I was as well among those who thought the ‘Juju’ in Juju Music connotes witchcraft but found out Juju music did not derive its name from juju, which is a form of magic and the use of magic objects or witchcraft common in West Africa, Haiti, Cuba and other South American nations. It is a...
Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo varies in its different forms. Outside of Africa, most music from the Democratic Republic of Congo is called Soukous, which most accurately refers instead to a dance popular in the late 1960s. The term rumba orrock-rumba is also used generically to refer to...
Nigerian-born Helen Isibor-Epega, otherwise known as The Venus Bushfires, is a singer-songwriter who explains why she likes to tick the "other" box during an interview with Design Indaba. She’s a diaspora African: born in Nigeria and raised in London, she has been influenced by different styles, cultures...
Are you in Nigeria and got some free time? Why not visit: The Muson Centre Located in the heart of Lagos Island, situated conspicuously between the National Museum, the City Mall, the age-long Onikan Stadium and the former official residence of the Nigeria’s foremost Centre of artistic...