“African music can be pop music too,” said Tyla, when she received the MTV Video Music Award for the best Afrobeats song in September. The comment was perceived by many as a dismissal of the genre, but Tyla was making the point that there’s more to Africa’s music scenes than Afrobeats. One could easily mistake a Tyla song for a pop song by any American pop singer. Elsewhere, Tiwa Savage ventured into film, directing and starring in Water and Garri. Lupita Nyong’o dove into telling African stories with her podcast “Mind Your…
