Born in a small township near Gondar in northwest Ethiopia, Yityish Aynaw recently became the latest

We hardly ever feature Brazilian music, and even less their take on Afrobeat. The above tune by

“Vers la forêt de nuages” (“To the cloud forest”) is a film by Robin Hunzinger, who tells a story

Guest Post by Robert Nathan They’re not your average musicians. Sons of West African griots and

Pretty much all of this week’s artist are regular guests on the blog. First up: Pitcho.

Let’s start with two club tracks. It’s Friday after all. Above is a collaboration between Boddhi

Post by Addis Rumble * “Ethiopia is an island,” Vincent Moon explains. The French filmmaker has

Friday/Weekend Bonus Music Breaks got side-tracked a bit lately because of the Afcon fever. Good times

On display this month at the Centro Cultural Franco-Moçambicano in Maputo are Mozambican photographer Mário Macilau’s

Let’s start our weekly round-ups of new music videos this year with some bangers. Representing Congo

Here’s a resolution for the new year: to feature more Togolese pop. If you don’t know

Kuduro pioneer Sebem (fresh out of prison; he was in for repeated traffic violations, from what

The Professor is a fiction film by Tunisian director Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud. Synopsis: Tunis 1977. Khalsawi

Documentary filmmakers are better at spreading the word about their new work on the web compared

Azonto and its growing global reaches… Somebody should write a book about it. ‘Tribal Azonto’ above:

We should start numbering these bonus music breaks. First up, above, from Kenya: the Large Gang,