Together, after a cozy, expansive interview with Afrobeats star Adekunle Gold, they brought the singer into the fold as a producer as well. While Gold gives the work-in-progress a celebrity face and ...

The language an artist uses in conveying their thoughts sometimes combines with the manner they deliver these thoughts to create a unique type of music that is elevated by diction, delivery, and ...

Research on Yoruba popular music has tended to draw attention to its interest in romance and the accumulation of wealth. Inadequate attention has been paid to its engagement with the environment.

Nigeria is unrivalled in Africa in terms of cultural output. Yoruba music from the western part of Nigeria is particularly a rich and diverse cultural tradition that has produced many talented ...

From the primeval age of Ayànàgalú (the Yorùbá pioneer-drummer-turned-deity-of-drumming) to the modern era, Yorùbá musical traditions have been shaped by individual performers: drummers, dancers, ...

In just three short years, Nigerian street-pop savant Asake has become a giant in African music, meeting Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy in a place it took them three times that span to reach. What’s ...

“Today, arguably it’s the only existing indigenous Nigerian music that is still relevant,” Bobo Omotayo says of fuji. Omotayo is an executive producer of The Odyssey, a forthcoming documentary on 100 ...