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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“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…
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The Miliki sound: Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Adé’s great juju rival, who later turned to evangelism
Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey led the Inter-Reformers band and created the "Miliki" sound, one of the two great…
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Hugh Masekela came to Accra looking for a band. Hedzoleh Soundz became his partners on a 1973 classic
In the early 1970s, the South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela, living in exile, travelled to West Africa and…
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What a Sarkodie verse actually does
Speed made Sarkodie famous, but judgment kept him on top of Ghanaian rap for almost twenty years. A…
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Cream’s drummer drove across the Sahara to Lagos and played with Fela: Ginger Baker’s African years
In the early 1970s, Ginger Baker, the drummer of Cream, drove a Land Rover across the Sahara to…
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Paul McCartney flew to Lagos in 1973 to record Band on the Run. Fela accused him of coming to steal African music
In August 1973, Paul McCartney and Wings recorded most of Band on the Run at EMI's studio in…