The 45 Best Afropop Songs of 2025

Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...
The Reporter

Before the Music Vanishes: Archiving East Africa’s Musical Heritage

The week opened not with speeches alone, but with recorded sounds, shared memories and searching conversations about what it ...
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East African sounds take over Kigali as Joshua Baraka leads 'Reset 2026'

Ugandan singer-songwriter Joshua Baraka will kick off the New Year in Kigali with a live, immersive performance at Tempah’s Reset 2026, set for January 2 at Mundi Center. Organised by the Hottempah ...
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Afrobeat has taken over but should East Africa create its unique sound?

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Burna Boy, Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Afrobeats has dominated global ...
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Music comes alive at Blankets & Wine

By the time the final notes echoed across Laureate Gardens, it was clear that Blankets & Wines had understood the assignment.
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Diamond Platnumz represents East Africa on official AFCON 2025 album

Tanzanian music heavyweight Diamond Platnumz has added another major international milestone to his career after being officially featured on the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 album, released in ...
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Eyes on the East: African top video directors have their eyes on East African artistes as learnt from Godfather, Mike ogike

A couple of years ago, pioneer African music TV channel, Channel O hardly featured Kenyan videos. It was all a South African and Nigerian affair as East African artistes cried foul, claiming that the ...