Photo: Grammy On Tuesday, November 23, the Recording Academy revealed the list of Nominees for the 64th Grammy Awards scheduled for January 31, 2022, and Africa is well represented. The African nominees include Nigeria’s Afrobeat star Wizkid, the African giant Burna Boy, the talented Tems, Black Coffee of South Africa, the legendary Angelique Kidjo, and […]

The popular Cigaretto song by Gambian award-winning artiste���������������������������������������������������������������������������������ST Singhateh is about to hit a million views on YouTube. Cigaretto which was released five months ago is a song about the harms associated with smoking and how addictive one can be to it. Despite being sung in the Mandinka dialect, Cigaretto made its waves on social […]

For many years the Gambia music industry– survived with little or no help from the government and line ministries—Ministry of Youth and Sport and Ministry of Arts and Culture. Artists support themselves through concerts, album launches,among others. However, the last five years have been a different story. Artists became more successful while doing only music […]

The singer and songwriter was named the newest UNDP Goodwill ambassador on Wednesday 23rd September 2020. In a video welcoming Yemi Alade, Achim Steiner, UNDP administrator reveals that the afrobeat star has joined the United Nations at a very critical time. ���������Yemi joins the United Nations family at a critical time. Covid-19 deaths are surging […]