Friday Music Break, N°10
British based Nigerian rapper Modenine starts off our weekly Friday Music Break. Here’s four more.
British based Nigerian rapper Modenine starts off our weekly Friday Music Break. Here’s four more.
Numbi, a gathering space for the Somali diaspora artists in the UK, expands its focus to include poetry and music from elsewhere in East Africa and elsewhere at a showcase in East London.
The DJ's, Venus X and Boima, talk about their approach to music, but also about their run-ins with tastemaker Diplo, who has shaped popular music tastes globally.
Congolese-Belgian MC, Baloji: "In Congo, we had gold, but we turned it to something that had no value because we didn’t treat our country with the right respect."
We thought it would be nice to compile a Bonus Music Break centered on acoustic guitar
Latin America and the Caribbean haven’t gotten enough attention on this site. We’re going to intentionally
Congolese/South African (via Belgium) musician Yannick Ilunga, AKA Iamwaves, has been rather busy lately. His group
Your weekly #musicbreak roundup. Mokobe and Oumou Sangare pray for peace in Mali:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA6F553L17g ‘I am Malawi’ is a short documentary by Geert Veuskens and Pieter de Vos. (Part
Since Friday’s Special was reserved to Sierra Leone — and for archival purposes — here’s your
Freedom Day in South Africa. Togo Independence Day. And Sierra Leone’s 51st Independence Day. That’s all
If you’re unfamiliar with my musical work, OkayAfrica.com recently did a profile on me for their web TV
Younger generations of artists, many immigrants of African origin, are reconfiguring the arts in France on their own terms.
Nowadays we’re doing multiple #musicbreaks on Twitter and Facebook when the spirits move us. We figured we’d
Mali’s on our mind. Mostly because of the confusion. Reports from Bamako abound, while there’s still
This is Number 11 in my occasional series of posts highlighting the music of my hometown, Paris, also a center of Europe's African diaspora.
The popular Kudurista, Titica, is one of the the top stars of this growing Angolan dance music form.
How a music genre is selling Angola's oil boom.
One of my favorite MCs / hip hop producers, Damu the Fudgemunk. I always check for
Kenyan artist Rabbit is working hard to get the word out about his new album Orutu