We highlight top electronic music tracks from Southern Africa, featuring Zakes Bantwini, ELEMENT EleeeH, Fireboy DML, and ...

From Zimbabwe to Zambia, Lesotho to Eswatini, these standout Southern African songs are shaping 2026 with bold, unforgettable ...

This September, North African music is dominated by Sudanese releases from the region and the diaspora.

September’s East African music roundup takes us from Rwanda and Uganda to Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, with a detour into ...

From surprising collaborations to unexpected releases, this month's best music list is culled from Senegal, Ghana, Sierra ...

For our May Afro-house list, OkayAfrica digs into releases from countries such as South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, DRC, Brazil, and beyond. May 27, 2026 - 3:17 p.m. The second edition of OkayAfrica’s ...

Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, discusses his Ethiopian heritage and the impact it's had on his sound in a new interview with Pitchfork. The second edition of OkayAfrica’s Culture Cafe supported by ...

Afro-house is the moment, but the moment isn't new. What we’re hearing now is a sound that has always moved between scenes: picking, borrowing, and refining as it travels. It's easy to confuse its ...

OkayAfrica has scoured the Internet for today’s major news stories, so you don't have to. On Oct. 1, coverage includes: Burkina Faso's military government touting progress on security and sovereignty ...

Nigerian visual artist Laolu Senbanjo tells how his Sacred Art of the Ori wound up in Beyoncé's 'Lemonade' video album We highlight top electronic music tracks from Southern Africa, featuring Zakes ...

OkayAfrica has scoured the Internet for today’s major news stories, so you don't have to. On Oct. 1, coverage includes: Burkina Faso's military government touting progress on security and sovereignty ...

As the bitter feud between Blaqbonez and ODUMODUBLVCK moves from diss tracks to lawsuits, Nigerian hip hop confronts a high-stakes shift from competitive sport to legal battleground. In the 1980s, ...