Photo credit: Shak Oteka What a week of amazing music videos! Crowning off the trend is one of our favourite AfriPOP! stars Alec Lomami. He teamed up with Lo-fi legend Chllngr (we have on good authority he is in the studio again with long time collaborator Spoek Mathambo) to make this sweet remix for the song with which he was introduced to us. H/T MTV Iggy
When an MC flows nice over stomping electro boom bap *and* looks this well put together, we appreciate it. We do. Peep ‘Pop Revolution’, the brand new song from Congolese rapper Alec Lomami. We believe!
Is Viva Riva director Djo Tunda Wa Munga Africa’s Tarantino? Lynsey Chutel spoke to the man behind the most exciting African film out now. Read the interview and win copies of the cult classic in the making
London gets a late pass but better that than never. Thanks to Shadow and Act for this fantastic tip-off. The winner of 6 African Movie Academy Awards, Londoners will enjoy a limited theatre run of ‘Viva Riva’ on June 24th. Watch the trailer under the hood.
