Kidi is one of Afrobeats’ biggest and brightest new stars. The Ghanaian singer and songwriter has become a worldwide phenomenon alongside his Afrobeat peers Wizkid, Burna Boy and Davido. His song ...

In his introductory essay to Afrobeat Airways 2: Return Flight to Ghana 1974-1983, Afropop Worldwide editor Banning Eyre interviews some of the compilation’s featured artists, including the legendary ...

Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He reports on new African music every month for the Lungu Lungu column. Today he meet ...

Note: This article was originally published in April 2005. It was created at a time when African music was on the cusp of becoming an increasingly large part of the Western pop culture landscape.

Ghanaian artiste Agongobiah is gearing up for the release of his new Afrobeat single, “Labadi”, a collaboration featuring ...

Ghana’s music scene has once again been blessed with a masterpiece as rising Highlife/Afrobeat sensation Elvy B releases his much-anticipated single, 'FATHER.' This soul-touching track arrives at a ...

African rapper, <strong>Blitz the Ambassador,</strong> is back with a video to his ode to Afrobeat featuring <strong>Seun Kuti</strong>. Previous ...