Celebrating Afrika
-Sharon
Trust us to help you discover some of Africa’s richest talents and pockets of quality music. In this edition, we bring to your ears out-of-the-norm sounds that are bound to expand your music pallet. From Gengetone to Swahili tunes, it’s time to explore a different universe of sounds.
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– Titilope Adesanya
2018! 2018! 2018! if you were a Nigerian child, at this point I would be asking you how many times I called your name. It took you long enough to come to an end, and even though you still linger for a few days more, I think I can safely say thank you for the music but now it’s time to go.
This year brought in so much music; the ones we expected, the ones we begged for and the ones we didn’t see coming a mile away. While this is not a chart-like-piece or in-depth reviews of the projects, I think it’s a good place to start taking stock of what musical gifts 2018 dragged in.
So in no precise order, here goes…
– Titilope Adesanya
Let me mini break it down…
Pray for blessings, talk a little sexy, celebrate life, love, lament the painful experiences, blow the cash out the water when you get a chance and then ask your maker for some more to be planted right in your backyard, talk real life issues and hope someone remembers, reflect on the quite familiar and all too often depressing feeling of being alone in a crowded place, celebrate your Queen Mother; because every day is mothers day. Then celebrate your spirituality through the wonders of creation giving life to an undeniable proof that God exists, reminisce about the good old days when life was simpler, then go right back to the blessings that overflow in your life but you’ve all the while not seen it because you spend oh too many nights thinking of the neighbours green lawn. And finally? profess your love that will always stay loyal and on call.
In no particular order, here is a list of videos I think you need to see before the day ends.
Deja Vu – Ricky Tyler (ZA)
Nothing prepares you for how simple, beautiful and sad this video is. If you’ve ever had something taken away from you, then this won’t be the last time you press play on this video.
We Soko Afrika 