This can only mean one thing, music began in Africa. From the simple rhythmic actions such as whistling,clapping & snapping our fingers to stomping our feet, it all began in the motherland,Africa.
But then the West came along, colonized us and taught us their ways. We were so quick to embrace their way that we totally forgot our very own way of life,the African culture. Music became a western thing, gone with the wind was our sweet sweet African melodies.
For many years the African tunes have been dead and gone but not anymore. The new generation of African artistes are bring it all back, adding Africa musical instruments and/ or elements such as ululations, local dialects, African Drums, Kayamba, Flute, Orutu, Isukuti and many more to their music.
Examples can be witnessed in African music genres such as Kwaito, Afrobeats, Funana, Decale, Highlife, Hiplife, Genge, Chakacha, Bongo flava, Assiko, Lingala and Soukous.
The African feel is now taking the airwaves so much that European or American artistes of African decent are now adding African elements in the music audio singles or videos.
Back home, Africa boasts a whole list of new skul talents that are exporting African music to the world and surprisingly, their music is warmly received everywhere on the globe. Artistes such Davido, Wizkid, Mafikizolo, SautiSol, Micasa, Diamond Platnumz, PSquare, Tiwa Savage, Chidima Ekile, Yemi Alade, STL, Fuse ODG, Sarkodie, P Unit and a talented list of music producers such as Selebobo, Musyoka, Shizzi, Mastercraft, Killbeatz, Dj Klem, Don Jazzy, Legendary beatz, Kevin Provoke, Sheddy Clever, Marco Chali, Jose Chameleone and Maleek Berry have all dedicated their skills and abilities to ensure that African music grows to greater heights on the global scale. We salute you all, the African music ambassadors. Below are some of the best musical works from the continent, my personal TOP 10 ;
10.Tchelete- Mafikizolo ft Davido
9. Biashara Remix - STL ft Khaligraph & Kristoff
8 Johhny - Yemi Alade
7. Emi ni Baller - Chidima ft Illbilss
6. Mobimba - P Unit ft Alicios
5. Skelewu - Davido
4. Number one Remix - Diamond Platnumz ft Davido
3. Khona Mafikozolo
2. MAVINS - DOROBUCCI ft Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr SID, D'Prince, Reekado Banks, Korede Bello, Di'Ja
1. Nek Unek - Mc Galaxy ft Davido
Thank you for reading this, feel free to share your thoughts especially if you think there's a song that should be in the top 10 but i left it out.
