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Burna Boy & Tems featured on J Cole’s ‘The Fall Off’

Two of Afrobeats’ most popular exports are featured on what is perhaps hip-hop’s most highly anticipated album of the year

All Hail Angélique!: At the age of 64, the Beninese-French singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo lives joyfully, performs powerfully and gives relentlessly. Photo: Patrick Fouque

Angélique Kidjo still sings with purpose

The Grammy-winning icon brings joy, power and purpose to the stage — and there’s no sign she’s slowing down

Tyla’s Afropiano and R&B song Water earned the 22-year-old from Johannesburg the inaugural Best African Music Performance award on 5 February.
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South Africa’s Tyla triumphs at Grammys

Singer-songwriter brings home the award for Best African Music Performance in the category’s first year

Soul Train: South African singer Tyla’s song Water was huge this year. Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffing/Getty Images

The A-Z of 2023 for Africa

All Change for Archange: The Central African Republic held a constitutional referendum earlier this year, which, among other things, would allow President Faustin-Archange…

GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 25: Burna Boy performs on the Other stag during day four of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2022 in Glastonbury, England. (Joseph Okpako/WireImage)
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Burna Boy is certainly telling them

The eagerly awaited I Told Them, which was released on 25 August, is Burna Boy’s seventh album

Hot stuff: Burna Boy performs at London Stadium, England, on 3 June. He was the first African artist to sell out the 80 000-capacity venue. Photo: Burak Cingi/Redferns
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Burna Boy builds beat bridges

Afrofusion Nigerian superstar’s ‘Twice as Tall’ recognised as best world music album in 2021

Fans cheer and dance as Kwesi Arthur performs at the festival.
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An African extravaganza

Ghana’s Afrochella, one of the continent’s biggest music festivals, is getting a new name but it remains a joyous showcase of sound

MATT WILSON/COMEDY CENTRAL’S THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH

Where to now, Trevor Noah?

Lihle Z Mtshali got a front-row seat to watch A-lister Trevor Noah’s penultimate hosting of The Daily Show – a gig that turned him into a superstar

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Renaissance – The album drop of the year

Queen B fans are used to her usual surprise album drops at midnight, but this time the announcement has us looking back at her body of work

GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND – JUNE 25: Burna Boy performs on the Other stag during day four of Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 25, 2022 in Glastonbury, England. (Joseph Okpako/WireImage)
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Setting the record straight: Burna Boy didn’t create a music genre called Afrofusion

Burna Boy created the term ‘Afrofusion’, he did not start the practice of fusing several genres with Afrobeat, it is an old age practice in the Nigerian music industry

Nigerian megastar Burna Boy
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DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival back with a bang!

The festival is making a grand return after two years of absence due to the pandemic

WizKid performs on stage at The O2 Arena on October 19, 2019 in London, England.  (Photo by Joseph Okpako/WireImage)
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Afrobeats conquer the world

From Grammys to sold-out concerts, the West African music phenomenon is going mainstream

Burna Boy’s fifth studio album, ‘Twice as Tall’, extends beyond the hype to reveal the Afrobeats star’s vulnerability.
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Review: On ‘Twice as Tall’, Burna Boy bends Afrobeats to his will

Burna Boy’s fifth studio album, ‘Twice as Tall’, extends beyond the hype to reveal the Afrobeats star’s vulnerability

South Africa must resist two dangerous temptations simultaneously: the temptation to demonise all foreign nationals and the temptation to silence every concern about illegal immigration through accusations of xenophobia. (Paul Botes)

Xenophobia chips away at the African notion of ubuntu

The multifaceted and complex issues facing the continent can only be tackled effectively together