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Just A Band & Nonini: Nerdy Genge Boys Band?

You know Just A Band, but have you heard of Nonini? If you haven’t, clearly you are not Kenyan. This guy practically created genge, Nairobi’s own take on hip hop. He teamed up with the Band to redo their hit song Ha-He… video is coming soon, stay chooned!

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E.L.’s Azonto Beats Are Crazy Chale!

Originally published in The Fader: It seems the word you hear the most in Accra is no longer “akwaaba” or even “chale”, but “azonto”. The azonto dance has taken Ghana by storm, and although everybody seems to know the dance here, nobody is really able to say where it came from or how it started. [...]

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Edoheart – “Sosomoney cockplease” Remix Contest

Remember Edoheart and Sosomoneycockplease? We’ve been preparing some remixes of this tune, featuring… we can’t tell you just yet. But we decided, together with Edoheart, to add one remix by a yet to be found remixer… which could be YOU, given this is another contest!!! On this one we have to make it quick, please [...]

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Anto – Qwerty Love – Flashmob video with Stocktown

It’s always such a pleasure to put good people in contact. Soon after our own Benjamin Lebrave wrote his Lungu Lungu column about Anto, our friends from Stocktown informed us about their trip to Nairobi. They connected and made magic happen: a flashmob of dancers in the center of Nairobi, which they captured to make [...]

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What’s Up Africa’s Ikenna meets Just A Band in Nairobi!

Ikenna’s on the go! Specifically, in Kenya where he met Just A Band. Check out his VERY entertaining vids here, and if you haven’t check out the Band’s latest video for Huff + Puff!

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