Your concepts of African belonging
The El Foukr R'Assembly collective wants to challenge dominant ideas of African identity and cultural diffusion on both sides of the Sahara.
Music
The birth of Malawian hip hop
Bantu Khamuladzi are pioneers of Malawian hip hop. Like most first generation African hip hop artists, they mimicked American styles, then found their own voices.
Singer Jojo Abot Speaks the Heart’s Burdens Through Music
In a world dominated by social injustice, it’s uplifting to find someone whose creative essence is
Vampire teeth
Annual review: Hipsters Don't Dance's "Top 10 African-Caribbean Collaborations" of 2014
Pure Bacardi house fun
Hipsters Don't Dance Top World Carnival Tunes for November 2014.
Cape Town, Segregation and Hip Hop
It’s very difficult for Spaza (hip hop done mostly in Xhosa) and Afrikaans hip hop to organically co-exist.
African pop reawakens its political roots
Nigerian band VILLY & The Xtreme Volumes wants to open the world's eyes to the political and social realities of the continent through a catchy and danceable repertoire.
The Struggle of Afrocolombian Music
Understanding the complex cultural history of Africolombians and how difficult it has been for its artists to fight for recognition.
Constant Messiah
Singer Kaneng Lolang is a cosmopolitan currently living in Ouagadougou. She’s spent quality time in Siberia and Brooklyn, but her roots are in Nigeria, Lagos, specifically
#SAHipHop2014: @Okmalumkoolkat has a new album
In 2010, I acquired an illegal copy of The Clonious’ Between the dots LP after hearing
Music Video Premiere: DJ Mellow and Steloo’s “Séké”
Africa is a Country is pleased to premiere the music video for “Séké” by DJ Mellow and Steloo:
Making Azonto: Local Roots and International Branches
As a DJ, having the platform of Africa is a Radio to showcase the music I’m
Giving politicians a lyrical trashing
As far as rap group Keur Gui are concerned, nothing has changed in Senegal.
Soweto Punk Revolution
A punk festival comes close to what one would imagine the DIY-embracing, eccentricity-accepting and obedience-ignoring CBGB’s of the ‘70s to have been like.
Moni
I remember being awe-struck by a picture I saw in on the Sunday papers somewhere around
They do know it’s Christmas
Bob Geldof doesn't need to do a #BandAid30 for Ebola. African musicians made a song already.
Sodade
There's something amazing about not being able to understand lyrics but still being able to comprehend what a song means.
Making African celebrity culture
Considering the proximity of celebrity culture to how capitalism operates in Africa, why is it not given more serious attention?
Every Man Gotta Decide His Destiny
Survival is an album with a purpose. Released in 1979, it is Bob Marley’s most political recording.
Latest episode of Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s ‘My Song’ series features politically engaged Senegalese rappers
Fed up with what a group of young Senegalese describe as the state of mind of