Afro-Beat artists and groups

Drawing on musical influences as varied as reggae, ska, hip-hop, funk, afro-beat, and latin the sound is eclectic and upbeat.

He calls himself the king of afro-beat, but on Sunday Jose Chameleone came face to face with the real King, the man whose word is final; the man before whom all the mighty Baganda prostrate; the man to whom a back is never turned; the roaring lion; the owner of all land in Buganda; Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II.

In the USA, Anna Mwalagho is one of the most sought after performers African Spoken Word and Afro-beat

The AFRICADELAY-Party, taking place at the Schwedlersee on July 18th promises to be a cultural Highlight and a sensation for all lovers of Afro beat, Highlife and Afro jazz. Ebo Taylor, the legendary composer, arranger and musician from Ghana will take the stage for the first time in Europe, together with Artists of the internationally assigned Afro beat Academy.

WHEN Saava Karim switched from dancehall to a more traditional form of afro-beat, many skeptics thought he had burnt out and was looking for a soft landing out of the musical scene.

In Nigeria's social lexicon, the prefix in such expressions as ghost workers, ghost students, ghost pensioners, and so forth, has assumed a curious dimension with the recent reported case of ghost schools in Kogi State. These "ghost" phenomena are a euphemism, however, for bureaucratic crimes in which government officials collude with one another to misappropriate funds by cooking up payrolls of fictitious workers or pensioners and paying emoluments to such non-existent persons. The late Afro-beat maestro, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, described such financial misconduct, in one of his hit songs, as 'Authority Stealing', which he argued was more heinous than robbery. Yet it is gaining currency by the day in Nigeria in one new form or the other. In almost all government ministries, departments and parastatals today, this variant of payroll fraud has become entrenched for years. Proponents of the idea that government has no business engaging in enterprises outside core governance often hinge their arguments on the fact that, in many public enterprises, it is usually at top management level that loopholes are deliberately created, through which the system could be defrauded.

Julius Speed and Zilo Groove reach no 1 on Beatport.com with Speedo Speed Volume 3 and Afro Sal Soul Volume 1, two delicious blends of house, dance, lounge, electronic and soul Music

Hip-Hop music star Q-Tip opens his music file and shares what's playing ? other than his own tunes ? in his ear these days. The rapper discusses his broad range of music tastes, ranging from Afro-beat innovator Fala Kuti to the Beatles.