African Music

Making YouTube work for African artists. Video, 00:04:09
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Africa
Posted
29 March 2019
Ugandan rapper has plans to deal with a world in crisis. Newsday. Audio, 00:04:00
Tshila thinks we should stop relying on politicians and take action ourselves
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BBC World Service
Posted
14 March 2019
Star charged over Instagram assault
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Africa
Posted
5 March 2019
'One time someone called me grey' Video, 00:01:40
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Africa
Posted
23 February 2019
How exactly does a talking drum speak words? The Forum. Audio, 00:02:09
Drummers Mohamed Gueye and Richard Olatunde Baker on how the talking drum imitates speech
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BBC World Service
Posted
8 February 2019
'There'll never be another Oliver Mtukudzi' Video, 00:01:57
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Africa
Posted
24 January 2019
Zimbabwe's Afro-jazz legend dies
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Africa
Posted
23 January 2019
The man transforming African classical music. Video, 00:01:00
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Africa
Posted
11 January 2019
The French 'Afrotrap' rapper going global. Video, 00:01:11
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Africa
Posted
5 December 2018
'People are surprised I play the violin' Video, 00:01:12
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Africa
Posted
1 December 2018
BBC Minute: On K-Pop in Africa. BBC Minute. Audio, 00:01:00
Can K-pop break through in Africa? YFM in Ghana and Splash FM in Nigeria can tell us
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BBC World Service
Posted
30 November 2018
Gqom music: Spreading from Durban to the world. Video, 00:05:00
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Africa
Posted
25 November 2018
Top South African hip-hop star dies aged 38
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Africa
Posted
24 October 2018
Concert attack: Grenade survivor sings for peace
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Africa
Posted
18 October 2018
Award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo brings her life to the stage. Newsday. Audio, 00:04:21
"It's not only the big people in history who have their stories recorded"
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BBC World Service
Posted
12 October 2018
My epic journey to Afrobeat superstardom. Outlook. Audio, 00:16:31
Tresor Riziki crossed half of the African continent before becoming a star in South Africa
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BBC World Service
Posted
9 October 2018
'The whole world is on the Afrobeats wave' Video, 00:02:37
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Africa
Posted
9 October 2018
'They just want you to be like Beyoncé' Video, 00:01:41
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Africa
Posted
6 October 2018
Khaligraph Jones: How I made it in hip hop. Video, 00:01:26
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Africa
Posted
1 October 2018
Uncovering Sudan's lost music heritage. Newsday. Audio, 00:05:07
The diverse music scene was buried when the religious government took over in 1989
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BBC World Service
Posted
11 September 2018
Mr Eazi hits London town. Video, 00:01:27
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Africa
Posted
2 September 2018
Eyeing big money in Nigerian music
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Africa
Posted
7 August 2018
Grime: Dead, dying or back underground?
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Newsbeat
Posted
2 August 2018
The Nigerian Son Defying His Father. Newsday. Video, 00:01:04
Nigerian musician Tunday Akintan follows his own path.
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BBC World Service
Posted
10 July 2018