How Okello Max’s “Taya” hit song redefined East African Jazz-Pop
Okello Max’s ‘Taya’ was among Kenya’s most searched songs of 2025, representing a sophisticated turn in Kenyan popular music toward more complex, jazz-influenced sounds.
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How Bien’s “all my enemies are suffering” became a national anthem
‘All My Enemies Are Suffering’ by Bien became one of Kenya’s most searched songs in 2025, the darkly humorous title resonating with a year of political drama and social reckoning.
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How Mbosso’s “Pawa” became East Africa’s 2025 Bongo flava anthem
Mbosso’s ‘Pawa’ was one of Kenya’s most searched songs of 2025, a Bongo Flava hit that captured the hearts of East African music lovers across the region.
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How Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning diss track conquered Kenya
Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ became Kenya’s second most searched song lyrics in 2025, cementing the American rapper’s enormous popularity among Kenyan hip-hop fans.
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the fight to define Africa’s literary legacy
The death of Ngugi wa Thiong’o in 2025 prompted widespread mourning in Kenya and across Africa, and a surge of searches from readers rediscovering his transformative literary legacy.
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How Caribbeans Connects links Jamaica to Zimdancehall
A chance encounter outside a legendary Kingston studio has sparked an unexpected cultural bridge between Jamaica and Zimbabwe as a new initiative introduces Jamaican artists to the thriving Zimdancehall scene thousands of miles away. Joyful discovery outside Mixing Lab In September 2025, British actor and entrepreneur Jermaine Young-Bushay travelled to Jamaica with veteran UK producer…
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Red Castle museum in Libya reopens 14 years since Gaddafi’s fall
Libya’s national museum, housed in the historic Red Castle fortress and known as As-Saraya Al-Hamra, reopened Friday in the capital of Tripoli, marking the first public access to its vast collection of ancient treasures since the 2011 uprising that ousted longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi. The ceremony, attended by government officials and local residents, featured fireworks…
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Somaliland cancels Xeer Ciise event after deadly Borama riots
Somaliland president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi Irro has cancelled a major cultural event linked to traditional Somali-Issa customary law following two days of deadly riots in Borama that left several people dead and dozens injured. Clashes erupt in Awdal region Violence broke out on Thursday night in Borama, the main commercial hub of Awdal region, after…
