The World of Music, new series, Vol. 4, No. 2, Performing the New Diasporas: Contemporary African Ritual Music in North America (2015), pp. 99-118 (20 pages) Drawing from four years of active ...

They wore native Nigerian attire, the men in senator shirts and the women in boubous and headgear fanning out like giant halos. The choir broke into an Igbo hymn, helmed by a sonorous voice belonging ...

The commercial hub of the South East, Onitsha recently got a taste of the HiLife Fest, themed ‘The Complete Experience” The festival, which is a highlife music competition celebrating the culture and ...

Read the first part of this series on the pioneers of Igbo highlife music here. Igbo highlife provided comfort and hope for the Igbos, an ethnic group living mainly in southeastern Nigeria, after a ...

Fifteen years ago, something truly special dropped onto the music scene: Flavour N’abania’s second album, Uplifted. This was a first showcase of his talent. With powerful vocals, masterful highlife ...

Twenty-six years ago, Ejike Eze moved to Boston from Nigeria. He soon found a support system away from home among a group of immigrants who shared his background as members of the Igbo ethnic group — ...

90-year-old musician Gentleman Mike Ejeagha is currently trending on social media platforms after his 1983 record 'Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche' was used by comedian and skit maker Brain Jotter in a viral ...

THE first edition of the Ikenga Movies and Music award, the brainchild of Ikenga Entertainment in conjunction with online news portal CKN Nigeria, will be holding in Nigeria in the next few months.

John Mikel Obi, one of Nigeria’s most famous football stars is currently in Nigeria. The football star who captains the Super Eagles, visited Nigeria with his Russian partner Olga Diyachenko and their ...

Budding artiste, Bright Nnogo, aka Bryno Wristy, is steadily carving out his space in Nigeria’s dynamic music landscape with a sound that bridges heritage and modern expression. His music, which is ...