Urban popular music originating in Nigeria in the late 1960s that emphasizes percussion rhythms and features elements of jazz and funk and lyrics which are often strongly political.
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The Afro Festival is a cultural event organized annually by the Museum of African Art. Inaugurated in 1997, this program is unique, both in our country and the wider region, and one of its most recognizable traits is the atmosphere of a true cosmopolitan festivity.
2019
The lineup for this event includes Mase, Koffee, Burna Boy, Megan Thee Stallion, Tiwa Savage and more. The festival runs from 20-25 December 2019.2018
The lineup for the return of Afro Nation to Accra includes 6LACK, Alkaline, Burna Boy, Davido, Olamide, Shatta Wale, Kuami Eugene, Naira Marley and more running through 18-21 December 2018.