Discover Africa · The Atlas of a Continent's Sound
Highlife came out of Ghanaian ballrooms. Gqom came out of Durban taxis. Amapiano came out of a Pretoria bedroom and swallowed the world. Pick a region, pick a decade, and follow the sound.
Genres
36
Regions
05
Years
100+
Three sounds running the continent right now
A timeline in African music ·
A timeline in African music ·
A timeline in African music ·
A timeline in African music ·
A timeline in African music ·
A timeline in African music ·
A timeline in African music ·
A timeline in African music ·
Tap a country to filter by region. Tap an era to move through time. Everything below runs oldest to newest.
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Essence — Wizkid ft. Tems
Ye — Burna Boy
36 GENRES IN WEST AFRICA — OLDEST FIRST
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TRIBES OF AFRICA
Yoruba talking drums. Zulu isicathamiya. Mandinka kora lines that Afrobeats still borrows from. Click your way through the rhythms, roots and traditions that came first — one city at a time.
AFRICA & BUSINESS
The labels, studios, stylists, promoters and kitchens building the creative economy behind the music.
