Editorials

From William Onyeabor’s pioneering synth experiments in the ’70s to today’s rave collectives, electronic music has quietly reshaped Nigeria. Onyeabor, […]

Soukous Influence In Nigerian Music Culture Soukous, with its quicksilver guitars, high-tempo grooves, and Lingala-soaked exuberance, became one of the

Nigerian Music’s Role in Africanfuturism Nigerian music has come a long way, from Reverend Josiah Ransome-Kuti’s gramophone-recorded Yoruba hymns to

Nigeria’s musical landscape is currently dominated by countless genres, each with traceable origins. Afro-Adura, highlife, and Afrobeats all have well-documented

Were Yahoo Boys the Venture Capitalists of Afropop? Nigeria’s music industry is flourishing with strong signs for its continued success.

Timbaland’s Afrobeats: A Failed experiment Towards the end of 2023, Timbaland teased a new project blending Afrobeats and Amapiano. The

Sinners & The Blues Watching Sinners is a thrilling experience. For West Africans, and perhaps all Africans, the scene where

Fela and Women Fela Aníkúlápó-Kútì was a wild and fearless innovator in the music world, whose sense of justice and

When Drum magazine expanded into Nigeria in the late 1950s, it became far more than a satellite of its South

Decline Of Nigerian Boy/Girl Groups The 1970s were Nigeria’s golden age of bands. In the pre-digital world, music was built

Record stores are disappearing worldwide as streaming dominates. But even in this digital age, the vacuum left by physical music

Christy Essien-Igbokwe: The Most Documented Nigerian Pop Diva With countless tools available to capture and archive events, it’s easy to