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Meek Mill & Asake Join Afro Nation Ghana Line-Up

The biggest Afrobeats festival is making a grand return to Accra, Ghana at the end of the year.

Afro Nation has just announced two big new names who will be joining the festival's return home to Ghana.

Rap superstarMeek Millis the first American to join the bill, with this show marking his first major appearance in Africa following years of talking about visiting Ghana and the continent. A few days ago, Meek Mill was tweetingDavido (another Afro Nation headliner) about "getting a lot of calls from Africa" and making a show happen. The two stars collaborated back in 2015 for "Fans Mi."

In addition to him, Nigerian man-of-the-momentAsakehas joined the Afro Nation Ghana bill and will be bringing his energetic street pop to Accra. For more on the buzzing Asake, read our new feature on his unquestionable rise.

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The Nigerian sibling duo is back with a 100-city reunion tour, five years after their very public breakup.

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Nigerian award-winning, multi-platinum selling sibling duo P-Square have made their return — and the response from fans show that they were dearly missed. Considered one of the biggest pop duos to croon their way across the continent, siblings Peter and Paul Okoye are back with single "Jaiye (Ihe Geme)" after their very public (and awkward) break-up, five years ago.

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