Electrique DJs, Fena Gitu and Jaaz Odongo have the perfect Summer tune for you. Technically, we’ll have to call it “Kenyan” house music:

Another great video by director Nicky Campos, this time for South Africans Cassper Nyovest and OkMalumkoolKat:

“9 quatrains to paint a reality,” Enyam Scandalocks calls it. The reality he describes is Lomé’s. Koreg on drums, Elias Damawu on trumpet:

Australian Summer looks in Remi Kolawole’s “Sangria” (via pop Radio Afro Australia):

Noah Kin — remember him — from Finland:

I loved the short profile on Congolese artists Jupiter & Okwess International the BBC did a while ago:

Kitu Sewer and Frank ‘Mteule’ analyze the state of the Kenyan nation in “Wanasiasa”…

London based duo Native Sun went to Mexico:

Old Money’s mind is in Mexico too, it seems. From the Dutty Artz stable:

And everybody has seen or heard P-Square’s “Personally” by now, yes?

Further Reading

Afrobeats after Fela

Wizkid’s dispute with Seun Kuti and the release of his latest EP with Asake highlight the widening gap between Afrobeats’ commercial triumph and Fela Kuti’s political inheritance

Progress is exhausting

Pedro Pinho’s latest film follows a Portuguese engineer in Guinea-Bissau, exposing how empire survives through bureaucracy, intimacy, and the language of “development.”

The rubble of empire

Built by Italian Fascists in 1928, Mogadishu Cathedral was meant to symbolize “peaceful conquest.” Today its ruins force Somalis to confront the uneasy afterlife of colonial power and religious authority.

Atayese

Honored in Yorubaland as “one who repairs the world,” Jesse Jackson’s life bridged civil rights, pan-Africanism, empire, and contradiction—leaving behind a legacy as expansive as it was imperfect.

Bread or Messi?

Angola’s golden jubilee culminated in a multimillion-dollar match against Argentina. The price tag—and the secrecy around it—divided a nation already grappling with inequality.

Visiting Ngara

A redevelopment project in Nairobi’s Ngara district promises revival—but raises deeper questions about capital, memory, and who has the right to shape the city.

Gen Z’s electoral dilemma

Long dismissed as apathetic, Kenya’s youth forced a rupture in 2024. As the 2027 election approaches, their challenge is turning digital rebellion and street protest into political power.