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Audio: Beatenberg ‘Echoes’

April 30, 2012

'Echoes,' the latest track from Cape Town pop trio Beatenberg plays like the soundtrack to a classic 90s flick.

Audio: Petite Noir ‘Disappear’

April 27, 2012

New wave South African Petite Noir comes through with the ghostly electropop jam "Disappear."

Mobilizing Africa: Grassroots Media Movement

April 26, 2012

Social Media is making the ideal, "Africa by and for Africans" a reality. OKA recaps AFFNYC's Grassroots Media Movement Talk.

Audio: Seun Kuti ‘Slave Masters (Jacques Renault Remix)’ + Modcast Mix

April 26, 2012

Jacques Renault goes in for a tribal drum-looped take on "Slave Masters" off the From Africa With Fury: Rise Remixes. Stream it and download Seun's mixtape for Modular People.

Audio: Mr. Jambatani’s Tsonga Disco

April 25, 2012

Hear producer/singer Hanyani Maluleke aka Mr. Jambatani's infectious Tsonga Disco click constructions.

Film: Theatrical Debut Of Restless City + After Party

April 25, 2012

Join Okayafrica for the theatrical release of Restless City and the dope after party at Bamboo!

Video: Kanyi ‘Ingoma’

April 24, 2012

South African femcee Kanyi releases her long-awaited debut album Intombi Zifikile. Cop the single and watch her music video here!

Film: Africa Movie Academy Awards Winners

April 23, 2012

Last night in Lagos, the winners of the Africa Movie Academy Awards were announced. See who took the top spots!

Video: Double ‘Ee Mana’

April 23, 2012

Ghanaian duo Double return with a joint-flexing street video for their latest single "Ee Mana"

LargeUp Exclusive: Interview w/ Marley Director Kevin MacDonald

April 20, 2012

LargeUp scores an exclusive interview with Kevin MacDonald, director of Marley.

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Film: Frances Bodomo’s Boneshaker

May 1, 2012

Watch the trailer to Ghanaian filmmaker Frances Bodomo's short film Boneshaker.

Okayplayer Audio: Lushlife X Shabazz Palaces “Hale-Bopp Was the Bedouins” (Remix)

May 1, 2012

OKA favs Shabazz Palaces take on Lushlife's most Shabazz Paladociously titled track "Halle-Bopp Was the Bedouins,"

‘African Version of Lil Wayne’s A Milli’

April 30, 2012

WSHH comments give us insight on the way young, American mainstream hip-hop fans thinks of Africa — through The Very Best's latest music video.

Okayplayer Premiere: Whosane x Ski Beatz “The Legacy”

April 30, 2012

Pan-African MC Whosane's ”The Legacy,” with Lindiwe and super-producer Ski Beatz, flips the melody of “Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika” into an epic beat

Video: Squeeze ‘Yanga For Me’ + ‘Dutty Love’

April 27, 2012

Squeeze drops videso for his Lagos-bred palm tree bangers "Yanga For Me" and "Dutty Love."

Video: African Men And Hollywood Stereotypes

April 27, 2012

"African Men" video got a lot of buzz but misses the mark.

Audio: Lwanda Gogwana’s Songbook

April 26, 2012

We're feeling jazzy today. Listen to tracks from the South African trumpeter savant, Lwanda Gogwana.

Audio: Whosane ‘Brooklyn To Cape Town ft. Jimmy Flexx’ (Prod. by Oh No)

April 25, 2012

BK-via-South Africa's Whosane reps his pan-Atlantic roots alongside fellow SA emcee Jimmy Flexx over a brew from LA beatsmith Oh No , grab a free download!