By Dan Magaziner* South Africa’s 1970s are rightly remembered as a time of rising militancy. From

An eclectic one. Ethiopian and Ivorian pop, Philly neo soul, Swedish and South African rap and

There’s a fast growing collection of cross-over hip hop songs produced by Central and West African

Long after midnight, once the tourists and the party-goers have left Cape Town’s Long Street, the

‘Kichwateli’ (‘TV head’ < Swahili) is one of the many chapters in the BLNRB project. Contributors

Senegal-born, Kuwait-raised musician and artist Fatima Al Qadiri just premiered her new EP, “Genre-Specific Xperience,” in

Girl Power is big among female West African pop singers.  Or so recent music videos suggest.

Remember Brussels artist Badi (BD Banx on the Héritage project or his Beasty Boys-styled video ‘Jump’)?

Taking up the fashionable concept of the book trailer, Edgar Sekloka, one half of French hip

Dapper Congolese-American rapper Alec Lomami (interviewed here by MTV Iggy) shouts outs his old hometown Kinshasa over

Since it first came out last year I’ve had Nas and Damian Marley’s concept album Distant

An older song by The Funk League, but it comes with a new video. Featuring Brand

Last week we brought you the serious side of Burkina rapper Mokobe.  In this hilarious video

Nice video (Tiro Rose) and photographs (Ference Isaacs) of hip hop dancers from all over Cape