The 2018 blockbuster film “Black Panther” has received seven Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, which makes it the first superhero film to be nominated in this category. With its predominantly black cast, this movie is helping the Academy Awards to extend its frontiers.
According to a document signed and sealed by the Governor of Minnesota, Mark Dayton, October 6th has been declared “Wizkid Day” to honour the musicians achievements in music.
Once featured on many “top five greatest of all time” lists but now infamous rapper Kanye West says he is headed to Africa to finish his delayed upcoming album, ‘Yandhi’. Africans on Twitter made it clear that while he remains in the sunken place, his visit is far from being eagerly anticipated.
Nigerian businessman and impresario Paul Okoye organised one of the most impressive showcase of African and Afrobeats talent in the inaugural One Africa Music Fest at the Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn, New York City.
For the first time since 1999, not a single white male artist or group has been nominated for the 60th annual Grammy’s Album of the Year category.
An exciting collaboration by Cameroonian star Stanley Enow and Nigerian icon Davido has come to life in the form of club banger ‘Caramel’.
It is 20 years since the death of Afrobeat pioneer and human rights activist Fela Anikulapo Kuti, but his music remains a weapon against injustice around the world. At his spiritual home, the New Afrika Shrine, fans keep his memory alive.
Award-winning South African DJ Black Coffee shares on his latest projects and collaborations. Naming Rihanna as one of the artists he is currently creating for.
Tanzanian musician Diamond Platnumz has made history becoming the first African artist signed under Universal Music Group to get 6x Platinum sales. The artist reached the milestone on his music single “Marry you.”
Kenyan Rich Allela and Nigerian Dapel Kureng collaborate in a stunning but controversial depiction of Mekatilili; a Kenyan heroine known for her courage and trust in the singular course of freedom
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