In the ever-evolving digital age of African music, YouTube has become one of the most powerful platforms for artistes to reach global audiences. And when it comes to visibility and fan engagement, ...

When the crackling sounds of records by Franco Luambo and Tabu Ley Rochereau first reached East Africa’s coastlines in the ...

From the backstreets of Temeke and Tandale to the world’s biggest streaming platforms, Tanzania’s Bongo Flava has emerged as East Africa’s most dominant musical genre—an evolution powered by cultural ...

Nairobi, Kenya: A section of Kenyans are thinking about doing away with Bongo music from their houses, entertainment clubs, laptops, and phones. Diamond Platnumz and Ali Kiba, who have a fanatical ...

“The builder is here, the special candidate, the one you called,” Nguema said on Thursday, amid the music ... Omar Bongo before becoming chief of the presidential guard under his son Ali ...

Artists like Diamond Platnumz and Ali Kiba have turned it into a ... we’ll keep losing,” he said. Music experts insist that Bongo Flava’s rhythm pulses with potential, but its future hinges ...

They named ministers and other politicians, sports and music stars, and even some senior ... the inauguration of Gabon’s president Ali Bongo as the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Gabon.

Ali Bongo, a shop that specialises in cannabis-related goods ... "I grew up loving electronic, dance and house music," the 55-year-old added. "We used to sell tape packs from the rave scenes at ...

Ali Bongo, a shop that specialises in cannabis-related ... "I grew up loving electronic, dance and house music," the 55-year-old added. "We used to sell tape packs from the rave scenes at ...

Hassan Faisal Ali, a veteran hotelier and the manager of Coastal Films ... our solo artistes were so interesting and unique that organisers in Nairobi wanted them. But as soon as Bongo music, which ...

Gabon's President Ali Bongo, 64, who officers said on Wednesday ... A fan of jazz and the music of Michael Jackson, French-educated Bongo's fluent English and his global outlook raised ...

Dar es Salaam. Bongo Flava icon, Ali Kiba, has opened up about his greatest regret in his music career—taking a three-year hiatus from releasing his own music. Between late 2011 and 2014, Kiba did not ...