Afropop Round-up

I've previously done round-ups for J-pop, K-pop and Bollywood, so today I'm featuring a round-up on Afropop posts on the blog. Afropop is a term used to refer to African popular music. There are many different types and languages it's sung in. A lot of the Afropop that I come across tends to be West African (mainly from Nigeria and Ghana). I'm part Cameroonian and have also listened to some Cameroonian music. And I listen to East African music as well, such as Tanzanian and Kenyan.

You can read a bit about Afropop here: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20110930-travelwise-intro-to-afropop

In 2016 I did a World Music Round-up post featuring music from Africa (also features Asian music), so I'm not going to link to those posts again but you can find them here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/06/world-music-round-up-africa-and-asia.html

Artists listed include Henri Dikongue (Cameroon), Amr Diab (Egypt), Perola (Angola) and TID (Tanzania).

Note: In this post I'm focusing on Afropop rather than Arabic music. :) For more Arabic music please see this post: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/09/turkish-and-arabic-songs.html

Mabel feat. Kojo Funds- Finders Keepers: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/03/weekly-music-video_22.html

Post about African music which includes Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, P Square and Flavour N'bania:
https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/10/african-music.html

Mr Eazi feat. Efya- Skintight (Ghanaian/Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/11/weekly-music-video_92.html

New Music for 2018- Part 1 (features Tiwa Savage's Sugarcane): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-music-for-2018-part-1.html 

New Music for 2018- Part 2 (includes Yemi Alade's Go Down): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-music-for-2018-part-2.html

Sugarboy feat. Ycee- Chop (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/04/weekly-music-video_11.html

Vanessa Mdee feat. Maua Sama and Tommy Flavour- Bounce (Tanzanian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/05/weekly-music-video.html

Yemi Alade- How I Feel (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/06/weekly-music-video_36.html

Simi- I Dun Care (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/08/weekly-music-video_22.html

Yemi Alade- Issokay (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/09/weekly-music-video.html

Mr Eazi feat. King Promise and Maleek Berry- Dabebi (Ghanaian/Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/weekly-music-video.html

Burna Boy- On The Low (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/weekly-music-video_9.html

Yemi Alade- Oga: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/weekly-music-video_44.html

Burna Boy feat. Mabel- Outside: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/02/weekly-music-video_13.html

Mr Eazi feat. Burna Boy- Miss You Bad: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/04/weekly-music-video.html

Bey T- Wololo (Kenyan): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/weekly-music-video_26.html

Vanessa Mdee- Moyo: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/07/weekly-music-video_24.html


Tolani feat. Reekado Banks- BA MI LO

Plus here is a video by Nigerian singer Tolani. She is the daughter of oil businessman Femi Otedola and her sisters DJ Cuppy and Temi Otedola are also in the music business. Tolani is based in the UK. She released her debut single Tenderoni featuing Skales in late 2017. Her latest single is Liar which was released in April.

This is BA MI LO  featuring Reekado Banks, which came out in January. It's about being obsessed with a person but not knowing if they feel the same.

For more on Tolani visit these links:

Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS7uo1Y9a850EcnaTWqm9kA

Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/ShesTolani/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shestolani/

Hope you like the post! Who are your favourite African/Afropop singers and/or groups? I don't know that many African groups so it would be cool to discover some. :)