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King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal more »
From Nigeria
Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2002: Back in the Nigeria of the colonial era, Muslim youths used to go from door to door in the wee wee hours during &hellip » read more
Badejo Arts more »
From Nigeria
Biography 2001: Formed in London in 1990, Badejo Arts have made their name with a blend of traditional Nigerian and British contemporary dance. Early&hellip » read more
JJC & 419 Squad more »
From Nigeria, United Kingdom
To the UK Urban/pop/mainstream music scene London-based JJC is better known as Skillz, a sought-after producer whose credits include Big Brovaz, Liber&hellip » read more
Lágbájá more »
From Nigeria
One of Nigeria?s foremost contemporary artists, proclaiming a strong ethos of unity and social co-operation ? Lagbaja and his band blend Afro-beat, ja&hellip » read more
Bukky Leo more »
From Nigeria
While growing up in Lagos Nigeria, Bukky was spotted practising his first saxophone by the original Afrobeat drummer Tony Allen. He was immediately us&hellip » read more
Bukky Leo & Black Egypt more »
From Nigeria
I don?t know. You wait around for a top-drawer Afrobeat combo to grace the Rivermead stages and then, unlike those much-missed Routemaster buses (RIP)&hellip » read more
Tony Allen more »
From Nigeria
Afrobeat co-author and Damon Albarn's mate When your CV is littered with glowing testimonials from top to tail (sample quote: "perhaps the greatest dr&hellip » read more
Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 more »
From Nigeria
The Afrobeat prince who would be king… It's 1997. Your father, an icon both home and abroad, has just died, leaving the family business in your lap. &hellip » read more
Dickson Isowa Eghianruwa more »
From Nigeria
Dickson is an oral narrator and intercultural mediator. He will be taking workshops at the event. &hellip » read more
Nneka more »
From Nigeria
Pop music is a 'here today, gone tomorrow' world. A starburst of YouTube notoriety and then oblivion. Or at least it is for most. But when your journ&hellip » read more
Femi Kuti & The Positive Force more »
From Nigeria
Scorching Afrobeat for body and mind Fifteen years on from his dad's death, it's rather unfair to still be defining the stature of Afrobeat titan Fem&hellip » read more
Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra more »
From Nigeria, United Kingdom
Own brand Afrobeat from Fela's old keyboard player It wasn't a bad start to a musician's career. At the age of just 16 - and while most teenagers are &hellip » read more
Asa more »
Soothing soul from Lagos via Paris "It is normal for an African girl to take up the mother role. But I am a free soul and I spent a long time fightin&hellip » read more
Ty more »
From Nigeria, United Kingdom
One of the UK's most adventurous rappers "I'm probably more disobedient with regards to what is acceptable for a hip-hop artist to do," Ty once remark&hellip » read more
Féfé more »
A founding member of the French hip-hop collective Saian Supa Crew, Féfé is best known as rapper and singer Fe2 or Feniski. He has now emerged as a s&hellip » read more
Paul Ubana Jones more »
From New Zealand, Nigeria, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Born in London to a Yorkshire mother and a Nigerian father, Paul Ubana Jones was playing guitar by the age of 11, beginning a three decade career that&hellip » read more
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