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How the Yoruba Population Assisted in Selling Afrobeat Popularity
Given the vastness of the African continent, its music is diverse, with many distinct musical traditions among regions and nations. African music comprise Jùju, Fuji, Highlife, Makossa, Kizomba, Afrobeats, and other genres. Afrobeats seems to be the biggest and most popular. Afrobeat emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a… Listen ⇢
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10 African Music Legends You Should Know
African music, as well as the musical sounds and practises of all African indigenous peoples pervades African life and serves a purpose, playing a role in society; songs are used for religious ceremonies and rituals, to teach and guide, to tell stories, to mark the stages of life and death,… Listen ⇢
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Fela Kuti’s Kalakuta Queens – Afrobeat Forgotten Heroes
Afrobeat today can be credited to one man, Fela Kuti. the genre emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as a fusion of traditional Yoruba music with jazz, West African highlife, and funk. Fela Kuti, a Nigerian multi-instrumentalist and bandleader, coined the term in the 1960s and is credited with popularising… Listen ⇢
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Black Couple Goals Through the Lens of Tobe Nwigwe
Tobe Nwigwe is a Houston-based rapper who uses his music to spread positive messages. Tobe can be compared to a big uncle or a father figure to many young black males and females in America. His music conveys messages of love, black family, aspirations, and dreams. Tobe has repeatedly and… Listen ⇢
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Coming From Africa, Color is Everything – Nneka Michel Talks Fashion
Nneka Michel wowed us when videos of her creative ways of combining bright colours in her outfits went viral on Tiktok. The fashion icon and mother of three shares her experiences, journey, inspiration, and everything else that goes into the creation of her viral videos.Nneka rose to prominence after her… Listen ⇢
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Raebel Tells Us Why She is Different With Mini Skirt
On the 13th of january, Ademuyiwa Oluwatobi Christiana, also known as Raebel dropped visuals for her latest single, titled mini skirt. Raebel’s powerful and distinct vocal style, combined with the songs’s elements of dancehall and afrobeat made mini skirt an instant anthem among music lovers. The visuals for the song… Listen ⇢
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From Orente to Sinner – the Amazing Transformation of Afrobeat Star, Adekunle Gold
Recently, Singer 2Baba took to his Instagram page to describe the transformation of Nigerian Afrobeat star, Adekunle Gold also known as AG Baby, as shocking. He said, ” I just want 2 (to) assume that it’s only me that noticed that AG baby Smashed the last 2 years with hits… Listen ⇢
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Why Nft is the Future of Music
The market for NFTs (non-fungible tokens) is vast. Its value is estimated to be between $45 and $50 billion, and its popularity has skyrocketed in recent years. You may be wondering, what exactly is an NFT? NFTs can be anything digital, like digital arts, music, jpegs, gifs or your brain… Listen ⇢
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Visiting Africa? 5 Life Changing Lessons You Are Bound to Learn
Africa is a vast continent with incredible contrasts, ranging from beaches to mountains, deserts to wetlands, and mountains to endless open savannah. You can meet people whose way of life hasn’t changed in centuries and witness wildlife spectacles that have followed millennia-old rhythms. Africa is the only continent with a… Listen ⇢
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