Music
The Kumasi kids who made drill sound like home
How Yaw Tog, O'Kenneth, Reggie, Jay Bahd and the Asakaa crew turned UK drill into something Ghanaian and…
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Arts + Culture
He took his stage name from a board game he rarely lost: Oliver De Coque, the king of Igbo highlife
Oliver De Coque, born Oliver Sunday Akanite in Ezinifite, Anambra State, in 1947, became one of the most…
Arts + Culture
“Zombie no go walk unless you tell am to walk”: the Fela song that Nigeria’s soldiers never forgave
Fela Kuti's Zombie, released in Nigeria in 1976 by Coconut Records, mocked soldiers who obey orders without thinking.…
Arts + Culture
“Without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat”: the drummer who built Fela’s rhythm
Tony Allen, the Lagos-born drummer, created the rhythmic foundation of Afrobeat with Fela Kuti in the Africa 70…
Arts + Culture
The Elegant Stallion: Onyeka Onwenu, singer, journalist and politician, who died in 2024
Onyeka Onwenu, known as the Elegant Stallion, was a Nigerian singer, actress, journalist and politician. She made hit…
Music
A 1980s Igbo folk song went viral in 2024. Mike Ejeagha, in his nineties, became a TikTok sensation
In 2024, a dance challenge set to "Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo", a song by the veteran Igbo musician…
Music
The women who stopped asking for a lane
Tems, Tyla, Ayra Starr, Amaarae, Zuchu, Eno Barony and the women who changed who gets to lead African…
Arts + Culture
Borborbor: the Ewe drumming and dance style from Kpando that fills Volta Region celebrations
Borborbor is a popular recreational music and dance of the Ewe people of Ghana's Volta Region, associated with…
Arts + Culture
From Harare to Wembley: the Bhundu Boys, John Peel’s favourite band, who opened for Madonna in 1987
The Bhundu Boys, a Zimbabwean band playing fast, joyful jit music, became a sensation in Britain in the…
Arts + Culture
“Seun Rere”: Christy Essien-Igbokwe, the Lady of Songs who sang in Yoruba, Igbo, Efik and English
Christy Essien-Igbokwe, known as the Lady of Songs, was one of Nigeria's most popular singers of the 1970s…