Afrobeat Archives - Intervention

Three Surprises From Our Two-Week Visit to Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: January 03, 2025In: World From AfricaTags: Afrobeat, Cashless economy, CBN, Fuji, Highlife, Idanre in Ondo State, POS, Poundo, Private industrialists, Smoked shrimps, The Wheat Trap, Village Market, Yar’Adua Conference CentreNo CommentsViews:

By Yusuf Bangura I’ve been reflecting on three issues since we returned from a two-week trip to Nigeria three weeks ago. Before that visit, I had not been to Nigeria for 14 years. My last vi... Read more

Manu Dibango, Second Top African Musician To Die of Virus After Fela

Posted By: adminon: March 24, 2020In: LifeworldTags: Afrobeat, Coronavirus, HIV, Michael Jackson, Soul Makossa, ‘African condition’No CommentsViews:

No matter how many times and within whichever set of respondents, his name would be among the top three African musicians who stand out in terms of global impact. The two of them would be Hu... Read more

An Insight into Hugh Masekela, Fela’s Inspirer

Posted By: adminon: January 26, 2018In: LifeworldTags: Afrobeat, ANC, British Anti-Apartheid Movement, Dizzy Gillespie, Sharpeville Massacre, Soweto uprisingNo CommentsViews:

Written by Robin Denselow and published in The Guardian in the UK (Jan 23rd, 2018) as “Hugh Masekela Obituary” with a rider “Trumpeter and singer-songwriter who was a pioneer of jazz in Sout... Read more