Afrobeats Intelligence presented by OkayAfrica
Joey AkanAfrobeats Intelligence is a weekly podcast and newsletter on African music curated by multi-award winning journalist, Joey Akan. It is published every Monday.
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Afrobeats Created Its Own Grammy Trap
Afrobeats Intelligence exists to bring rigorous, thoughtful analysis to conversations about African music that too often get reduced to hot takes and tribalism. If you want writing that respects your intelligence and the complexity of the c...
Wizkid, Fela, and the only metric that survives time
Fela Kuti was a hero to Africa's poor. Photograph: Sophie Elbaz/Sygma/Corbisn
Afrobeats Intelligence exists to bring rigorous, thoughtful analysis to conversations about African music that too often get reduced to hot takes and tribalism....
I Spoke at Meta About Building This
In 2020, I was sitting in my apartment in Ajah, watching editorial budgets dry up across international publications. The commissions I’d relied on were thinning out. I’d built a reputation as a troublemaker in the Nigerian music industry—so...
CANEX Beats: Unlocking the Economic Power of African Music
Wizkid performing at the CANEX Mega Concert in Algeria (Wikipedia)
ALGIERS — The Turkish Airlines relay from Lagos through Istanbul dumped me in Algiers on Friday, Sept. 5, the Algerian summer’s last ragged breath clinging to the air. Outs...
The Audience Is Ready: Bring Afrobeats Orchestra Home
Headline: The Audience Is Ready: Bring Afrobeats Orchestra Home
Life as a Nigerian music fan in Nigeria is a wild ride. The advantages far outweigh the drawbacks. Every Friday brings a flood of new tracks as favourite artists inundate stre...
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Multi-award-winning culture journalist, A&R executive, and founder of the Afrobeats Intelligence podcast + newsletter — the leading global platform documenting African music, culture, and the people shaping its future.
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