Afropop

360 Staff Pick: The Very Best

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Playlist anxiety this party season? It’s The Very Best to the rescue. Fronted by a Malawian Esau Mwamwaya, the band made mixtape history last year with its killer remixes of M.I.A’s ‘Paper Planes’ and Vampire Weekend’s ‘Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.’ Even without those tunes, the album offers dizzying layers of Afropop and sunny vocals in […]

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South African artist Spoek Mathambo performs in 2011.

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Modern salegy artist Aly Mourad performs at Jao's Pub in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Mourad blends traditional salegy with a more upbeat style.

Go inside salegy, the music that dominates Madagascar

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Drummer Tony Allen

Can music help stop the tragic shipwrecks of migrants coming from Africa?

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