Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Reporting on Africa, its diaspora, and hip-hop's class acts today. While his contemporaries chased Afrobeats, Flavour chose to ...

When greatness meets royalty, the air is filled with admiration and deep-rooted tradition. Such was the case when the talented Nigerian highlife sensation, Anyidons (Ichaka Master), paid a courtesy ...

Introduction -- Popular music in Nigeria -- The social construction of Highlife music -- Historical development of Nigerian Highlife music -- Forms and styles of Nigerian Highlife music -- Nigerian ...

Renowned Nigerian highlife legend, Mike Ejeagha, popurlarly known for his song ‘ gwo gwo gwo ngwo’ has died at the age of 95. The veteran musician passed away on Friday evening at about 8 p.m. at the ...

Nigerian Highlife singer and bandleader Okwy Osadebe, musical heir to his famed late father Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe, will perform a Berkeley dance concert with his band Highlife Soundmakers ...

Spotify, an online streaming platform, has unveiled a soundtrack, “The Sound of Hope”, to celebrate Nigeria’s 64th Independence Anniversary. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub-Saharan ...

The rich, soulful rhythms of juju and highlife are finding new life in the hands of Ige Olushoga Jacobs aka Ju’life King. Fusing the energy of juju with the elegance of highlife, Ju’life King has ...

25 greatest Afrobeats songs that have left an indelible mark on the nation’s pop culture and played a part in the local and international expansion of Nigerian music. The turn of the millennium saw ...