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For Somi, Blooming Means Coming Home to Herself (opens the original)
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On her new album, ‘What Does It Take to Bloom?,’ the Ugandan-Rwandan artist makes room for the many places, sounds and versions of herself that have shaped her. Every month, OkayAfrica spotlights an exceptional African artist shaping African music and culture. From rising stars shaping new sounds to established artists driving culture forward, this series gives us a stage to celebrate incredible, ingenious African artistry. As the rise of 'YoruPop' sparks debate about genre classification in Nig
The Best East African Songs Right Now (opens the original)
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OkayAfrica rounds up the best new music from East Africa in the month of August. I had a thoroughly fun time listening to this month’s East African music picks. It was yummy to the ear throughout. August gave us love songs and artists stretching their sounds in interesting ways. Some of the strongest releases leaned into romance, from Burundian artist Kirikou Akili and Rwanda’s Kivumbi King on the culturally rooted “YampayInka” to Nandy, Mbosso and S2kizzy on the deeply Tanzanian “Malaika.” Okay
Discover: Adey’s Debut Has Been 20 Years in the Making (opens the original)
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With Unorthodox, the Toronto-based Ethiopian singer turns years of revision, vulnerability and creative growth into her first full-length statement. Adey has been making music for almost 20 years. She has just never released an album. That does not mean the Toronto-based Ethiopian singer has been waiting quietly in the wings. Since she began recording seriously in her early twenties, Adey has released music, performed on stages from Toronto to Addis Ababa, and even opened for Julian Marley in Et
Discover: After Restarting From Zero, Giday Is Thinking Global (opens the original)
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Seven years after returning to Addis, the Ethiopian artist is turning years of reinvention into his most ambitious chapter yet with his new album “Original.” When Giday returned to Addis Ababa in 2019, he had already spent years building a life in music in Boston. He had helped build and run a studio and creative space, sat across from label representatives and watched artists who recorded there go on to get signed. One, he says, even signed under Kanye West. OkayAfrica has scoured the Internet
DISCOVER: For Uganda’s Navio and The Mith, Being Legends Means Doing More (opens the original)
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On ‘GODLVL,’ the Ugandan hip-hop veterans turn legend status into a challenge to keep growing, sharpen their craft and open doors for others. “They wonder if I’ll ever fall off my peak / I got here then added like eight floors.” The Mith smoothly raps the line on “Been There,” the third track on GODLVL, his new joint album with Navio. After more than two decades in Ugandan hip-hop, both men are used to being called legends. As The Mith tells OkayAfrica, the title still makes him uneasy. OkayAfri
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