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The west has a blinkered view of African music – and it’s hurting the whole continent’s culture
Source: The Guardian · Published
<p>The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop</p><p>In 2024, South…
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