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The sound of the scam — how Afrobeats became a moral text for cybercrime

A study of 40 Afrobeats songs finds their lyrics actively rationalise cybercrime, dehumanise victims, and frame fraud as divine favour
A group of young people dancing at a crowded nighttime event.
Art & Culture

Joshua Baraka tops Spotify charts in Uganda as Nigerian artists dominate

Joshua Baraka outperforms Davido and Kendrick Lamar on Uganda's Spotify charts, but West African dominance persists across albums and artists; a closer look at the numbers
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Art & CultureTravel & Tourism

Nyege Nyege keeps on dancing, too fast for the moral police — and terrorists(?)

Annual music festival returns, with moral hysteria and bans replaced by terror warnings
A performance stage at the Nyege Nyege festival in Bujagali, Jinja, October 2015