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Watch ‘Silver Pixie, Myawo Mi’, Olugbenga’s New Video Shot in Lagos 26 Aug 2013 | 10:41 am
It’s no secret that I love the looks of this guy. Which is why he is in my MTV Iggy list of African artists who ought to have fashion lines. Earlier this summer the Brighton-based DJ/producer/vocalis...
Six Sites Where To Check Out African Literature 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. Even in silence we are living our stories. —Ben Okri, Birds of Heaven As more of us forego traditional bookstor...
Watch Ghanaian MC Sarkodie’s New Video Play Up Those Illuminati Rumours 20 Aug 2013 | 04:04 pm
Ghana’s celebrity rumour mill was all talk about Sarkodie being part of the Illuminati. I know right? Smart fella that he is, Sarkodie went and made a monster song about it. And now here’s the video...
Blitz the Ambassador’s Home-Coming Single ‘Internationally Known’ Featuring Sarkodie (Listen+Download) 15 Aug 2013 | 08:40 pm
I missed the whole thing but this past Monday, Kendrick Lamar dropped the gauntlet with a verse over Big Sean’s Control that sent fans into a frenzy. In summarizing the week in which no one spoke of t...
CONNECTZA Future Music Series Returns: Zaki Ibrahim, OkmalumKoolKat & Okzharp Feature 15 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
In Joburg on Friday 16 August Live @ The Alex, London-based musician Okzharp will share the stage with Zaki Ibrahim and Okmalumkoolkat. These three artists will be working together in a way that trul...
MTVBase VJ Search South Africa ’13: The Judges Cut 14 Aug 2013 | 03:36 pm
MTV Base VJ Search has swept the shores of South Africa once again for the 2013 leg of the competition. After last years success with the fabulous Nomuzi Mabena this year is set be one to watch as the...
Get to Know: Cameroonian Rapper Stanley Enow 14 Aug 2013 | 12:22 pm
Sounds like: If French Montana could flow in Pidgin. The low-down: With no other body of work to refer to, Hein Pere can be officially classified as Stanley Enow’s break-out record. The buzz on it is...
She Got Game: Producer-Rapper S▲MMUS Levels The Playing Field By Making Video Game-Inspired Beats 12 Aug 2013 | 07:44 pm
A few hours after Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo’s second full-length album PRIME was released earlier this month, it became the number one bestselling rap album on Bandcamp. “I think what I gravitated to th...
Watch Another New Trailer for Winnie Mandela Biopic Starring Jennifer Hudson & Terrence Howard 7 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Remember when a supertrailer of the Winnie Mandela biopic was released a year ago? Well, there’s another one new (new) one. The film chronicles the courtship of Winnie and Nelson Mandela juxtaposed wi...
Get to Know: South African Singer Nandi Mngoma 6 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Words and photos by Thina Zibi Styling by Bongani Tau Clothing: Loin Cloth and Ashes Nandi Nokwazi Mngoma (and I wonder if her last name has anything to do with her talent, “ngoma” meaning song in ...
