artists shape a week of collaborations, creative identity and musical discovery on Afrobeats Heat Different. The Editorial Overview: Different Voices, Shared Musical Histories Peruzzi’s place in Nigerian popular music is an interesting one….
As November begins, Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems offers a reflection on perseverance, artistic independence and the importance of believing in one’s creative identity, even when recognition is slow to arrive. In a conversation with BBC Africa, the Grammy-winning artist speaks candidly about the challenges she encountered as a woman navigating the music industry, recalling how difficult…
Afrobeats superstar, Wizkid, will perform in Kenya on December 12, joining South African DJ Uncle Waffles as the festival prepares to bring together artists from across the continent. Nigerian singer-songwriter Wizkid is set to return to Kenya this December as one of the headline performers at Detty Dezemba Festival, scheduled for Saturday, December 12, 2026,…
After years of researching musical traditions across East Africa, Ethiopian producer and creative director Guta Wakuma Chimsa is developing CHIKKA, an ambitious cultural project that draws on the region’s shared rhythms, instruments and histories. In Custodian Conversations with Music Custodian, he reflects on the discoveries that shaped its sound, the people who guided its creation…
Twenty years after Big Brother Naija’s inaugural season, Nigerian music executive Obi Asika revisits the decisions, relationships and broadcast infrastructure that helped Nigerian artists reach audiences across the continent. Long before Afrobeats became a fixture on international charts and streaming playlists, Nigerian music was finding its way across Africa through television, radio, music videos and…
Bien, The Kenyan singer-songwriter begins a new chapter through a joint venture between Quality Control and Courtesy Of, ahead of his forthcoming album, Alusa Continua, scheduled for November 20. Kenyan singer-songwriter Bien has entered a new phase of his solo career through a joint venture between American record label Quality Control Music and Courtesy Of,…
From Wakadinali and Buruklyn Boyz to Njerae, Tina Ardor and Keemlyf, the latest Nairobi Grooves maps a city whose musical identity is becoming harder to reduce to a single sound. There is an old temptation when documenting a music city: find its sound. Give it a rhythm, a genre, perhaps a movement with a name….
For weeks, Solana Tii has been doing something deceptively simple: showing up for her music. Across a steady stream of videos and social posts, the Nigerian artist has continued introducing audiences to her sound, performing it, explaining it and repeatedly carrying the language of Yorupop into public view. Now, according to the singer, that persistence…
It would be easy to describe the moment simply as another milestone in Amapiano’s extraordinary rise, but filling FNB Stadium tells us that Amapiano is popular. As Kabza De Small and DJ Maphorisa prepare to bring Scorpion Kings Live to more than 70,000 people at Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium, Amapiano’s journey is becoming about more than…
