Entertainment
African music craze sweeps YouTube as artists rack up millions of views
African music is witnessing explosive growth on YouTube, in a marked departure from the past, where tunes from the continent struggled to gain a foothold in the global scene. Seth Onyango, bird story agency More African hits are reverberating far beyond the...
8 African Artists Make Rolling Stones’ 200 Greatest Singers of All Time list
Updated for the first time since 2008, the new '200 Greatest Singers of All Time' list includes Miriam Makeba, Tabu Ley, and Burna Boy, among others. Rolling Stone, one of the world's leading music publications platforms, kicked off the new year with an update to its...
CKay Makes Musical History Amid Afrobeat’s Unstoppable Global Rise
Nigerian singing sensation and producer CKay has made musical history as the first-ever African artist to feature in the top 100 Billboard Artist year-end chart, a milestone that underpins Afrobeat’s meteoric rise and shakeup of the global music scene. Seth Onyango,...
Gambian afrofusion group Nobles Unveil anticipated debut album
Introducing fast-rising Gambian afrofusion trio NOBLES with their highly anticipated and exciting new debut album titled JOY. Out on September 30 via independent label Money Empire, ‘JOY’ is a glorious melting pot of infectious soundscapes that not only showcase the...
With HypnoRock and Africhant, An Artist Breathes New Life Into the Makhoyane
There are very few musicians alive today who know how to play the makhoyane, the traditional instrument of the Swati. Most are elderly. Enter Thobile Magagula who is bringing the instrument back to life with Hypno-rock and Africhant. by Nokukhaya Musi, bird story...
Self-taught Animator Debuts Kenya’s First-Length Anime at the Oscars
Kenya’s Oscars Selection Committee has submitted Terastorm by Afrikana Digital as its pick for the Best International Feature Film category for the 95th Academy Awards, thrusting self-taught filmmaker and animator, Andrew Kaggia a step closer to international stardom.
African Media Consumption Shifts To Local Content
Local content is beginning to outcompete international films in Africa as rapid smartphone penetration and an affordable and expanding internet bring African creatives closer to people. Seth Onyango, bird story agenda African creatives are finding a new audience among...
The Zulu Reed Dance Festival Returns Following Covid-19 Hiatus
September 2022 saw the return of the Zulu reed dance festival. A cultural joy, It is a long-standing tradition to hold this annual ritual to honour sexual purity and to encourage young females to abstain from having sex. The ritual is a customary rite of femininity...
The Women King Takes Number One in North America Box Office
According to early data from Exhibitor Relations released on Sunday, the Sony movie, which portrays the real-life warriors of the 19th-century kingdom of Dahomey which is now known as Benin has made $19 million at the box office. In the movie, Nanisca,...
Billboard-charting Nigerian rising star Zinoleesky released his latest single ‘Call Of Duty’
https://youtu.be/9fVUx-Z7cV0 With his latest single ‘Loving You’ still causing quite the stir across the world, having debuted on theBillboard US Afrobeats Songs Chart, and Apple Music’s Top 100 Chart, and garnered over 5 millionplays online in a month, which is...
London based afrofusion artist RAYSMUZIK returns with ‘YKTVBZ’
While he puts the finishing touches to his long-awaited and highly anticipated debut mixtape NightOwl, rising London-based Nigerian afro-fusion artist and musician RAYSMUZIK has just dropped offan infectious afrobeat jam perfect for the summer titled ‘YKTVBZ’...
Congolese Visual Artist Thonton Kabeya Walks Art Enthusiasts Through A Musical Journey
From Congo To South Africa With (Rumba) Love By Phendu Kuta, bird story agency For an artist with deep Congolese roots and proud cultural immersion, the inspiration of Rumba in an art show is not only a form of personal expression but a connection to other Africans...