April 10, 2013
April 3, 2013
We’re wrapping our week in the best eclectic sounds from the diaspora. Check out the 5 tunes we can’t get enough of this week, from Mali (Rokia Traore, pictured above) to Burkina Faso and Senegal. Listen in.
Rokia Traore “Beautiful Africa” (Mali/ France)
Art Melody ‘Farafina” (Burkina Faso)
Lanre “Ma Gbagbe” (Nigeria/ UK)
Nuru Kane “...
March 28, 2013
March 20, 2013
- Image credit: MSF Report , "Violence, Vulnerability and Migration: Trapped at the Gates of Europe" The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has embarked on a pan-African tour and is currently visiting various West African states including Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, and Senegal , an initiative to promote “ south-south cooperation .” King Mohammed VI has already made economic deals with Senegalese President Macky Sall and met with economic and development leaders in the country....
- Image credit: MSF Report , "Violence, Vulnerability and Migration: Trapped at the Gates of Europe" The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has embarked on a pan-African tour and is currently visiting various West African states including Cote d’Ivoire, Gabon, and Senegal , an initiative to promote “ south-south cooperation .” King Mohammed VI has already made economic deals with Senegalese President Macky Sall and met with economic and development leaders in the country....
March 19, 2013
We’re wrapping our week in the best eclectic sounds from the diaspora. Check out the 5 tunes we can’t get enough of this week, from Zimbabwe (Rina Mushonga, pictured above) to Senegal and Namibia. Listen in.
Rina Mushonga (Zimbabwe)
Blitz the Ambassador – “Akwaaba” (Ghana)
Awadi – “J’accuse” ft. Noumoucounda Cissoko (Senegal/ Mali)
Fokn Bois – “Beatrice” (Ghana)
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March 13, 2013
Music + astronomy is definitely an unconventional combination, and in the form of a music festival it’s pretty much unprecedented. The ...
March 12, 2013
For his second instance behind the decks of an Africa In Your Earbuds, ...
25 to Lyf - The African Hip Hop Blog
Senegalese rapper Nix is back with a new single ahead of a new album scheduled for June 2013 titled “L’Art de Vivre”. As usual we’ll be keeping you up to date with the latest that you need to...
March 8, 2013
This Monday, NYU‘s Gallatin school will be hosting a panel discussion and concert linking up Senegalese rappers/musicians Thiat (Keur Gui), Foumalade...