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The Cavemen.
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By Gabriel Myers Hansen

Nigeria’s The Cavemen and Tommy WÁ to play the Great Escape 2024

Nigerian acts The Cavemen and Tommy WÁ have been confirmed among nearly 300 performers announced so far for the Great Escape 2024 in...

11 Mar 2024

Tommy WÁ.
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By Gabriel Myers Hansen

Nigerian indie musician Tommy WÁ drops Dumb Luck ahead of new EP

27 Oct 2023

Tommy WÁ.
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By Gabriel Myers Hansen

Nigerian Afro-folk act Tommy WÁ drops YAKOYO

04 Aug 2023

Grammy-winning Beninese legend Angélique Kidjo is among African performers confirmed for the 2023 Roskilde Festival in Denmark.
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By Alfred Tamakloe

Roskilde 2023: Here are the African acts to expect at northern Europe’s largest music festival

15 Jun 2023

Oyedele.
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By Gabriel Myers Hansen

Listen to Nigerian Afro-fusion singer Oyedele’s Irawo EP

22 May 2023

Umle.
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By Butchie Seroto

SA: Umle’s acoustic tour to kick off on 12 March

March 11, 2022

Akoth Jumadi fuses Luo folk music with Afro-soul.
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By Lucy Ilado

Emerging Kenya: Akoth Jumadi

April 6, 2021

Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed.
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By Bolaji Alonge

Nigerian government pledges support for 2019 AFRIMAs

October 21, 2019

Tuelo was raised in Mahikeng, South Africa.
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By Carlos Ncube

Tuelo: An unexpected career in music

June 5, 2018

Mozambican hip hop artist Laylizzy.
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By Ano Shumba

Call for applications: Watana Festival Mozambique 2018

May 4, 2018

Director general of the National Languages Institute, Jose Pedro. Photo: Pedro Parente/ANGOP
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By Music In Africa Foundation

Angola’s Institute of Languages registers 28 folk music treasures

January 11, 2016

Malawi's famous Gule Wamkulu. Photo: www.africawildtruck.com
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By Timothy Ntilosanje

Traditional dances of Malawi

May 29, 2015

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