East African music made significant strides in recent years, captivating audiences both locally and across the globe. On a pop level, we are starting to see artists like Diamond Platnumz, Joshua Baraka, and Sauti Sol’s Bien infiltrate wider audiences in the UK, Nigeria, and Ghana. Earlier this year, Bien became the first Kenyan artist to chart on the UK’s Afrobeats charts with his single My Baby with Ayra Starr. In the alternative space, there has been a resurgence of creative output and collaboration in the wake of the pandemic. There…
