Here, five writers with roots and homes across the continent and diaspora sift through a wide world of sounds for some of the ...

Join Face2Face Africa as we share with you the top 10 African songs of 2025. The list is in no particular order.

Emerging in the 2000s, Afrobeats is a popular style of West African music that employs polyrhythms and syncopation and draws inspiration from hip-hop, R&B, dancehall and more while incorporating ...

Released in a span of three months, the new albums by Ayra Starr, Tems and Tyla are not merely career-making for the artists, but ground-shifting... When the emergent Nigerian singer Ayra Starr ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

From his body of works so far the singer has been able to show himself off as someone with flair for great sounds and taste for good content. Eddinz Bani is a Nigerian Afro pop singer. His debut ...

Since 2011’s “E ma dami duro,” Davido has done more than make hits—he’s sparked a movement that’s reshaped African pop on a global scale. Even before he declared “We rise by lifting others,” his music ...

Faith Barbee Eselebor, professionally known as Barbee, is making waves across the global music scene with her powerful blend of Afro-pop, Reggae fusion, Dancehall and contemporary Pop, all infused ...

Meet Sindiswa Nhlapho, a 22-year-old songbird from Tsakane, East Rand. Nhlapho started off by posting videos of herself ...

Lyzaira, the renowned Cape Verdean-Dutch singer-songwriter, is preparing for her much-anticipated E Ahead of the EP release, Lyzaira, who spoke to TUKO.co.ke, dropped a new Kiswahili-inspired single ...

Ayra Starr’s new album, The Year I Turned 21 (released May 30), is the latest landmark in an ongoing Afropop evolution. It is among the sleekest records the genre has ever produced, unbelievably ...