Music Break. YaoBobby ft. Fredy Massamba
There’s a fast growing collection of cross-over hip hop songs produced by Central and West African
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Music Break. Rattex
Long after midnight, once the tourists and the party-goers have left Cape Town’s Long Street, the
TV Heads
‘Kichwateli’ (‘TV head’ < Swahili) is one of the many chapters in the BLNRB project. Contributors
Music Break. Fatima Al Qadiri
Senegal-born, Kuwait-raised musician and artist Fatima Al Qadiri just premiered her new EP, “Genre-Specific Xperience,” in
Watch The Throne
South African Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) released his new album Motswafrika. It comes complete with its own politics.
Let the music
Hinda Talhaoui, originally from Paris but based in Brooklyn, drops the second of her posts highlighting the music of her hometown.
Music Break. Friday Bonus Edition, N°1
Girl Power is big among female West African pop singers. Or so recent music videos suggest.
Die Antwoord’s At It Again
How long will be tolerate South African rappers, Die Antwoord's racist and homophobic antics?
Music Break. Badi
Remember Brussels artist Badi (BD Banx on the Héritage project or his Beasty Boys-styled video ‘Jump’)?
Edgar Sekloka wrote a book
Taking up the fashionable concept of the book trailer, Edgar Sekloka, one half of French hip
Music Break. Alec Lomami
Dapper Congolese-American rapper Alec Lomami (interviewed here by MTV Iggy) shouts outs his old hometown Kinshasa over
Good doses of pan-Africanism
Since it first came out last year I’ve had Nas and Damian Marley’s concept album Distant
Music Break. The Funk League
An older song by The Funk League, but it comes with a new video. Featuring Brand
Paris is a Continent
The first in a series exploring the music of France's capital. Hinda Talhaoui, originally from Paris' suburbs, is our guide.
Music Break. Bonus Friday Edition, N°0
Last week we brought you the serious side of Burkina rapper Mokobe. In this hilarious video
'Suit Up'
Nice video (Tiro Rose) and photographs (Ference Isaacs) of hip hop dancers from all over Cape
Music Break. Dengue Fever
A lot of music we like don’t come from Africa. Like this one from Dengue Fever,
Music Break. Meklit Hadero
Meklit Hadero (Ethiopia | US) – Singer + songwriter. Ethopian American singer, songwriter and recording artist
Music Break. Jolly Boys
These guys remind me of Sunday afternoons at my great aunt’s house in Parkwood.