Music
Mavin, YBNL, WCB Wasafi: 10 African Record Labels That Built Modern Pop
Mo' Hits, Mavin, YBNL, Chocolate City, Starboy, WCB Wasafi and more: 10 African record labels that built modern…
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Too Hot for Radio: 10 Banned African Songs and the Stories Behind Them
From "Guitar Boy" to "This Is Nigeria" and "Tetema": 10 banned African songs, why regulators and governments stopped…
Arts + Culture
Juma Jux: The Love Songs That Joined Tanzania and Nigeria
From Nitasubiri to Ololufe Mi, how Juma Jux became East Africa's voice of love, married Priscilla Ojo and…
Music
Bongo Flava: how Tanzanian hip-hop became East Africa’s biggest pop sound
Bongo Flava grew in Dar es Salaam in the 1990s as young Tanzanians rapped and sang in Swahili…
Music
Fifteen albums to start with if African music is new to you
New to African music? Fifteen albums, from Burna Boy and Wizkid to Kabza De Small, Sauti Sol and…
Music
From Tandale to a media empire: how Diamond Platnumz turned bongo flava into a business
Diamond Platnumz, born Naseeb Abdul Juma in Dar es Salaam, became East Africa's biggest pop star and built…