Will African music take over the world?

With guests
Abdul Abdullah, Mmeli Hlanze, Paola Ndengue

Episode notes

Is African music finally getting the global recognition it deserves? And who’s going to be the next breakout star?

Transcript

From TRUE Africa, I’m Claude Grunitzky, and this is Limitless.

In this episode we’re asking what’s the next big thing in African music

“Music is important because it’s the one thing that can break culture barriers”

“From my perspective looking at it from Africa, the US market has kind of lacked originality and creativity”

“ One other challenge is just the amount of influence that South Africa has on the region. It’s very hard to be original or authentic because of, you know, South Africa....

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