Afrosonic Magazine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Akon and His Addition to Afrobeats Senegalese-American singer-songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur Akon recently made a contentious claim that he was

Channel O: The Station That Raised A Generation If you were a kid in Nigeria with access to DSTV in

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