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Mary Chiney is a culture writer and alumna. She covers lifestyle, entertainment and business related topics.

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13 Women Shaping African Music At The Recording Academy & Beyond | GRAMMY.com

13 Women Shaping African Music At The Recording Academy & Beyond | GRAMMY.com

Behind African music's growing momentum is a network of women - executives, journalists, producers, and visio…

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Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tyla and more took African pop global. So why don't they tour Africa itself?

Burna Boy, Wizkid, Tyla and more took African pop global. So why don't they tour Africa itself?

Due to many obstacles - from security to air fares - local fans lose out as African artists tour overseas ins…

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Amaarae - Black Star | The Quietus

Amaarae - Black Star | The Quietus

The new album from the Ghanaian-American singer and songwriter preaches liberation through excess, with guest…

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Album Review: Burna Boy - No Sign Of Weakness

Album Review: Burna Boy - No Sign Of Weakness

Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s

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Nadeem Din-Gabisi - Offshore | The Quietus

Nadeem Din-Gabisi - Offshore | The Quietus

Big choruses and big energy elevate approaching themes of themes of Black identity, cultural displacement, an…

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Album Review: Tony Njoku - All Our Knives Are Always Sharp

Album Review: Tony Njoku - All Our Knives Are Always Sharp

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Victony Finally Makes a Record That’s Fun, Not About Surviving

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By Mary Chiney Verified
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STARLIFE Outlawville / Encore Recordings Look at the titles Victony has put on his last three projects, and the pattern is hard to miss. Stubborn in 2024 and Very Stubborn in 2025. Both words chosen by a man who spent four days in a coma after a car crash in Lagos in April 2021, lost a friend in the same wreck, spent close to a year in a wheelchair, and has since had four surgeries with a fifth still pending. He has said his leg still hurts. He has said he takes painkillers before he goes on stage.
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the heartbreak post-mortems of Cape Town’s Rowlene and the week’s best new tracks

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By Mary Chiney Verified, Laura Snapes Verified
| MSN UK Verified
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Add to playlist: the heartbreak post-mortems of Cape Town’s Rowlene and the week’s best new tracks

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By Mary Chiney Verified, Laura Snapes Verified
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An R&B balladeer at heart … Rowlene Photograph: PR From Cape Town, South Africa Recommended if you like Summer Walker, SZA, Shekhinah Up next Some Strings Attached out now Rowlene Bosman learned to sing in a Cape Town school choir, and the discipline never left her: she is a precision vocalist in a scene that rewards volume.
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