Was Afrobeat Shaped by a Black American Woman? *A spirited debate has resurfaced online over the role of Sandra Izsadore, a Black American woman from Los Angeles, in shaping Afrobeat—the iconic ...

Late Christian Atsu's wife, Marie-Claire Rupio, has announced her latest yet emotional music project with Afrobeat artiste, ...

Bright Excel, professionally known as Eeflat, is emerging as a powerful new voice in Afrobeat—carrying the spirit of Ajegunle and the global sound of Africa into the future.Born in Akwa Ibom and ...

GONYEA: The album draws inspiration from jazz, funk and West African music, and it pays homage to the Afrobeat sound that Femi's father, Fela Kuti, helped create in the 1960s. Kuti spoke to us ...

Charles de Ledesma tells us about Afrobeat, the latest music trend in dance clubs in London. Afrobeat originated in Lagos, Nigeria in the late 1960s. It borrows heavily from American jazz ...

Afrobeat is no longer just a Nigerian or African genre—it’s a global phenomenon. With its infectious rhythms, vibrant beats, and universal appeal, Afrobeat has captured the hearts and dance ...

He wasn’t always so self-assured. When Obongjayar first started posting music to SoundCloud, he was making “terrible American rap,” he says, trying to be someone he was not. “If you grew ...

Afrobeat, more than just a genre, has evolved into a culture, a movement, a pulse of identity stretching far beyond the shores of Africa. Its dawn is not merely marked by a new sound in the global ...

Afrobeat, funk, reggae, rap, and jazz all come together in the deluxe edition of the 2024 album coming out May 30, which fuels the main event. Meanwhile, the lyrics explore themes of “resistance and ...

He began his role with CBS Bay Area in 2015. The son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, Seun Kuti brings his father's longtime band Egypt 80 to San Francisco to headline the Great American Music Hall ...