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Exocé: “I am the one who grants wishes”

Multidisciplinary artist, dancer and performer, Natisa Exocé Kasongo was born in 1995. He lives and works in Berlin. " As Sun Ra said,...
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The daughters and sons of Fela in African Pop

Decades after his death, Fela Kuti, Nigeria’s most famous musician continues to live on through his art. Afrobeat, a genre...
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Nigerian icon Fela is long overdue for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Scrolling through the comments made on YouTube on Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s music, one comes across remarks such as: “The greatest unknown...
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From Nigeria to the world: Afrobeats is having a global moment

Another Grammy Awards season and there is a growing list of African nominees. For African music enthusiasts, it is heartwarming...
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2022 Grammys: what Fela Kuti has to do with West Africa’s growing pop fame

There are a record number of African nominees for the 2022 Grammy Awards and they are almost all from West...
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The legacy of Nigerian music star Orlando Julius must not be overlooked

If there is one musician as commonly associated as Fela Anikulapo-Kuti with the West African musical movements Afrobeat and Afrobeats...
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100 years of pop music in Nigeria: what shaped four eras

The global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the early months of 2020 shut down nearly all physical and social...
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Setting the record straight: Burna Boy didn’t create a music genre called Afrofusion

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born in 1991 in Port Harcourt, the largest city in Rivers State in Nigeria. He...
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‘The Devil’s Music’ No More: Inside Nigeria’s Rock Resurgence

In 2013, Bianca Okorocha, a Nigerian artist who performs as ClayRocksU, received a DM from one of her Twitter followers. It was an invitation to Metal...
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How Burna Boy set the world alight with his mixed brew of influences

Nigerian Afrobeats star Burna Boy burst onto the global stage in 2018 with a slew of irresistible hits on his...
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