African Music

Singer Tyla's racial identity sparks heated culture war
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Africa
Posted
9 December 2023
Tyla and Kenya Grace tipped for BBC Sound of 2024
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Entertainment & Arts
Posted
4 December 2023
Rema cancels December shows over health concerns
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Africa
Posted
30 November 2023
The rapper grateful to have bi-polar disorder
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Africa
Posted
25 November 2023
Burna Boy and Rema win inaugural Afrobeats awards
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Africa
Posted
20 November 2023
Angélique Kidjo's secret to success: Being hangry
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Africa
Posted
17 November 2023
Nigerian rapper Oladips dies aged 28
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Africa
Posted
15 November 2023
The Essay. Multitrack, The Djembe Drum: Beyond West Africa. Audio, 14 minutes
A journey into the history and present of West Africa’s djembe drum.
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BBC Radio 3
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Red-hot Afrobeats star Rema doesn’t intend to calm down
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Africa
Posted
5 November 2023
Why 'dancehall king' Shatta Wale is trying Afrobeats
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Africa
Posted
27 October 2023
Malawi music star Thomas Chibade dies aged 37
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Africa
Posted
19 October 2023
Rema's record-breaking Calm Down out of US chart
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Africa
Posted
17 October 2023
Violin novice to TV orchestra triumph in four years
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Africa
Posted
15 October 2023
South Africa's Tyla makes historic US chart debut
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Africa
Posted
10 October 2023
Family's pain as Congo star goes unburied for months
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Africa
Posted
8 October 2023
Afrobeats star detained over Nigerian singer's death
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Africa
Posted
4 October 2023
Tear gas fired at Nigerians mourning Afrobeats star
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Africa
Posted
22 September 2023
Nigerian protests after Afrobeats star's death
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Africa
Posted
20 September 2023
Afrobeats and Akon's 'I told you so moment'
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Newsbeat
Posted
1 September 2023
African music legend sings tune of Mali's coup leaders
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Africa
Posted
29 August 2023
Soyinka defends Davido in Muslim video row
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Africa
Posted
26 July 2023
Gods, goatskins and drums: Morocco's mystical musicians
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Africa
Posted
8 July 2023
Festival goers celebrate Afro-Caribbean cultures
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Bristol
Posted
12 June 2023
Burna Boy makes history with sold-out stadium gig
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Newsbeat
Posted
5 June 2023