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Video: Blitz The Ambassador Live at The Shrine
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Okayafrica TV: Angélique Kidjo x The Roots at The Holiday Jam
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Video: The Roots of Q-Tip – A Tribe Called Djola
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Video: Clothes For ‘The Modern Tribal Pop Man’
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WUA In Kenya: The XYZ Puppets + Epic African Meal Time
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Okayafrica TV: Nneka Speaks Out About #OccupyNigeria
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Audio: Maga Bo’s Beyond Digital Mix
Maga Bo was one of several artists on DJ/Rupture's Beyond Digital project in Morocco, he crafted this "heavy, hard, experimental, electronic with nasty bits of noise and many different languages" mix.
Audio: Janka Nabay & The Bubu Gang ‘An Letah’ EP
Janka Nabay has recruited an eclectic group of New York-based musicians to join him as The Bubu Gang, stream their amazing new tune "Eh Mane Ah" and catch them on tour.
NYC: ‘Come Back, Africa’ (1959) Screening At Film Forum
The legendary South African apartheid film, Come Back, Africa will screen in NYC to honor the ANC's centennial year.
K’naan’s More Beautiful Than Silence EP Out Now
K'naan's More Beautiful Than Silence EP available now on iTunes, watch the Nas-featuring clip for "Nothing To Lose" above.
New Sounds Of Africa: Rina Mushonga
'New Sounds Of Africa' is our new weekly series where we introduce you to must-know artists from the continent and the diaspora.
Audio/Video: Donae’o ‘Move To Da Gyal Dem’ EP + Sarkodie Remix
FREE DL: Donae'o's Move To Da Gyal Dem EP featuring a remix from Azonto prince Sarkodie.
Audio: CHLLNGR ‘Change’
CHLLNGR brings those dubby undertones of his previous works front and center in "Change," grab a free DL.
WUA In Kenya: The XYZ Puppets + Epic African Meal Time
In the latest episodes of What's Up Africa in Kenya Ikenna eats a bull's balls and talks to the creator of The XYZ Show.
Video: K’naan ft. Nas ‘Nothing To Lose’
Watch the clip for K'naan and Nas' new cut "Nothing To Lose," off his upcoming More Beautiful Than Silence EP.
Audio: Olugbenga ‘New Year’s Day (I Can Be Whatever You’re After)’
Olugbenga is a Lagos-raised musician working out of London. He plays bass in electro-pop outfit Metronomy and crafts his own, more experimental, concoctions on his off-time.
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Video: Blitz The Ambassador Live at The Shrine
This black-and-white clip catches up with Blitz The Ambassador at Chicago's The Shrine.
Audio: Nneka ‘My Home (Digital Mystikz Remix)’
Nneka's excellent "My Home" gets dub-remixed by Coki of UK producers Digital Mystikz.
Okayafrica Teams Up With Kickstarter
Okayafrica now curates a page on Kickstarter. Send us your suggestions for innovative projects!
Ghana’s Azonto Takeover
Get the scoop on Azonto, the goal-celebration dance that's taken Ghanaian music by storm thanks to Asamoah Gyan, Sarkodie, and E.L.
Audio: Chief Boima x Sorie Kondi ‘Without Money No Family’
Dutty Artz fam — and the man behind Africa In Your Earbuds #1 — Chief Boima has released an electronic rework of Sorie Kondi's thumb piano jam "Without Money No Family."
Audio: K’naan x Nelly Furtado ‘Is Anybody Out There’
On the heels of its release, K'naan has set free another joint from the digital More Beautiful Than Silence EP.
Video: Die Antwoord TEN$ION Trailer
Watch the heart-gorging, demonic elf video trailer for Die Antwoord's upcoming TEN$ION LP.
Video: Clothes For ‘The Modern Tribal Pop Man’
New fashion label creates local jobs and a refreshing image of Côte d'Ivoire.
Tracka De Day: Caribou x Thomas Mapfumo
Thomas Mapfumo's 1986 track "Shumba" gets an extended edit from Daphni aka Dan Snaith of Caribou.
Wax On: Shangaan Shake — DJ Rashad & Spinn + RP Boo
Wax On is a new series in which we highlight new Afrofuturist — modern African electronic — vinyl releases, in our first installement we feature DJ Rashad & Spinn and RP Boo's Shangaan remixes.
Interview: K’naan on Nas, Transnational Identity, and His New EP