10 Songs We Love About African Women

These are not just love songs. These are songs that say something about women, all of them by people of African descent. Pop the hood to check out the list and let us know what songs you would add to it.

 

AfriPOP! exclusive: Tumi - POWA (listen)

Anyone who knows Tumi knows the plight of women is foremost in his conscience. His seminal poem Yvonne and the song Maria testify to this.

Yet again he put pen to paper over the beat for Kanye West’s Power to make this heartfelt track and debuted it last night with a live performance on South African music magazine programme Live, impressing Angie Stone, who was a guest on the same show, and blowing away the massive TV audience. Listen to it and download it exclusively on AfriPOP!