Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. Following in the footsteps of his legendary grandfather Fela ...

Most people confuse Afrobeat and Afrobeats but don’t know that the two are predominantly distinct in sound and genre. Music historians have traced origin sounds of Afrobeat in Ghana and Nigeria as ...

“We have eight people out right now, and we're all in one van with no trailer,” says NOMO bandleader and saxophonist Elliot Bergman. “It's like the Ringling Brothers' clown car, Russian nesting dolls ...

A look into the music of Fela Kuti and the genre Afrobeat. Fela Kuti has inspired musicians from all over the world from Burna Boy and Beyoncé, to Miles Davis. Sound Field dives into the musical ...

Afrobeats sounds and influences have risen in popularity in the United States, progressively dominating the country’s airwaves over the last several years. According to Jazzhistorytree, Afrobeat ...

The people loved seeing an Englishman in Africa 70. They couldn’t believe it at first. Oyinbo (white man) drummer! They would come and press money on my forehead. It was a mark of approval. It would ...

Yannis Philippakis was one of the last musicians to record with the late drummer and Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen. Their collaboration was released as the five-song EP Lagos Paris London under Yannis & ...

Burna Boy, Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Afrobeats has dominated global dance music for the last decade or so. Many of us will remember how acts like P-Square of Nigeria colonised ...

Was Afrobeat Shaped by a Black American Woman? *A spirited debate has resurfaced online over the role of Sandra Izsadore, a Black American woman from Los Angeles, in shaping Afrobeat—the iconic genre ...

The Philharmonie de Paris is devoting an exhibition to the king of Afrobeat. Produced in close collaboration with his immediate friends and family, it fervently conveys the Nigerian musician’s sense ...

UK-based Afrobeat and Afropop artist Danny Lampo has once again captured the hearts of music lovers with the release of his ...