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YouTube’s Addy Awofisayo: We’re only scratching the surface for African music’s global potential – Music In Africa |

She first joined YouTube some six years ago to handle content partnerships in the region, where she engineered some of YouTube’s first creator...

Nyege Nyege: The ‘Afrogalactic’ festival taking African music global – Dazed

Nyege Nyege Festival, Uganda, 202430 Images Fusing traditional African sonics with experimental electronic genres from other parts of the world, and delivering them to...

FLAVOUR SIGNS JOINT DEAL WITH WARNER MUSIC AFRICA AND AFRICORI – Warner Music Group

Nigerian superstar Flavour has signed a joint deal with Warner Music Africa and Africori, which will see his future releases distributed through them...

Asake is 2024’s Most Streamed Artist in Sub-Saharan Africa on Spotify – OkayAfrica

Spotify has shared its Wrapped data for the year. As expected, it’s an insightful evidence of the commercial viability of African music, with...

Listening To Africa: Three African Writers Discuss the History and Future of African Music – Literary Hub

I subscribe to far too many newsletters. Most remain unopened. But for some reason, I...

Uganda's Soul-Baring Star Joshua Baraka is Creating Networks for East African Music – OkayAfrica

Uganda'sJoshua Baraka has solidified his place as one of East Africa's brightest stars. Nowhere is this more evident than in his seven-track mixtape,...

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