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J Cole and Burna Boy.
AFROBEATS

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

  • Kibo Ngowi
3 min read
Gyakie blends Afrobeats, R&B and soul to create a sound that’s all her own
AFRICAN ARTISTS

Gyakie: When the music chooses the artist

Gyakie blends Afrobeats, R&B and soul to create a sound that’s all her own

  • Busi Lethole
8 min read
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AFROBEATS

Tems’ debut album Born in the Wild is a blistering, genre-defying masterpiece

Tems is no small player in the music world. The blend of genres and dulcet voice made her a massive name on the global scene

  • Wilfred Okiche
2 min read
Soul Train: South African singer Tyla’s song Water was huge this year. Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffing/Getty Images
ABDOURAHAMANE TCHIANI

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…

  • Samira Sawlani
9 min read
A man wears a traditional Kankurang mask along the beach in the popular tourist area of Senegambia in Banjul on December 6, 2021. (Photo: John Wessels/AFP)
ABDALLA HAMDOK

The Continent: Africa A-Z of 2021

The highlights of 2021 in Africa

  • Samira Sawlani
  • The Continent
9 min read
AFROBEATS
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The Continent’s Africans of the Year: Tems and Wizkid

Dancing to their own beat: the Afrobeats sound is conquering the world, with Tems and WizKid at the vanguard

  • Refiloe Seiboko
  • Aanu Adeoye
  • The Continent
3 min read