The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival kicks off on Friday — and organizers expect their biggest turnout ever, despite a changing consumer and lingering economic challenges.
Author: Jamia Ndamukong
If one wants to understand just how far Afrobeats has come over the last decade, talk to Davido.
In the churning currents of 21st-century Afrobeats, few figures have exerted as decisive an influence on the genre’s texture and temperature as Kareem Olasunkanmi Temitayo, better known as Magicsticks. The producer, sound engineer, and DJ has engineered a sound that feels both rooted in the streets of Lagos and irrepressibly borderless. His producer tag, “Tune…
ABS News Desk | August 5, 2026 YAOUNDÉ — A Cameroonian law firm filed a landmark lawsuit Monday before the Administrative Court of the Centre Region in Yaoundé, challenging the government’s participation in an arrangement with the United States under which 36 nationals from nine African countries — most of them recognised refugees, were deported to Cameroon and have since been held in detention without legal status, identity documents, or a clear path forward. The suit, filed by FRULAW CHAMBERS on behalf of the 36 applicants, seeks to immediately suspend Cameroon’s implementation of the bilateral deportation arrangement with Washington, compel…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup presented Nigeria with two contrasting realities. On one hand, the nation shined in global acclaim as Afrobeats superstar Burna Boy headlined the opening ceremony and the first-ever World Cup final half-time show, further cementing Nigeria’s reputation as a global cultural powerhouse. On the other hand, the nation’s football team, the…
Promotional artwork for the Adebayo Tijani-directed historical Nollywood epic King Kosoko: The Battle for Lagos, premiering in cinemas across Nigeria on 28 August 2026.
Tyla traded the recording studio for the kitchen in the latest episode of Quenlin Blackwell’s Feeding Starving Celebrities, where the pair mixed cocktails, prepared a comforting South African-inspired meal and served up plenty of laughs along the way.
The Nigerian founders of a new E1 team believe the actor and other celebrity team owners will visit the West African nation as soon as the next race is held in its commercial capital, Lagos.
Mr Marwa said Afrobeats, as a globally recognised music genre embraced by young people, possesses enormous potential to influence positive behaviour.
The All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, and the Lesotho Music Awards, LMA, have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, establishing a three-year strategic partnership aimed at strengthening Lesotho’s music industry while creating new opportunities for Basotho artists to engage with the broader African creative ecosystem.
