V7, N4 The Age of Afrobeats

Vol. 7, No. 4

The Age of Afrobeats

Introduction

IN THIS ISSUE

FOREWORD

⎈ The Age of Afrobeats: The Republic V7, N4 by Wale Lawal

THE ESSAYS

⎈ The Meaning of Asa: Understanding the Ascension of a Singular Artist by Saratu Abiola;

⎈ The Devil Works Hard but Asake Works Harder: The Assiduous Ethic of Afrobeats Superstar Asake by Dami Ajayi;

⎈ Ayra Starr’s Transcendental Vision for Afrobeats: ​​​How the Nigerian Superstar Is Blurring the Lines between Music and Global Pop Culture​​ by Emmanuel Esomnofu;

⎈ Narcissism and the Aggrieved Art of Burna Boy: How Burna Boy Represents Afrobeats’ Growing Individualistic Ethos by Olasubomi Olumofin;

⎈ A Cat With Nine Lives: The Many Sides to Davido’s Longevity by Olajide Salawu;

⎈ Mr Incredible: The Resounding Verses of M.I Abaga by Carl Terver;

⎈ You Had To Be There: The Beautiful Thing About P-Square  by Ernest Nweke;

⎈ From Moral Panic to Water and Garri: Tiwa Savage within a Globalized Afrobeats Climate by Zainab Kuku; and

⎈ Big Wiz: How Wizkid Became the Paragon of African Music’s Golden Age by Patrick Ezema.

 

FIRST DRAFT

⎈ ‘I Had to Sink Into Various Forms of Culture for Inspiration’ by Christian Adofo

ART

⎈ Cover Illustration: ‘Odun 2023’, by Mayowa Alabi
⎈ Issue Design: Wale Lawal and Dami Mojid
⎈ Illustrators: Dami Mojid, Kevwe Ogini and Charles Owen.