Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice — and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. – TED Talks
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In this musical video, Africa’s juju king, Chief Sunny Ade and beautiful songbird Onyeka Onwenu remind us all to plan before getting married or having children. Produced at the prime of both musicians, this musical collaboration is one of the best, if not the best relevant music collaboration of its time. The music remains relevant [...]

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Our feature artist is one of the best musicians from Guinea. We find the content of the song quite positive while the tune is very soothing. The effort to deliver part of the song in English is quite commendable and of course it gives the song a cross-appeal. Enjoy!

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A soon to be released  African feature film takes on illegal trafficking of women and the smuggling of African Artifacts (out of Africa and) to Europe and America.
SPADE: THE LAST ASSIGNMENT is written and directed by Oliver Mbamara of THIS AMERICA and SLAVE WARRIOR. Below is a one minute trailer of the feature film shot [...]

Da-Hills is an example of the growing trend of talented Nigerians fusing African beats and rhythm with a blend of western alternative blues classical country electronic folk hip-hop jaz… Below is a sample track (I want you back) from his album WHY DID YOU GO.  We recommend other good tracks like MY STYLE and DA REASON [...]

Obama speaks in Berlin calling for world unity

Smoking related deaths in Africa could reach 100,000 a year. Tobacco companies are breaking rules and are applying tactics to circumvent bans on cigarette advertising and profiling. They are making it easy for children to smoke and get addicted to nicotine. Will any African government take responsibility by enforcing the laws on cigarette marketing and [...]

Here is a taste of Zozo Afrobeat performing pure Afrobeat live! Enjoy the guys on the saxophone (and trumpet). Led by kaleta on drums. This video is of their recent outing in Harlem, New York. See them live - June 28 at the Central Park Summer Stage, New York City.

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It was a night of celebration as Artists and fans alike gathered from around the world to witness the 3rd Annual Nigerian Entertainment Awards Night, 2008. Veteran actor, Olu Jacobs won for best actor, beating out the likes of Jim Iyke and Desmond Elliot. A number of musicians also won awards. The event took place [...]

We lived as a people, set in our ways and traditions. We had love and romance, and we had our issues and battles but we had a way to resolve them. Like other societies, we had subordinates but we were kind and friendly to them. Then came strangers interested in us as slaves and merchandise. [...]

Zozo Afrobeat led by Fela protege, Kaleta performs at the shrine club in Harlem to celebrate Kaleta’s birthday in may 2008

 
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