Charity begins at home” is a saying I got accustomed to hearing while growing up. Indeed, for the future, this saying ought to be at the forefront of the producers and organizers of the recently completed ThisDay Festival 2008 ‘Africa Rising’ event. While I applaud the goals to re-brand Africa and help put the continent …
Rebranding Lagos, "Made in Lagos"
Our friends at Storm Records do an excellent job of rebranding Lagos with their recently released video,”Made in Lagos.” A new generation of young entrepreneurs across Africa are telling Africa’s story, choosing to show the beautiful side of Africa. Enjoy the “Made in Lagos” video from Storm Records showcasing the beauty of Lagos, Nigeria. Ladybrille …
Jazz it Up With the Sexy Zamajobe
Zamajobe’s powerful, beautiful, sexy voice, laced with a slight breathless edge and raw emotions, is probably what stops most in their tracks when they first hear her. Although relatively new to South Africa’s music scene, Zamajobe is nevertheless all the rave. Signed with Sony BMG Africa, Zamajobe’s Ndawo Yami album got her nominated in four …
LAGBAJA, Africa’s Music Living Legend
We’ve written about the one and only Lagbaja on a couple of occasions. While he is not in our line up for our April Africa Music Issue, we wanted to do a quick spotlight on him, just in case you missed him in our previous feature. Lagbaja is a phenomenal artist whose musical creativity and …
“One Love” With KAYSHA
Kaysha whose real name is Edward Mokolo Jr. is an exciting artist with great flexibility. He is an entrepreneur, producer, musician, designer, film director/producer, a father, multi-talented, multi-lingual.Whether it is giving us worldwide hits like “One Love” or doing a collabo with a rap hook with the equally talented K-reen, you will never find Kaysha …