Longer reads on the scenes, deals and shifts shaping African music — the context behind the charts, across the continent and the diaspora.
Xduppy, Sleazy and Optimist Music ZA have shared the seven-track list for Umswenko 2.0, with Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa and Scotts Maphuma on board. Now they want fans to pick the date.
Before ‘Sade’, Adekunle Gold was YBNL’s in-house graphic designer — the man who drew the logo the label still uses. Nearly ten years after Olamide signed him, the two finally have a song, and it carries all of that history.
Tyla’s second album does not ask to be let into pop; it insists amapiano was always there. The early reviews are more cautious, and the first-week numbers in August will decide which reading holds.
Seven tracks, one personality. FAVE moves between R&B warmth, Afropop brightness and dancehall swing without ever losing the thread, exploring confidence in all its forms — playful, intimate, joyful, and never loud about it.
Three years after her last solo release, Bloody Civilian returns with BOJ and Terry Apala on a track that sends Fuji into orbit. Innovation here is not a break from tradition, but an argument for taking it with you.
Where “Where Do We Go” asked questions, “Tornado” delivers answers. Ayra Starr sounds like an artist who has stopped waiting for permission — and Starr Girl now looks like the album that defines exactly who she wants to be.
Burundian artist Shim in the Cut surpasses one million views with his amapiano record ‘Pina Colada,’ proving the genre’s reach now stretches deep into East Africa and the diaspora.
Dizzy DROS drops two new tracks — ‘Depart’ and ‘Qabeel’ — while ElGrandeToto delivers a message to Morocco’s rising rappers: work harder, because the game is about to change.
Zee Nxumalo releases the ‘Awe Mah’ visualiser ft. Dlala Thukzin, Funky QLA, Shakes & Les, and MK Productions — a stacked amapiano lineup.
Moroccan singer Saida Charaf releases ‘Bismillah’ for Ramadan — a self-written, self-composed song with an AI-generated music video that fans are calling the most beautiful Moroccan Ramadan song.
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Longer analysis and reporting: scene reports, deal breakdowns and interviews that do not fit the release cycle.
Yes. Signings, streaming economics, touring and festival programming across Europe and Africa.
Typically eight to fifteen minutes. Reading time shows on every card.
Staff writers and contributors based in Lagos, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Paris and London.
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