Weekend Burners: The Best Tracks & Music Videos Of The Week

Stream the best African music tracks and videos that came across our desks this week.

Image: The Ninevites by photographer Kent Andreasen [via African Digital Art]

In Weekend Burners we highlight our choices of the best African music tracks, videos, and mixes that came across our desks throughout the week. Stream & download them below, straight from the Okayafrica bunker, and click on the track titles for more info:

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Shabazz Palaces Return With ‘Lese Majesty’ LP + Stream ‘They Come In Gold’

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Major League Djz ‘The Bizness’ With Cassper Nyovest, Siya Shezi & Riky Rick

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Cameroonian Rapper Jovi’s ‘CA$H’

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Subterranean Wavelength: The Key Players In Joburg’s Beat Scene

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Afro-Brazil 2014: Pearls Negras’ War Cry ‘Guerreira’

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DJ Xpect 'Ignition 2 Reloaded: Kuduro Edition

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Spoek Mathambo’s ‘Future Sound Of Mzansi’ Mixtape

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P-Square’s ‘Taste The Money (Testimony)’ House Party Video

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Bombino 'Tenere' Gondola Sessions

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Weekend Burners: The Best Tracks & Music Videos Of The Week

Stream the best African music tracks and videos that came across our desks this week.

Six Things History Will Remember Kenneth Kaunda For

News of Kenneth David Kaunda's passing, at age 97, has reverberated across the globe. Kaunda, affectionately known as KK, was Zambia's first President from 1964 to 1991.

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