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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #69: DELE SOSIMI
Cover artwork by DJ Underdog. Dele Sosimi is one of the most important voices in the current afrobeat scene. After spending several years playing keyboards for Fela Kuti’s Egypt 80 and acting as the...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #70: DJ CUPPY
Africa In Your Earbuds #70 cover artwork by DJ Underdog. Lagos-born DJ Cuppy cooked up her ‘Neo-Afrobeats’ sound, a blend of electro-house and afrobeats, spinning at nightclubs and fashion parties in...
View ArticleSufyvn’s Mixtape Takes You Through Different Eras Of Sudanese Music
A couple of months ago we introduced you to Sufyvn, the Khartoum-based producer transforming vintage Sudanese cassettes into some of the best beats we’ve heard this year. Since we were so enthralled by...
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Hear DJ Poizon Ivy’s All-Kenyan Mixtape for ‘Africa In Your Earbuds’
Nairobi-born DJ Poizon Ivy comes through with an expansive, all-Kenyan double hitter for the latest installment of our mixtape series Africa In Your Earbuds. Having relocated from Nairobi to Texas when...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #73: DOTORADO PRO
Back in 2014, when he was 16-years-old, Dotorado Pro burst onto the Portuguese club scene with the track “African Scream,” an infectious synthesis of marimbas, pitched-up vocal samples and a shuffling...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #74: MsAfropolitan
For the latest installment of Africa In Your Earbuds, we asked writer Minna Salami, founder of the MsAfropolitan blog, to pick out some all-female song selections for a ‘feminist’ episode of our...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #75: Nigeria’s National Football Team
We’ve all thought about what our favorite footballers do as they prepare to defend their club or country. We’ve all seen the live TV images of players walking down the tunnel into packed stadiums...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #76: Teju Cole x Chief Boima
For our latest Africa In Your Earbuds, Nigerian-American author Teju Cole continues where his ‘One Night In Lasgidi‘ mixtape left off. Instead of Lagos, Teju’s new selections—which are expertly mixed...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #77: Olugbenga
For the latest Africa In Your Earbuds, Nigerian-born, UK-based songwriter, producer, DJ and Metronomy bassist Olugbenga shares a new mix ahead of his South Africa tour. Olugbenga Adelekan is a restless...
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AFRICA IN YOUR EARBUDS #78: Los Rakas
“Rakataka” is a Panamanian derogatory term for someone from the ghetto. It’s from that Central American country that cousins Raka Rich and Raka Dun, better known together as Los Rakas, hail from....
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